Product Design Lead, IT Products

**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 $1.2B 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. We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @[Rippling.com](http://Rippling.com) addresses. \ **About the Role** Design plays an essential role in this by ensuring the product is intuitive and easy to use. Our designers help free up smart people to work on hard problems for their organizations rather than spend it on the busy work that often comes with their job. We hold design to a higher standard than others in the industry and it’s an important differentiator for us. A good user experience is essential in building trust with our customers so they can feel confident that important aspects of their business run without fail for their employees. As a designer at Rippling, you are responsible for creating these experiences. Our IT suite spans across multiple product areas, including Identity, Device Management, Compliance, Marketplace, and Integrations. We are looking for a product designer who has a strong technical background, is comfortable navigating ambiguity, and eager to own design for an entire product area. **What You Will Do** * Design new 0-1 products from scratch, improve and expand on existing products, and uncover greenfield business opportunities within your product portfolio. * Design large scale and highly complex experiences while making them intuitive and delightful to use. * Level up the design team by mentoring other designers, defining operational processes as we hyperscale, continue pushing the limits of possible, and generally leading by example through craft and behavior. * Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Customer Support, Marketing, Sales and other cross-functional partners to facilitate design-driven discussions, and help prioritize initiatives in planning and product channels. * Help create a long-term vision for your products, set a roadmap around that vision, and help define product requirements to execute on that roadmap. * Effectively manage your time, stakeholders and design process to meet aggressive team deadlines. * Partner with Engineering to ensure a high quality user experience and bug-free implementation. * Solicit feedback early and often from your peers, including other product designers on the team by participating in weekly design syncs and sharing out your work in the appropriate channels. * Help maintain our design system and look for opportunities to enhance or contribute to it. **What You Will Need** * A minimum 6 years of professional work experience in an individual contributor role on a Product Design team * B.A/B.S. in Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field/equivalent experience. * Experience owning the end-to-end design for a product, from roadmap planning to QA of your builds. * Experience leading and mentoring other designers from the individual contributor role. * An outstanding portfolio, showcasing high-quality product experiences shipped against tight deadlines. \ **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, and Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process._ _Rippling highly values in-office collaboration. Employees living within 30 miles of an office are expected to work onsite three days a week with those living 30-49.9 miles away expected to be in the office one day a week. Employees living over 50 miles away are required to relocate within 30 miles of an office. To enhance team cohesiveness, new employees are asked to work onsite three days a week for their first six months._ _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_](https://www.rippling.com/pay-transparency)_._ _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._ **Benefits** * _Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, HSA, Commuter, Life, and Disability Benefits_ * _Uncapped PTO_ * _Flexible work hours_ * _Generous parental leave_ * _Transgender health insurance coverage_ * _Great compensation package (salary, equity)_ * _Onsite meals_ The pay range for this role is: 159,000 - 278,250 USD per year (US San Francisco Bay Area)