Sr Business Development Manager

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 $1.2B 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.

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About the role

As a pivotal BD team member, you'll be instrumental in negotiating key deals, nurturing significant partner relationships, and maximizing revenue opportunities associated with partner programs. Your role will involve full cycle partner management spanning partner sourcing, technical integrations and legal negotiation to building scalable operational and go to market programs that drive revenue. This is an incredibly cross functional role requiring someone to work closely with nearly every team and leader across Rippling. If you thrive in a fast paced, high stakes environment, come join Rippling’s business development team where you'll be at the forefront of driving strategic growth initiatives.

What you will do

• Work cross functionally with sales and product to identify key partnerships that drive material revenue or create unique product leverage
• Source partners, define technical and commercial models and negotiate the contracts that bring them to life
• Formulate compelling go-to-market plans and implement scalable processes with partners
• Drive post-deal partnership execution with internal and external stakeholders
• Manage and grow a large existing portfolio of existing partners

What you will need

• 10+ years of experience in SaaS Business Development roles
• Ability to execute and navigate ambiguity independently, demonstrated experience working autonomously on business, technical and legal concepts
• Strong executive communication skills
• Thorough understanding of the SaaS ecosystem and business model
• HR ecosystem experience a plus
• Technical or product management background a plus
• JD, MBA, or other advanced degrees a plus

Additional Information

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 accomodations@rippling.com.

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 40 mile 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 the range below based on San Francisco Bay Area.

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.

The pay range for this role is:

138,000 - 241,500 USD per year (US San Francisco Bay Area)