Product Design Lead, HRIS

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 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

At Rippling, Design is central to our mission to free smart people to tackle hard problems. We build products that automate the operational complexity of running a business—from HR and payroll to IT and finance—so our customers can focus on what matters most. In a world of fragmented, outdated systems, we're creating a unified platform where thoughtful design turns complexity into clarity, confidence, and action.

As a Product Design Lead on the HRIS team, you'll play a key role in shaping and scaling Rippling's core HR platform, helping businesses manage their workforce more efficiently across the globe.

You'll own end-to-end product experiences across high-impact areas, from core workflows like hiring and organizational data management to compliance and more. You'll help define a new generation of AI-first experiences, reimagining how work gets done through intelligent, proactive, and increasingly autonomous products that reduce manual effort and free our customers to work on hard problems.

Success in this role requires a designer who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys partnering closely with product, engineering, and cross-functional teams, and can quickly develop deep expertise in new domains. Designers at Rippling are product builders. AI isn't just something we design—it's fundamental to how we work, from exploration and prototyping to shipping world-class customer experiences.

What you will do

• Help define long-term and AI-first strategies within our HRIS portfolio.
• Design new 0-1 experiences, improve and expand existing experiences, and execute on tactical deliverables.
• Design for both employees and HR leaders, delivering flows that feel effortless day to day while providing the control, compliance, and visibility required at scale.
• Collaborate tightly with Product and Engineering to make high-velocity decisions, ship with urgency, and advocate relentlessly for customers at every step.
• Partner closely with our Product Research team, collaborate and support research projects, and use insights in your design work.
• Champion a consumer-grade quality bar, elevating craft across the portfolio and mentoring designers in systems thinking, interaction design, and visual polish.
• Work closely with other designers to develop and expand our design system.

What you will need

• 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.
• Active use of LLMs (Claude, ChatGPT, or similar) in your design workflow whether for research, requirements, copy, or exploration.
• Comfort with AI-assisted prototyping tools (Cursor, Claude Code, or similar), even if you're not writing production code.
• 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.

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:

153,000 - 255,000 USD per year (US Tier 1)