Director of Product Design, Platform

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 326,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in HR and IT solutions is seeking a Director of Product Design to lead their Platform team. This role involves managing a talented team of designers, focusing on creating a seamless integration of HR, IT, and Finance into a unified platform. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative products that enhance user experience and drive company growth. If you have a passion for design and leadership, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, while fostering a culture of creativity and excellence.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of design experience with 5+ years in team leadership.
• Proven track record in managing high-impact design projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead a critical team to build out Rippling's platform and drive growth.
• Incorporate systems thinking into design for modular product experiences.

Skills

Product Design

Team Leadership

Systems Thinking

Communication Skills

Collaboration

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

The Rippling Platform team is responsible for the products and frameworks that showcase the value of seamlessly integrating HR, IT, Finance, and third-party applications together into one unified platform. The team owns the foundational building blocks – like reporting, workflow automation, permissions, approvals, policies, search, notifications, and a unified data platform – that are leveraged across Rippling products. They also own end-user-facing products that leverage the unified data from these otherwise-fragmented business applications. Read more about the Rippling Platform at https://www.rippling.com/platform.

As a Director of Product Design, you'll lead the Platform team while staying hands-on with key product initiatives. Your focus will be on creating a world-class platform that drives Rippling's compound-startup strategy. You'll guide your teams to design for diverse customer personas—supporting internal design teams building on the platform, while also crafting exceptional experiences for Rippling’s end users.

What you will do

• Manage a business-critical team that’s a top company initiative to build out Rippling’s platform, helping drive Rippling’s rapid growth and differentiation.
• Lead a team of designers working on Rippling’s Platform capabilities and products, such as analytics, automation, AI, permissions, policies, data management, apps, and more.
• Incorporate systems thinking into the design of Rippling’s core capabilities so that they are both modular and stand-alone full-featured product experiences that are both powerful and easy to use.
• Create a culture of craft, quality, and execution by inspiring, motivating, and leading product designers across experience levels to do the best work of their careers.
• Work closely with our Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, and executive leadership to deliver best-in-class, innovative work that pushes the limits of possible.

What you will need

• You have 8+ years of professional design experience and 5+ years managing and leading design and creative teams.
• You have brought a relentless customer focus to high-impact, high-visibility projects.
• You’re a systems thinker and have led the design of an integrated suite of products or ecosystem of features.
• You excel at written and verbal communication and use these skills to persuade and influence stakeholders toward building innovative products that uniquely resonate with customers.
• You work collaboratively with Engineering, Product, and Marketing team members to drive strategy and design execution.
• You have led, recruited, and scaled design teams at both startups and established companies.
• You have experience systematically growing product designers' skills so they do the best work of their careers.

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.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.

The pay range for this role is:

186,000 - 325,500 USD per year (US San Francisco Bay Area)

186,000 - 325,500 USD per year (US Tier 1)