Product Design Lead - Payroll

Rippling; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling in Bengaluru is seeking a senior product designer to shape the long-term vision for the Finance Platform, uniting products like Cards, Travel, Expenses, Accounting, Banking and Bill Pay into a unified hub for global finance. You will partner with Research to translate complex workflows into simple, cross-product experiences that feel effortless for employees and finance leaders alike.

With a focus on consumer-grade quality, you will mentor designers in systems thinking, interaction

Qualifications

• 7–8+ years of end-to-end product design experience delivering complex, high-impact products from concept to launch.
• A portfolio showing ability to turn messy, ambiguous problems into simple, intuitive workflows, especially in complex domains.
• Strong interaction and visual design craft with polished work across edge cases and states, plus clear build-ready specs.
• Relentless customer focus, digging into behavior, identifying pain points, and crafting meaningful solutions.
• Excellent communication and storytelling to drive alignment and decisions with stakeholders.
• A track record of collaborating with Product and Engineering to move quickly while maintaining quality.
• Comfort operating in fast-moving environments with multiple workstreams and tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term vision for Rippling's Finance Platform, integrating Cards, Travel, Expenses, Accounting, Banking & Bill Pay into a cohesive hub.
• Partner with Research to understand complex finance workflows and translate them into simple, cross-product experiences.
• Design for employees and finance leaders, delivering workflows that balance day-to-day ease with control and visibility.
• Champion a consumer-grade quality bar and mentor designers in systems thinking, interaction design, and polish.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to make fast decisions and advocate for customers at every step.

Skills

End-to-end design

Product design

Interaction design

Visual design

Stakeholder collaboration

Storytelling

Time management

Job description

Job Description:

What you will do

• Help define the long-term vision for Rippling's Finance Platform, bringing together products like Cards, Travel, Expenses, Accounting, Banking & Bill Pay into a cohesive hub for global finance.
• Partner with Research to deeply understand complex finance workflows, then translate that complexity into simple, cross-product experiences that set Rippling apart.
• Design for both employees and finance leaders, delivering flows that feel effortless day to day while providing the control, compliance, and visibility required at scale.
• Champion a consumer-grade quality bar, elevating craft across the Finance Suite and mentoring designers in systems thinking, interaction design, and visual polish.
• Collaborate tightly with Product and Engineering to make high-velocity decisions, ship with urgency, and advocate relentlessly for customers at every step.

What you will need

• 7-8+ years of end-to-end product design experience shipping complex, high-impact products from concept to launch, then iterating based on what you learn.
• A portfolio that shows you can turn messy, ambiguous problems into simple, intuitive workflows, especially in complex domains.
• Strong interaction and visual design craft, with the ability to produce polished work across edge cases and states, and communicate clear, build-ready specs.
• Relentless customer focus, backed by a habit of digging into real behavior, identifying pain points, and designing solutions that solve meaningful problems.
• Excellent communication and storytelling, from crisp async write-ups to persuasive presentations that drive alignment and decisions.
• A track record of working effectively with Product and Engineering, moving quickly while holding a high quality bar.
• Comfort operating in fast-moving environments, juggling multiple work-streams, unblocking dependencies, and owning timelines with minimal oversight.