Sr. Product Design Manager – HRIS | India Design Site Lead

About the role

In a world of fragmented, outdated systems, we’re creating a modern, unified platform where thoughtful design turns complexity into clarity and confidence. As the Senior Product Design Manager for HRIS and India Site Lead, you will lead a team of ~6 designers responsible for Rippling's HCM and HRIS products, while serving as the site lead for the broader India design organization, supporting an additional ~5 designers across Payroll, Finance, and Platform.

What you'll do

• Lead and grow a team of product designers across the HCM product suite, driving high-impact work across HR, Talent, Benefits, and Workforce Management
• Design and deliver complex, business-critical experiences that are intuitive, scalable, and trustworthy across global and regulatory contexts
• Define and drive AI-native experiences that radically simplify administrator and employee workflows—leveraging automation, intelligent defaults
• Set a high bar for craft, quality, and execution—mentoring designers, providing actionable feedback
• Drive end-to-end product thinking—from early problem definition and research through execution and iteration—across both 0→1 initiatives and mature product areas

What you need

• 10–18 yrs of experience
• HRMS
• Design systems
• HR operations
• Product strategy
• Any graduate