{"uuid":"6c0acabf-2ffd-42c4-beb1-0bd1c72f30bf","name":"Product Strategy and Operations Lead","description":{"company":"<div><body><h2 style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">About Rippling</strong></b></h2><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"font-size:11pt;color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">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.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"font-size:11pt;color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">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.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"font-size:11pt;color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Based in San Francisco, CA, </span><a href=\"https://www.rippling.com/careers#:~:text=GLOBAL%20EMPLOYEES-,%241.4B%2B,-RAISED%20TO%20DATE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling has raised $1.4B+</span></a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\"> 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.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"font-size:11pt;color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @</span><a href=\"http://www.Rippling.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling.com</span></a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\"> addresses.</span></p></body></div>","role":"<div><body><h2 style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">About the role</strong></b></h2><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">As a Product Strategy and Operations Lead, you’ll work closely with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, and Design to establish and continuously improve the operational systems that connect product strategy to execution. This is a unique opportunity to lead a high-impact team helping Rippling deliver innovation at scale while driving operational excellence across the product development lifecycle.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">We're looking for a leader to build and run Rippling's Product Strategy &amp; Operations function. This is a senior, cross-functional role that sits at the heart of the EPD organization and works in close partnership with the CPO, CTO,  EPD Leads, GTM leadership, and Finance.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">You will be responsible for three core pillars: building the rigor necessary to sustain a high-velocity of product releases, establishing the measurement infrastructure to validate product success post-launch, and designing the planning systems that ensure our product roadmap remains aligned with our strategic objectives.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">This is a strategic leadership position for someone who thinks deeply about products and markets, but obsesses about building world-class operating systems, and uses data to drive decisions that matter.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><h2 style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">What you will do</strong></b></h2><ul style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;'><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Run planning for Rippling EPD. You'll own and execute how Rippling EPD does annual planning including multiple offshoot workstreams, and the frameworks leadership uses to make decisions. Continuous improvement of existing processes, automating manual workflows and helping us redesign lighter ways to do the work in the future</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Own EPD business rhythms: weekly operating reviews, monthly business reviews, planning cycles, and roadmap processes by defining minimum viable process for each.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Establish critical processes that govern the product development lifecycle.  This role owns the health of the product development lifecycle: how requirements move into build, how releases are planned and validated, how experimentation (A/B testing) is designed and read out, and how quality is verified before anything reaches go to market teams and customers.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ensure Product releases flow into our Launch Calendar and accelerate the pace and quality of releases to market.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Establish a product adoption framework — a structured post-launch process that goes beyond the launch to ensure new features and products are actually adopted, drive the intended business outcomes, and generate learnings that feed the next iteration.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Develop and maintain go-to-market and customer feedback loops that give product leaders a continuously updated view of the market landscape.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Partner with Data Engineering and Data Science to ensure the analytical infrastructure (data pipelines, warehouse models, tooling) supports the speed of analysis our business requires.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Partner with EPD leads to maintain team health, capacity visibility, and resource allocation so that the right bets are properly staffed and execution risk is surfaced early.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Own end-to-end release management, including readiness reviews, release communications, and risk mitigation.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Success depends on the individual’s ability to work cross-functionally and hold engineering, product, and design partners accountable to committed deliverables without formal authority over them.</span></li></ul><h2 style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">What you will need</strong></b></h2><ul style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;'><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:12pt 0px 0pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">10+ years in product operations, business operations, strategy, or a closely adjacent function inside a high-growth technology company.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ability to understand complex, technical products and articulate their value to non-technical audiences.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Deep familiarity with the full software development lifecycle — you understand how EPD teams plan, build, and ship, and have experience improving those processes.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Demonstrated ability to work independently, autonomously, and cross-functionally.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Passion for structuring and solving highly ambiguous strategic problems and owning end-to-end execution of solutions.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects with multiple functional stakeholders.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px 12pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Past experience working at the intersection of product and go-to-market teams in a software company.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Strong oral and written communication skills, with a proven ability to work effectively with multiple, cross-functional stakeholders, including users.</span></li></ul><h2 style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Additional Information</strong></b></h2><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">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 accommodations@rippling.com</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">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.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">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 </span><a href=\"https://www.rippling.com/pay-transparency\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">here</span></a><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. 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This is a unique opportunity to lead a high-impact team helping Rippling deliver innovation at scale while driving operational excellence across the product development lifecycle.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">We're looking for a leader to build and run Rippling's Product Strategy &amp; Operations function. This is a senior, cross-functional role that sits at the heart of the EPD organization and works in close partnership with the CPO, CTO,  EPD Leads, GTM leadership, and Finance.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">You will be responsible for three core pillars: building the rigor necessary to sustain a high-velocity of product releases, establishing the measurement infrastructure to validate product success post-launch, and designing the planning systems that ensure our product roadmap remains aligned with our strategic objectives.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">This is a strategic leadership position for someone who thinks deeply about products and markets, but obsesses about building world-class operating systems, and uses data to drive decisions that matter.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><h2 style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">What you will do</strong></b></h2><ul style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;'><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Run planning for Rippling EPD. You'll own and execute how Rippling EPD does annual planning including multiple offshoot workstreams, and the frameworks leadership uses to make decisions. Continuous improvement of existing processes, automating manual workflows and helping us redesign lighter ways to do the work in the future</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Own EPD business rhythms: weekly operating reviews, monthly business reviews, planning cycles, and roadmap processes by defining minimum viable process for each.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Establish critical processes that govern the product development lifecycle.  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Demonstrated ability to work independently, autonomously, and cross-functionally.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Passion for structuring and solving highly ambiguous strategic problems and owning end-to-end execution of solutions.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects with multiple functional stakeholders.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px 12pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Past experience working at the intersection of product and go-to-market teams in a software company.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Strong oral and written communication skills, with a proven ability to work effectively with multiple, cross-functional stakeholders, including users.</span></li></ul><h2 style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Additional Information</strong></b></h2><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">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 accommodations@rippling.com</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">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.</span></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:\"Basel Grotesk\",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. 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