Director of Product, App Platform

Rippling is building a developer platform that lets developers build software on top of Rippling connect Rippling to custom data and eventually sell applications to Rippling customers. This role will lead the apps pillar of that platform and turn a set of powerful internal primitives into a coherent developer product.

As Director of Product App Platform you will define the strategy for Ripplings application platform and app ecosystem including the Object Graph Object Platform custom apps workflows functions documents sites localization and related capabilities. The right person has built for developers before and can make complex platform architecture feel simple reliable and worth building on.

• Set the App Platform strategy. Define how Ripplings app primitives come together into a clear scalable developer platform.
• Make developers the customer. Build APIs schemas permissions tooling documentation observability and lifecycle experiences that help developers build confidently.
• Lead the Object Graph and Object Platform roadmap. Shape the shared data and platform foundation that first-party teams solutions teams customers and external developers build on.
• Enable AI-native app creation. Make the platform usable by AI coding agents through machine-readable interfaces deterministic behavior safe permissions and actionable errors.
• Build and lead the team. Hire coach and develop product leaders for a broad technically complex strategically important product area.
• Drive ecosystem impact. Help scale custom apps and create the foundation for third-party developers to build and sell software on Rippling.

• 12 years of product management engineering platform or technical product leadership experience.
• A track record of building substantial products for developers such as developer platforms APIs infrastructure products app platforms marketplaces workflow platforms or data platforms.
• Strong technical fluency across data models APIs permissions systems boundaries reliability tooling and developer workflows.
• Excellent product judgment and the ability to turn fragmented platform capabilities into a clear product strategy and roadmap.
• Experience leading product teams hiring and developing PMs and operating across executive engineering design GTM and customer-facing stakeholders.
• Comfort creating clarity in ambiguous early or newly elevated product areas.
• Nice to have: experience with third-party developer ecosystems app marketplaces AI-native development workflows coding agents object graphs data clouds or enterprise application platforms.

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

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 employees 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.