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. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
About the role
We are looking for a Compensation Programs Lead to own and drive our core compensation programs end-to-end. This is a high-impact individual contributor (Super IC) role at the intersection of strategy and execution — you will design and operate our merit and incentive cycles, lead compensation readiness across cross functional teams, and own the systems and tooling that power our planning processes.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years of compensation experience, including meaningful time in a business-facing or cross-functional role at a high-growth technology company
- Proven track record owning complex, multi-stakeholder compensation cycles end-to-end — on time, with high accuracy, and ownership
- Experience designing or supporting variable comp, equity compensation
- Hands-on experience configuring and managing compensation planning cycles through a full cycle using any software
- Substantial command of compensation fundamentals: job matching, market pricing, leveling, job architecture, equity mechanics (private and public), and cyclical programs
- Clear, direct communicator — able to translate compensation mechanics into language that managers, employees, and senior leaders can actually use
More about this role
We are looking for a Compensation Programs Lead to own and drive our core compensation programs end-to-end. This is a high-impact individual contributor (Super IC) role at the intersection of strategy and execution — you will design and operate our merit and incentive cycles, lead compensation readiness across cross functional teams, and own the systems and tooling that power our planning processes. You will work closely with People Business Partners and Finance to ensure our programs are competitive, affordable, sustainable, and built for a fast-scaling business.
- Own the end-to-end strategy, planning, and execution of Rippling's annual and midyear merit cycles — timeline management, budget tracking, system configuration, communications, and post-cycle analysis.
- Serve as the primary operational partner to People Business Partners throughout every cycle, proactively removing blockers, resolving edge cases, and translating compensation mechanics into clear guidance for managers and employees.
- Partner with Finance to build and maintain accurate compensation budgets; ensure leaders understand both the numbers and the rationale behind them throughout the planning cycle.
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