Lead Product Designer, AI Platform

Rippling (Netherlands); New York (NY); On-site; USD 174,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Lead Product Designer for the AI Platform team to define how enterprise AI appears across the product suite. You will shape interaction patterns, systems, and experiences that are trustworthy and deeply integrated into Rippling’s workflows.

This is a leadership-level IC role requiring both strategic vision and hands-on design craft. You will collaborate with product, engineering, and executive teams to translate AI capabilities into scalable, user-centered products that

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product design experience in SaaS/enterprise environments.
• Recent hands-on experience designing and shipping AI products or AI-powered features.
• Exceptional systems thinking for complex architectures, data flows, and edge cases.
• Proven track record leading high-impact, cross-product initiatives.
• Strong interaction design craft and ability to prototype convincingly.
• Excellent executive communication and storytelling for senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Define design vision for AI Platform experiences across Rippling.
• Create reusable frameworks for AI interactions, agentic workflows, and automation.
• Lead large, cross-product design initiatives with multiple dependencies.
• Partner with AI Platform PMs and engineers to translate tech into intuitive UX.
• Work hands‑on with pods and connect patterns across the broader roadmap.
• Translate AI behaviors and platform constraints into practical product patterns.

Skills

AI product design

SaaS enterprise UX

Design systems

Interaction design

Cross-functional leadership

Prototyping

Executive communication

Technical curiosity

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Lead Product Designer for the AI Platform team to define how enterprise AI appears across the product suite. You will shape interaction patterns, systems, and experiences that are trustworthy and deeply integrated into Rippling’s workflows.

This is a leadership-level IC role requiring both strategic vision and hands-on design craft. You will collaborate with product, engineering, and executive teams to translate AI capabilities into scalable, user-centered products that