Senior Program Manager, Talent Management

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.

About the Role

Rippling is seeking a strategic and results-driven Senior Program Manager, Talent Management to lead and scale critical HR initiatives that drive performance, engagement, and talent health across 6,000 employees in 40+ countries around the world. The ideal candidate brings strategic capabilities, operational rigor, analytical skills, and a collaborative mindset to help Rippling build winning teams and become a generational company.

Responsibilities

• Partner with VP of HR & VP of HR Business Partnering to design and implement global talent management initiatives that drive organizational development, engagement, and performance.
• Design and implement performance management frameworks in support of maintaining a high-performance culture.
• Collaborate with HRBPs and leaders on talent effectiveness strategies and initiatives.
• Oversee engagement programs including surveys and employee recognition.
• Enable talent health insights and initiatives to inform workforce strategy and decisions.
• Develop dashboards and metrics to track talent health such as demographics, engagement, retention, and performance.
• Lead the development and maintenance of the tools and systems that support performance, engagement, and talent health.
• Partner closely with users and stakeholders to ensure usability and efficacy.
• Champion automation and technology improvements for scalable, data-driven HR processes that work harmoniously with our product.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, with deep expertise in core areas such as People Analytics, Program Management, HR Tech; Consulting.
• Experience in high-growth, tech-oriented environments.
• Strong analytical skills with a proven strong background in people data and analytics tools.
• Sound knowledge of HR as a discipline including full cycle Talent Management.
• Exceptional Program Management and Project Management skills with a proven track record leading cross-functional HR initiatives at scale.
• Proficiency with modern HR tech stacks (e.g., HRIS, performance tools).
• Excellent collaboration and communication across a highly cross-functional matrixed organization; seamless executive presence and stakeholder management.

Additional Information

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.

Pay

The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation—including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location.

• 160,000 - 240,000 USD per year (San Francisco Office and NYC)
• 144,000 - 216,000 USD per year (Austin, Chicago and Seattle)