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Rippling

Director, Business Operations

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Rippling

New York City, US · Full-time · $250,000 – $320,000

About this role

Business Operations drives Rippling’s most impactful initiatives, shaping product development, go-to-market, and customer operations. This small, high-performing team thrives in ambiguity, crafting strategy, and driving operational excellence. With our compound business model, each team member gains broad executive exposure and serves as the connective tissue across functions.

Example projects include managing Tier-1 Product launches, drafting new pricing and packaging motions, restructuring GTM channels, or running our company operating system. We are seeking a BizOps Director to lead our San Francisco team while also contributing as a strong individual operator.

You should be a hands-on leader with a proven track record of scaling companies and navigating obstacles. An exceptional communicator who can build trust and influence executive stakeholders, a sharp thought partner who uses first-principles thinking to break down complex challenges, and an empathetic manager who supports the unique needs of each team member.

In this role, you will oversee part of the BizOps team, act as a trusted partner to senior executives, and manage a variety of projects directly tied to the c-suite. Business Operations has a proven track record of developing functional leaders, making this role a launchpad for advancing into senior leadership positions within the company.

Requirements

  • Hands-on leader with a proven track record of scaling companies and navigating obstacles
  • Exceptional communicator who can build trust and influence executive stakeholders
  • Sharp thought partner who uses first-principles thinking to break down complex challenges
  • Empathetic manager who supports the unique needs of each team member

Responsibilities

  • Manage a cross-functional team of high performers, leading by example and developing members into functional leaders
  • Position the team for growth by recruiting, training, and mentoring the next cohort of top talent
  • Manage executive requests, scope them into projects, and oversee delivery
  • Contribute to long-term strategic planning, ensuring Business Operations efforts align with the company’s vision and goals
  • Identify hotspots in the business that require intervention and proactively investigate, strategize, and implement solutions
  • Partner with eng, product, go-to-market, sales and other functions to launch new initiatives and optimize operations
  • Analyze the data for your own projects: run your own queries, build your own dashboards, build your own Pivot Tables