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. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.8B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

About the Role

As a Recruiting Manager II, you will lead a team of recruiters responsible for scaling Rippling’s R&D organization. This role will partner with business and functional stakeholders, develop high-performing recruiting talent, and oversee hiring and reporting for multiple teams across Engineering and Product Management.

As a seasoned recruiting leader, you’ll drive strategies to identify, attract, and engage top-tier talent while mentoring a team that builds deep partnerships with hiring managers. You’ll be measured on critical hiring metrics such as Time to Fill, Candidate Experience Score, Offer Acceptance Rate, and Funnel Conversion. This is a high-impact role that pushes the limits of what’s possible — a chance to power Rippling’s growth through exceptional hiring.

 
What You’ll Do

• Build Winning Teams – Manage an existing team of recruiters, foster strong team culture, and own delivery and performance against team goals.

• Go to Western Union – Partner with business leaders to align on hiring needs, optimize sourcing efforts, and solve tough hiring challenges.

• Never Not My Problem – Self-source and collaborate cross-functionally to understand the full funnel, unblock recruiters, and attract the best candidates.

• Be a Rippling Brand Ambassador – Create compelling messaging and strategies to engage top-of-funnel talent across technical functions.

• Build a Data-Driven Recruiting Machine – Champion data integrity and hygiene to power smart, scalable recruiting decisions.

• Go & See – Analyze funnel data to spot trends, generate insights, and iterate on top-of-funnel strategy.

• Get Data/Insights and Decide Quickly – Leverage market intelligence to advise hiring managers and refine sourcing strategy in real time.

• Drive Performance Through Metrics – Help define and measure recruiting KPIs to continuously improve team effectiveness and output.

What You’ll Need

• People Leadership Experience – 3–6 years managing high-performing recruiting teams in tech companies with a high bar for R&D hiring.

• Strong IC Experience – 5+ years as a high-impact individual contributor in technical or leadership hiring.

• Global Collaboration – Experience working with distributed and/or global teams.

• Builder Mentality – Desire and ability to build, move fast, and execute.

• Empathy + Excellence – Ability to support and challenge your team — balancing care with high expectations.

• Data Fluency – Strong analytical skills with a passion for using data to inform recruiting decisions.

• Talent Magnet – Proven ability to identify, attract, and retain top recruiting talent.

• Project Leadership – Skilled at driving cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders.

• Modern Sourcing Tools – Experience with top recruiting platforms and AI tools to identify and engage passive, high-quality candidates.