Product Design Lead, Global Payroll

About Rippling

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.

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About the Role

At Rippling, Design is at the core of our mission to free smart people to tackle hard problems. We help teams automate the mundane, surface insights instantly, and operate with clarity and confidence. In a world of outdated, bloated legacy products, we're setting out to create business software that’s modern, streamlined, and deeply considered.

The stakes couldn't be higher. Every week, our Global Payroll products orchestrate the movement of billions of dollars to millions of people worldwide. When someone's paycheck is on the line, "good enough" doesn't exist. There's no room for error, no second chances, no excuses.

Here's what makes this extraordinary: We're not just improving payroll, we're reinventing it. While our competitors patch together decades-old systems, our aim was never to build the world's first truly unified global payroll platform. One system. Many countries. Many currencies. Every compliance requirement. It's never been done because it's never been considered possible.

As Product Design Lead for Global Payroll, you'll design experiences that make the impossible look effortless. You'll take one of the most complex regulatory labyrinths on earth—thousands of tax codes, labor laws, and compliance requirements that change regularly—and transform it into something so beautifully simple it feels like magic. This is product design at the highest level. Your work will determine how millions of people get paid and directly fuel Rippling's expansion into enterprise markets and global growth.

We're looking for fresh perspectives from a seasoned designer who has tackled complex fintech or B2B products. Someone who sees complexity as a canvas, not a constraint. Someone who thrives in high-velocity environments and gets energized by solving problems that have never been solved before.

If you're ready to design the future of how the world gets paid, let's talk.

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What You Will Do

• Design world-class experiences for the most ambitious payroll platform ever built—spanning payments, tax calculations, compliance filings, and multi-country workflows
• Get close to customers—understand how they actually use the product, what breaks their workflows, and translate those insights into design priorities that drive real business impact
• Anticipate future needs and edge cases, future-proofing designs as we expand into new markets and increasingly complex global scenarios
• Design capabilities and systems that scale across multiple products and use cases, creating coherent experiences across Rippling's entire platform
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and go-to-market partner to plan, design, build, and ship new capabilities that push the limits of possible
• Deliver precise designs and prototypes that communicate complex concepts and interactions clearly to engineering teams and stakeholders

What You Will Need

• 6+ years of professional product design experience with a track record of shipping complex, high-impact products end-to-end from planning to QA
• Proven ability to transform complexity into elegant simplicity—whether in fintech, enterprise software, compliance tools, or other demanding domains
• Strong craft skills with proficiency in design tools and the a ability to create compelling, detailed design specifications
• Strong communication and collaboration skills—you can articulate design decisions clearly and work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Relentless customer focus—you dig deep to understand real user needs and translate those insights into design decisions that solve real problems
• Self-starter mentality with a bias toward action—you thrive in fast-paced environments and turn ambiguity into clarity through thoughtful design exploration

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 accomodations@rippling.com

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.