Head of Product, Rippling Finance

About RipplingRippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings every employee’s data, expenses, devices, apps, payroll, permissions, and approvals into a single, real-time system—so work that normally spans multiple disconnected tools can be automated end to end.That foundation makes Rippling uniquely suited for AI. Because Rippling understands a company’s people, policies, and workflows, its AI can do more than answer questions — it can take trusted action across the systems that run your business.Our mission is to free smart people to work on hard problems. We help companies operate leaner, move faster, and spend less by replacing fragmented systems and manual handoffs with one unified platform.About the roleRippling Finance is Rippling’s fastest-growing product suite – spanning spend management, corporate cards, reimbursements, procurement, bill pay, travel, business checking, investment accounts, vendor management, AI token controls, and multiple agentic teammates. The business unit is already operating at meaningful scale and doubling annually – while still enabling the autonomy, speed, ownership, and impact of a growth-stage startup.We’re looking for a Senior Director of Product Management to lead product strategy and execution for Rippling Finance. This person will own a broad, high-growth portfolio and manage a team of 8-9 product managers. They will partner closely with Engineering, Design, Risk, Finance, Sales, Marketing, and Biz Ops teams to define the next chapter of Rippling Finance and build products that help companies control spend, automate finance operations, and make better business decisions.This is a rare opportunity to lead a Series C scale product suite inside one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world — with the customer base, distribution, resources, and platform advantage of Rippling behind you.What you will doPartner with the GM to set the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Rippling Finance.Lead and coach a team of senior product managers operating across a broad multi-product suite.Drive the business from its current scale to the next order of magnitude by identifying the highest-leverage product, platform, and go-to-market opportunities.Build products that work across both sales-led and self-serve / PLG motions, including experiences for smaller companies and more complex mid-market and enterprise customers.Partner deeply with Engineering, Design, Biz Ops, Risk, Finance, Sales, Marketing, and Support to deliver products that are technically excellent, commercially successful, and highly usable.Continue to extend AI across the Finance product experiences, including areas like spend controls, accounting workflows, FP&A analysis, and automations.Develop a sharp understanding of customer needs, competitive dynamics, market structure, and product gaps across modern finance software.Balance strategic altitude with operational depth — moving fluidly from long-term suite strategy to product details, data models, workflows, and customer pain points.Help define how Rippling’s compound platform advantage can transform finance operations in ways standalone finance tools cannot.What you will need10+ years of product management experience, with significant experience leading B2B software products.Current or recent experience operating at Senior Director, VP, or equivalent scope; this role is not intended as a first-time step up into senior product leadership.Experience managing product managers, with a strong preference for candidates who have led teams larger than 5 PMs.A track record of owning strategy and execution for complex, high-impact product areas.Strong systems thinking and the ability to reason across product, business model, customer workflow, data, risk, and operational complexity.Experience building products in technical domains where accuracy, reporting, data quality, and workflow depth matter.1-3 years of experience creating AI-native products, preferably AI agents, rather than copilots.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially in highly cross-functional environments.A bias toward action, high ownership, and comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with ambitious goals.Strong product judgment: you can zoom out to define strategy and zoom in to debate edge cases, UX polish, data definitions, and launch tradeoffs.A track record of using AI in your own workflow to improve the speed and quality of your output.Nice to haveFintech, spend management, payments, banking, procurement, accounting, FP&A, or related finance workflow experience.Experience building products used in daily operational workflows.Experience scaling products through hybrid sales-led and self-serve PLG motions.Founder, GM, or business-owner experience where you were accountable for product strategy and commercial outcomes.Experience in a highly technical B2B domain such as fintech, dev tools, ad tech, HR tech, or legal tech.Familiarity with international product expansion, regulatory compliance, risk operations, and financial controls.What success looks likeRippling Finance has a clear, compelling product strategy for the next stage of growth.The PM team is operating at a higher bar, with clarity, strong judgment, and fast execution.AI is embedded into everything we build in ways that are thoughtful, useful, and innovative.Cross-functional teams are aligned around the highest-priority bets and executing with urgency.Your leadership leads to accelerated growth of the Suite and frequent, positive customer feedback.LocationThis role is ideally based in New York City, where most of the team is located. It’s 3 days in-office per week at our Midtown Penn Station office.Additional InformationRippling 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 View email address on click.appcast.io 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.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 someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.