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 $1.4B+ 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

We’re looking for a Regulatory Operations Program Manager to help scale programs, processes, and cross-functional work that keeps our regulatory commitments on track across our global regulated entities. This role sits at the intersection of regulatory compliance, operations, and program management, ensuring that regulatory requirements translated into clear plans are executed efficiently and sustained over time.

You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and external partners to drive regulatory initiatives from intake through delivery, while continuously improving how we operate in a highly regulated environment.

What You’ll Do

• Program management for regulatory initiatives, including planning, execution, tracking, and reporting
• Help the COO/ Regulatory Operations Manager build and maintain scalable regulatory operations processes and playbooks
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Operations
• Help identify operational risks, gap, dependencies, and bottlenecks; proactively surface and resolve issues
• Support audits and examinations by coordinating responses and documentation
• Continuously improve regulatory workflows through automation, tooling, and process optimisation

What You’ll Bring

• 3+ years of experience in operations, regulatory operations, compliance operations, or a related field
• Strong understanding of operating in regulated financial/ payment environments
• Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to juggle competing priorities
• Clear, concise communicator who can translate complex regulatory concepts for diverse audiences
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and evolving regulatory requirements
• Experience building processes from scratch and scaling them as the business grows

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of financial regulations at a global level
• Experience working directly with regulators or supporting regulatory exams
• Background in Legal, Compliance, Risk or Internal Audit functions
• Experience supporting international and/ or multi-jurisdiction regulatory programs

Why This Role Matters

This role is critical to ensuring that regulatory requirements are not just met, but operationalized in a way that enables the business to move quickly and confidently. You’ll help the company to scale responsibly while maintaining strong relationships with regulators and internal stakeholders.