Variable Compensation Product Lead (AI‑Driven)

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling seeks a Product Lead to build and scale Variable Compensation within its payroll ecosystem. You will own the vision, roadmap, and execution, leading a small engineering/design team to ship AI-driven compensation workflows.

The role emphasizes accuracy, cross‑functional collaboration with HR, payroll, finance, and GTM, and a data‑driven approach to adoption and value realization across customers. This is a US-based role with an in-office focus in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience, or equivalent founder experience.
• Track record of bringing products from zero to one and driving adoption.
• AI-native product judgment for agents/LLM-based products.
• Experience with fintech, payments, data analytics, or similarly stringent domains.
• Strong product judgment translating compensation/operational rules into clear product behavior.
• Deep sense of ownership and bias toward action.
• Clear written and verbal communication to align cross-functional partners.
• Compensation or payroll domain experience is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Variable Compensation.
• Build agents that carry compensation workflows through to completion.
• Define how agents interpret plan terms, identify payment obligations, monitor eligibility, calculate amounts, and coordinate approvals and payouts.
• Set a high bar for accuracy and trust in payroll-related data and controls.
• Leverage Rippling’s connected platform to integrate HRIS, payroll, talent, integrations, and AI platform data.
• Understand payroll and finance workflows to identify valuable problems and opportunities.
• Lead execution with a small, focused team and ship rapidly from customer insight to production.
• Define success metrics and collaborate with GTM, implementation, and support teams.

Skills

Product management

AI/ML products

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong judgment

Job description

Rippling seeks a Product Lead to build and scale Variable Compensation within its payroll ecosystem. You will own the vision, roadmap, and execution, leading a small engineering/design team to ship AI-driven compensation workflows.

The role emphasizes accuracy, cross‑functional collaboration with HR, payroll, finance, and GTM, and a data‑driven approach to adoption and value realization across customers. This is a US-based role with an in-office focus in San Francisco.