Product Lead Internship - Summer 2026

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

We’re looking for sharp, curious, and driven MBA or master’s students to join Rippling for a full-time summer internship on our Product Management team. As an intern, you’ll be immersed in all aspects of the process of building software — taking a product idea from concept to reality, shaping how it’s defined, built, and launched.

Interns will be placed in a specific product area as part of the interview process — we’ll identify the best fit between your interests and our teams’ current needs. In any of the roles, you’ll be working alongside some of the best engineers, designers, and PMs in the industry on high-impact projects that shape the future of the Rippling platform.

Product Leads set the pace for their teams; they own the whole outcome; and they build the right stuff. This internship will be an empowered role that is perfect for a high-agency, intellectually curious leader — and an opportunity to secure a full-time role after graduation.

What you will do

• Drive the execution of a specific product initiative. Be the driving force that keeps attention on a complex problem until we arrive at an acceptable solution
• Dig into details and “go-and-see” how customers are using the product and what their challenges are, and prioritize what Rippling should build to help them
• Work closely with engineers and designers to scope, refine and launch
• Collaborate across teams, including Sales, Support, and Marketing, to align on product direction and rollout strategy.
• Learn and practice product development in a real-world, high-growth SaaS environment.

What you will need

• Currently enrolled in an MBA or master’s-level program with an anticipated graduation date in 2027
• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving skills.
• Prior exposure to tech, software, or startup environments through work, projects, or side ventures
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Able to work cross-functionally and with ambiguity
• To thrive in understanding complexity quickly, and transforming it into simple user experiences
• Strong alignment with Rippling's leadership principles, particularly 'Push the limits of possible', 'Challenge directly', and 'Go and see'

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.