AI-Driven Product Design Lead, HRIS Platform

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is hiring a Product Design Lead for the HRIS team to shape and scale Rippling's core HR platform globally. You will own end-to-end product experiences from hiring to data management and compliance, driving AI-first innovations and creating proactive, autonomous solutions.

You will partner with product and engineering, drive fast decisions with high-quality output, and mentor peers while expanding the design system across modules.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of end-to-end product design experience shipping complex, high-impact products from concept to launch.
• Portfolio demonstrates ability to translate messy problems into simple workflows in complex domains.
• Active use of LLMs (Claude, ChatGPT, or similar) in design workflow for research, copy, or exploration.
• Comfort with AI-assisted prototyping tools (Cursor, Claude Code, or similar).
• Strong interaction and visual design craft with polished work across edge cases.
• Relentless customer focus and ability to uncover meaningful problems.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term and AI-first strategies within the HRIS portfolio.
• Design new 0-1 experiences and expand existing ones, plus tactical deliverables.
• Create employee- and HR-leader-focused flows that balance daily ease with scale controls.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to ship quickly while keeping customers in focus.
• Partner with Product Research and incorporate insights into design work.
• Mentor designers in systems thinking, interaction design, and visual polish and grow the design system.
• Work with other designers to extend Rippling's design system.

Skills

End-to-end product design

AI-first design

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication & storytelling

Design system maturity

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

Rippling is hiring a Product Design Lead for the HRIS team to shape and scale Rippling's core HR platform globally. You will own end-to-end product experiences from hiring to data management and compliance, driving AI-first innovations and creating proactive, autonomous solutions.

You will partner with product and engineering, drive fast decisions with high-quality output, and mentor peers while expanding the design system across modules.