Rippling
Product Lead, Employee Data & Lifecycle
$174K–$290K
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Apr 21, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of product management experience.
About the job
Leads the roadmap and development of employee lifecycle and HRIS products, closing enterprise-readiness gaps while balancing usability, system correctness, and scale.
What you'll do
- Own and sequence the roadmap for Terminations, Transitions, Employee Apps, and the HRIS Platform.
- Develop reliable, intuitive employee-change workflows and coordinate enterprise readiness across downstream systems and teams.
- Define success metrics, drive root-cause resolution, and communicate priorities, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of product management experience, including significant ownership of technically complex, user-facing products in a high-scale environment.
- Strong UX instincts and systems thinking across interconnected product surfaces.
- Cross-functional leadership driving parallel execution across multiple teams.
- Strong technical judgment on data modeling, APIs, and system design; AI fluency in day-to-day work.
Nice to have
- Experience in HR, payroll, or other systems of record, especially involving data integrity, compliance, and auditability.
- Platform or infrastructure product management experience.
Pay
USD 174,000–290,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
APIs
AI focus
Actively use AI in day-to-day work and building, and have a point of view on where AI belongs in the product.
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