Director of App Platform & Developer Ecosystem

Rippling; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Director of Product, App Platform, to define the strategy for Rippling’s application platform and app ecosystem. You will shape the Object Graph, Object Platform, custom apps, workflows, and localization, making complex platform architecture feel simple and reliable.

The role requires building for developers and turning internal primitives into a coherent developer product, while leading a team of PMs and collaborating with executives, engineering, design, GTM, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of product management, engineering, platform, or technical product leadership experience.
• Experience building developer-facing products such as developer platforms, APIs, infrastructure products, app platforms, marketplaces, workflows, or data platforms.
• Strong technical fluency across data models, APIs, permissions, systems boundaries, reliability, tooling, and developer workflows.
• Excellent product judgment and the ability to turn fragmented platform capabilities into a clear product strategy and roadmap.
• Experience leading product teams, hiring and developing PMs, and operating across executive, engineering, design, GTM, and customer-facing stakeholders.
• Nice to have: experience with third-party developer ecosystems, app marketplaces, AI-native development workflows, coding agents, object graphs, data clouds, or enterprise application platforms.

Responsibilities

• Set the App Platform strategy. Define how Rippling’s app primitives come together into a clear, scalable developer platform.
• Make developers the customer. Build APIs, schemas, permissions, tooling, documentation, observability, and lifecycle experiences.
• Lead the Object Graph and Object Platform roadmap. Shape the shared data and platform foundation for teams and customers.
• Enable AI-native app creation. Make the platform usable by AI coding agents through safe interfaces and clear errors.
• Build and lead the team. Hire, coach, and develop product leaders for a broad, technically complex area.
• Drive ecosystem impact. Help scale custom apps and enable third-party developers to build and sell software on Rippling.

Skills

Developer platforms

APIs

Platform architecture

Data models

Leadership

Tools

APIs

Cloud services

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Director of Product, App Platform, to define the strategy for Rippling’s application platform and app ecosystem. You will shape the Object Graph, Object Platform, custom apps, workflows, and localization, making complex platform architecture feel simple and reliable.

The role requires building for developers and turning internal primitives into a coherent developer product, while leading a team of PMs and collaborating with executives, engineering, design, GTM, and