Product Lead, Payroll

About the role

Rippling is building compound software—a unified system where data from across the business is connected through a single graph. Global Payroll sits at the center of that system. It powers critical money movement workflows triggered by changes across the business: promotions, timecards, benefits updates, expense reimbursements, and more. Unlike traditional payroll providers that stitch together disconnected point solutions, Rippling’s platform is deeply integrated, automated, and traceable end-to-end. This platform is foundational to Rippling’s business and a key reason customers choose us.

Responsibilities

• Design intuitive product experiences that simplify complex payroll and enterprise workflows
• Define and build agentic payroll capabilities powered by AIP
• Partner closely with engineering and design to develop scalable platform capabilities that unlock value across multiple use cases
• Work directly with customers to deeply understand operational pain points and identify high-impact opportunities
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams across Payments, HRIS, Benefits, Time, Spend, Compliance, and other product areas to deliver major platform enhancements
• Drive product strategy and execution for systems that require high reliability, compliance, and scalability

Requirements

• 6+ years of product management experience, or equivalent founder experience
• Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with a strong bias toward action
• Track record of turning complex systems into simple, elegant user experiences
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
• Able to motivate and align cross-functional teams around ambitious goals
• Deep customer empathy and strong product judgment
• Strong alignment with Rippling’s leadership principles, especially:
• Push the limits of possible
• Challenge each other
• Go and see

Qualifications

• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with a strong bias toward action
• Track record of turning complex systems into simple, elegant user experiences
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
• Able to motivate and align cross-functional teams around ambitious goals
• Deep customer empathy and strong product judgment
• Strong alignment with Rippling’s leadership principles, especially:
• Push the limits of possible
• Challenge each other
• Go and see