Manager, Data Support (IN)

Rippling; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is building a world-class Support team in Bengaluru to help customers maximize the Rippling platform. You will lead a developer support group, ensuring SLAs and delivering high-quality product support in a fast-paced SaaS environment.

You will shape onboarding, training, and QA programs while collaborating with Product and Engineering to drive improvements and reduce resolution times. This role requires strong leadership and a people-first mindset, with IST-aligned hours for India-based

Qualifications

• 2-4+ years of professional experience with direct people management of a Support team in a fast-paced startup or SaaS environment.
• Proven track record of maintaining SLAs.
• Experience designing and overseeing training, QA, and metric management programs at scale.
• Strong leadership mindset with a people-first approach and responsibility for the domain.
• Ability to work in IST evening/night hours if based in India.

Responsibilities

• Become a subject matter expert on Rippling’s product through direct customer support and product/engineering interaction.
• Lead a team of developer support specialists delivering product support to customers.
• Iterate on onboarding programs as the team grows.
• Ensure the team has tools and resources to assist customers during product releases.
• Own team performance, KPIs, and drive data-driven improvements.

Skills

People management

SLA management

Training program design

Data-driven decision making

Team leadership

Ambiguity handling

Job description

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @ Rippling.com addresses.

About the role

We are building a world-class Support team - committed to helping customers realize the full potential of Rippling. Team members focus on getting our customers back on course when challenges arise and contribute to internal discussions around product enhancements. Our Support Organization is composed of product specific teams such as HR, IT and Finance.

If you are the type of person to look at a flight of 10,000 stairs, pause, get a bit excited, and then seize the moment - you have what it takes!

What you will do

• Become a subject matter expert on our product through direct customer support and product/engineering interaction
• Lead a team of developer support specialists tasked with providing product support to customers
• Iterate on the onboarding program for team members as the team grows
• Ensure your team is set up with the tools and resources they need to help customers through the product release
• Own team performance and KPIs and drive improvements with data-driven experimentation
• Be the subject matter expert for support practices
• Collaborate with support leadership to refine and adapt operating processes and procedures
• Deliver product feedback to Product / Engineering counterparts to reduce the inbound contact rate or resolution time on support interactions
• Communicate effectively with executive leadership on projects, priorities, and goals

What you will need

• You have 2-4+ years of professional experience with direct people management of a Support team within a fast-paced environment, startup, or SaaS organization
• Proven track record of maintaining SLAs
• Able to be flexible and agile in responding to evolving business priorities and dealing with ambiguity
• Experience should include designing and overseeing training, QA, and metric management programs at scale
• You lead by example with a learning mindset, people-first attitude, and strong sense of responsibility for your domain
• Self-motivated, detail-attentive, action-driven with the ability to take initiative, execute, and follow-through
• If based in India this role will require working during fixed evening/night IST hours equivalent to a 9-530 EST shift.

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [e-mail]

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.