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Director of Sales, AI & Data Cloud

Rippling · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Rippling

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 pragmatic, strategic, and technically fluent sales leader to lead Sales for Rippling’s Data Cloud business. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 7+ years of B2B SaaS sales experience, with 3+ years managing quota-carrying sales teams
  • Experience selling or leading teams in data, analytics, business intelligence, automation, AI, platform, infrastructure, or complex SaaS products preferred
  • Experience managing managers preferred, or demonstrated ability to scale beyond first-line leadership
  • Proven track record of building teams that consistently meet or exceed quota
  • Ability to coach reps and managers through technical discovery, data-centric use cases, competitive positioning, business case development, and multi-stakeholder sales cycles
  • Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to diagnose performance gaps, improve conversion, and drive sales efficiency
More about this role

We are looking for a pragmatic, strategic, and technically fluent sales leader to lead Sales for Rippling’s Data Cloud business.

Rippling Data Cloud is a foundational part of Rippling’s compound platform, helping companies bring workforce, HR, IT, finance, and operational data together in a unified model that can power reporting, analytics, automation, and AI-native workflows. Instead of forcing teams to reconcile fragmented data across disconnected systems, Rippling Data Cloud gives businesses a trusted way to access, understand, and act on their employee and business data from a single platform.

This role is responsible for leading a team of Account Executives & Managers selling Rippling’s Data Cloud products into new customers across SMB, Mid-Market, and Ent segments. The ideal candidate has experience leading high-performing SaaS sales teams in a fast-paced environment, with strong fluency in data, analytics, automation, AI, and platform-oriented selling. This person should be equally comfortable driving operational rigor, coaching technical discovery, improving win rates, inspecting pipeline, and building a repeatable sales motion in a high-growth business.

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