Product Design Lead, Data Cloud

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end Data Cloud experience from custom reports and dashboards through semantic models, query interfaces, and warehouse integrations.
• Design how customers move from a plain-language question ("show me attrition by team since January") to a validated answer grounded in Rippling's underlying data graph.
• Build primitives that make complex data approachable: visualizations, filtering, drill-downs, schema explorers, and permissions for sensitive workforce and financial data.
• Design for two audiences at once: business users who want fast, trustworthy answers, and data teams who want pipelines, models, and parity with their warehouse.
• Use LLMs to accelerate your process. Use them to clarify problem spaces, generate requirements, and pressure-test designs before they reach production.
• Prototype using AI-assisted tools to explore data flows and validate solutions with real interactions, not just static mocks.
• Share patterns, tooling discoveries, and AI workflows across the design organization to raise the bar for everyone.

What you will need

• A portfolio of high-impact products delivered from concept through launch, ideally including analytics, BI, query builders, or other data-heavy surfaces. We care more about craft and outcomes than years in seat or specific data domain experience.
• Some comfort with the language of data: schemas, joins, aggregations, semantic layers, warehouses. You don't need to write SQL daily, but you need to think like someone who could.
• Active use of LLMs (Claude, ChatGPT, or similar) in your design workflow whether for research, requirements, copy, or exploration.
• Comfort with AI-assisted prototyping tools (Cursor, Claude Code, or similar), even if you're not writing production code.
• A strong eye for craft, both interaction and visual, with the ability to make dense information feel calm and legible.
• Exceptional communication skills, making abstract concepts understandable and guiding cross-functional partners through tough decisions.

If you don't meet every requirement but are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply. Skills transfer in unexpected ways, and diverse perspectives often lead to the most innovative solutions.

If you don't meet every requirement but are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply. Skills transfer in unexpected ways, and diverse perspectives often lead to the most innovative solutions.