Rippling · 5 hours ago
Sr. Product Design Manager, Platform
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$168K/yr - $294K/yr
8+ years expRippling is a company that provides a unified platform for HR, IT, and Finance. The Sr. Product Design Manager will lead a team of designers to enhance Rippling’s core experience, focusing on design systems and system-wide AI experiences that drive company growth and customer success.
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Responsibilities
Lead a business‑critical platform team driving foundational improvements across Rippling’s core experience—design systems, shared surfaces, and system‑wide AI experiences—fueling company growth and differentiation
Guide a team of designers shaping platform primitives and cross‑product experiences, including component libraries, tokens, theming, navigation, search, approvals, notifications, and accessibility
Design large‑scale, complex experiences that are learnable, powerful, trustworthy, and efficient for users across the globe
Create a culture of craft, quality, and execution by inspiring, motivating, and leading product designers across experience levels to do the best work of their careers
Define and steward quality bars and decision frameworks (principles, reviews, quality gates) that drive high‑quality decisions across the organization
Establish contribution and governance models for the design system with Engineering to ensure adoption, performance, and accessibility at scale
Prototype and ship system‑wide AI experiences (assistive workflows, smart defaults, summarization) in partnership with AI/ML and core product teams
Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, and executive leadership to deliver best‑in‑class, innovative work that pushes the limits of what’s possible
Qualification
Required
8+ years of professional design experience, with 3+ years leading and managing design teams
Proven track record of delivering high‑impact, customer‑focused projects
Must be familiar with complexity: demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and interdependent systems, turning complexity into simple, learnable patterns
Proven ability to drive high‑quality decisions through organizations, establishing mechanisms (principles, reviews, quality bars) that align cross‑functional stakeholders
Exemplary craft with specific, concrete portfolio examples (interaction, visual, information architecture, or UX writing) and clear before/after impact
Systems thinker with hands‑on experience designing integrated product suites or feature ecosystems; experience building and governing design systems at scale is a plus
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to persuade and influence stakeholders
Collaborative approach to working with Engineering, Product, and Marketing to drive both product strategy and rigorous, operational execution
Experience leading, recruiting, and scaling design teams in both startups and established companies, including systematically growing designers' skills to do the best work of their careers
Benefits
Competitive salary + benefits + equity
Company
Rippling
Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, and finance operations into a single system.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
2024 (42)
2023 (70)
2022 (81)
2021 (33)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.44BKey Investors
CoatueGreenoaksFounders Fund
2025-05-09Series G· $450M
2024-04-22Series F· $200M
2024-04-22Secondary Market· $590M
Leadership Team
Albert Strasheim
Chief Technology Officer
Adil Syed
CFO
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