Product Design Lead, Data Cloud

As a design lead for Data Cloud youll own how customers explore analyze and act on the operational data that flows through Rippling. Every employee event every approval every dollar spent every system change generates data that today lives inside individual products. Your work turns that into something customers can actually use: queryable visualizable governed and connected to the systems they already trust.

Designers at Rippling are product builders. Youll work with PMs engineers and other designers to define problems explore solutions and ship experiences that change customer behavior. The work here starts in LLMs to clarify thinking moves into tools like Cursor and Claude Code for refinement then ships to customers. Designers are involved through iteration testing and launch. They own the outcome of their work along with their partners.

If you want to design the interface between Ripplings data and the people who need to make decisions with it we want to talk to you.

• Own the end-to-end Data Cloud experience from custom reports and dashboards through semantic models query interfaces and warehouse integrations.
• Design how customers move from a plain-language question (show me attrition by team since January) to a validated answer grounded in Ripplings underlying data graph.
• Build primitives that make complex data approachable: visualizations filtering drill-downs schema explorers and permissions for sensitive workforce and financial data.
• Design for two audiences at once: business users who want fast trustworthy answers and data teams who want pipelines models and parity with their warehouse.
• Use LLMs to accelerate your process. Use them to clarify problem spaces generate requirements and pressure-test designs before they reach production.
• Prototype using AI-assisted tools to explore data flows and validate solutions with real interactions not just static mocks.
• Share patterns tooling discoveries and AI workflows across the design organization to raise the bar for everyone.

• A portfolio of high-impact products delivered from concept through launch ideally including analytics BI query builders or other data-heavy surfaces. We care more about craft and outcomes than years in seat or specific data domain experience.
• Some comfort with the language of data: schemas joins aggregations semantic layers warehouses. You dont need to write SQL daily but you need to think like someone who could.
• Active use of LLMs (Claude ChatGPT or similar) in your design workflow whether for research requirements copy or exploration.
• Comfort with AI-assisted prototyping tools (Cursor Claude Code or similar) even if youre not writing production code.
• A strong eye for craft both interaction and visual with the ability to make dense information feel calm and legible.
• Exceptional communication skills making abstract concepts understandable and guiding cross-functional partners through tough decisions.
• If you dont meet every requirement but are excited about the role we encourage you to apply. Skills transfer in unexpected ways and diverse perspectives often lead to the most innovative solutions.

If you dont meet every requirement but are excited about the role we encourage you to apply. Skills transfer in unexpected ways and diverse perspectives often lead to the most innovative solutions.

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 Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation please email

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 employees role.

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.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someones compensationincluding a candidates professional background experience and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.

Required Experience:

Senior IC