Counsel, HR Products

About the role

Rippling is a San Francisco-based company that provides a comprehensive platform for businesses to manage HR, IT, and Finance in one place. The company has raised over $1.4 billion and has been recognized as one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

Responsibilities

• Provide employment counsel to our EOR HR and PEO Advisor teams.
• Analyze and provide product counseling on employment rules and regulations and how to compliantly hire and offboard employees through an EOR in different jurisdictions.
• Create employment agreement templates, termination notice and agreement templates, and policy documents for our EOR.
• Prepare and review insurance licensing and benefits regulatory compliance documents, including ERISA and COBRA.
• Partner with Product, Operations, Business Development, Sales, and Client Services teams to build and manage Rippling’s product counseling function.
• Navigate complex regulatory frameworks in the U.S. and abroad to create scalable and innovative solutions for our products and services.
• Drive the compliance culture at Rippling and embed integrity and compliance in all of our operations as our company grows.
• Advise and assist with Rippling’s general legal needs as they arise.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in-house or at a law firm.
• Substantive knowledge of and experience with employment law.
• Law degree (e.g. JD or equivalent).
• Experience with PEOs or EORs (preferred).

Qualifications

• A passion for providing creative, proactive, and pragmatic legal guidance.
• A self-starter with a strategic mindset.
• A strong entrepreneurial spirit and solution-oriented ethos.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Excellent drafting and written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• A sense of humor.

Skills

• Strong understanding of employment laws and regulations.
• Experience with PEOs or EORs.
• Ability to navigate complex regulatory frameworks.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Excellent drafting and communication skills.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Benefits

Ripple offers a competitive salary, benefits, and equity package. The salary range for this role is between $156,000 - $260,000 USD per year for US-based employees, and between $128,000 - $160,000 CAD per year for Canadian-based employees. Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process.

Pay

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.

Schedule

Ripple 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.