Sr. HR Business Partner

Rippling; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to support our Engineering team within R&D. You’ll translate business priorities into people strategies and lead initiatives that drive organizational health and leadership effectiveness.

You’ll partner with engineers and cross-functional teams to implement performance management, talent reviews, and compensation cycles, using data and AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of HRBP experience.
• Broad HR expertise across performance, ER, design, talent dev, and compensation.
• Experience building people programs and operating rhythms.
• Strong business acumen linking engineering priorities to HR solutions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering leadership to translate priorities into people actions.
• Advise on organizational health, leadership effectiveness, and manager capability.
• Coach managers on HR matters including performance and ER issues.
• Drive HR work streams from diagnosis to execution with recommendations.
• Lead core programs for Engineering: PM, talent reviews, engagement, compensation.
• Leverage Rippling, data and AI tools to improve processes and insights.

Skills

HRBP experience

Performance management

Employee relations

Organizational design

Talent development

Compensation cycles

Data-driven decisions

AI-enabled tools familiarity

Tools

Rippling HRIS

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

We're seeking a HR Business Partner to support our rapidly growing Engineering team within R&D. In this role, you’ll play a pivotal part in shaping our high-growth organization while contributing to the evolution of our HR function. As we build and scale to meet the dynamic needs of the business, you’ll have the opportunity to drive meaningful impact in a fast-paced and exciting environment. It’s an exciting time to join!

What you will do

• Partner with Director+ Engineering leaders to translate business priorities and the broader HRBP roadmap into clear people recommendations and action plans for aligned NAMER client groups.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to Engineering leaders on organizational health, leadership effectiveness, performance, employee relations, and manager capability.
• Coach and advise managers on complex leadership and HR matters, including sensitive employee relations issues, performance challenges, team dynamics, and manager effectiveness.
• Independently drive defined HRBP work streams from diagnosis through execution, bringing forward recommendations, tradeoffs, and escalation points where needed.
• Lead and improve core HR programs for Engineering, including performance management, manager effectiveness, talent reviews, engagement planning, and compensation cycles, ensuring they are executed with strategic context and operational rigor.
• Use Rippling, data, and emerging AI-enabled tools thoughtfully to improve insight generation, reduce manual work, and create leverage in recurring people processes.
• Identify patterns and recurring pain points across aligned Engineering teams, then recommend practical improvements to HR processes, workflows, and manager enablement.
• Partner cross-functionally with HR, Talent, Compensation, Legal, People Ops, HR Systems, and regional HR teams to deliver solutions that support NAMER Engineering leaders and align with broader HRBP priorities.

What you will need

• Minimum of 7+ years of previous HRBP experience.
• Broad HR expertise across performance management, employee relations, manager effectiveness, organizational design, talent development, and compensation cycles.
• Experience supporting or building people programs, frameworks, processes, or operating rhythms that improve leadership effectiveness, talent outcomes, and organizational health.
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to connect Engineering priorities to practical people strategies, recommendations, and HR solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to use data to diagnose organizational health, identify talent risks, and shape recommendations for leaders.
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution and knowing when to elevate or align.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust, challenge thoughtfully, overcome resistance, and advise leaders through sensitive or complex organizational decisions.
• Experience working in an AI-forward environment, with hands-on experience using AI-enabled tools, workflows, prompts, automations, or skills to increase HRBP leverage, improve manager enablement, and strengthen execution of people programs.

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.