About the role
Corporate Development Manager Corporate Development Manager 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. Rippling AI, our newest product, takes this mission further by helping businesses manage payroll, HR, IT, finance — not by generating plausible responses, but by writing real queries against live data, showing its work, and taking real action on behalf of customers. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.85B+ 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. We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.
About
The Role Rippling is one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies in history, with a compound platform covering HR, IT, and Finance across 100+ countries. As our platform scales on an accelerated basis with Rippling AI and our use of AI tools internally, we see opportunities to extend our product offering and reach through M&A. We treat corporate development — whether product acquisitions or acquihires — as a core strategic function.
The team is focused on making the right decision for Rippling and its customers, by evaluating build, buy, and partner strategies across our broad product surface area. As Corporate Development & Partnerships Manager, you'll work directly with Rippling's SVP of Corporate Development and CFO on the full spectrum of deals that shape our strategic direction. You'll own deal work end-to-end — from initial market mapping and thesis development, to financial modeling, management engagement, term sheet negotiation, legal coordination, and post-close integration planning. This is a deal-execution-heavy role with a high analytical bar. The best candidates will be comfortable building a financial model, drafting a term sheet, presenting a build/buy/partner recommendation to senior leadership, and managing a live diligence process. Alongside the core Corporate Development work, you'll also own top strategic partnerships for Rippling's IT and Spend products — with the majority of your time focused on Corporate Development. This role carries significant responsibility and is best suited for self-starters with a breadth of deal experience across private equity, investment banking, or corporate development at a large technology company or high-growth startup. There is meaningful room to grow, measure your impact, and scale with the organization as we build a world-class Corporate Development team.
