Privacy Compliance Specialist

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.

We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.

About the role

At Rippling, we believe privacy is at the core of maintaining the trust of our customers, and an ongoing commitment we take seriously. We are looking for a highly-motivated and proactive Privacy Compliance Specialist to join our legal and compliance team. In this role, you will work closely with several partners, including Sales, Marketing, Implementation, Support, Security, Product, and Engineering to develop, drive, and scale Rippling’s global privacy compliance program. You are a self-starter with impeccable judgment. You take pride in working cross-functionally to drive results and help colleagues navigate and simplify complex privacy requirements and processes. You bring risk-based and pragmatic perspectives on how privacy requirements can be implemented, and are excited about developing a highly efficient and effective global program. This role will report to the Assistant General Counsel of Privacy and Product.

What you will do

• Act as the lead for, and support the day-to-day operations of, Rippling’s global privacy compliance program.
• Drive cross-functional projects and campaigns to implement requirements to address new and evolving privacy laws and regulations.
• Implement mechanisms to ensure ongoing compliance with global privacy requirements, and monitor, audit, and report on privacy risk across the company.
• Develop and manage Rippling’s processes to respond to privacy incidents, data subject requests, updates to privacy-related terms and messaging.
• Develop and manage rollouts of new privacy-related policies, guidance, training, processes, and procedures across the company.
• Provide effective and prompt privacy compliance advice and support business units in operationalizing privacy compliance, rectifying problems, and responding to emerging challenges.
• Keep informed regarding pending industry changes, trends, and best practices and assess the potential impact of these changes on organizational processes.
• Act as the privacy subject matter expert on financial and other regulatory licensing examinations and audits.
• Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of privacy program activities and recommend improvements to improve delivery at scale.

What you will need

• 3+ years of experience in compliance, program management, or paralegal roles for a law firm or tech company (experience in privacy, data incident response, and cybersecurity is a plus).
• Entrepreneurial mindset, solution-oriented ethos, and ready to roll up your sleeves.
• Demonstrated solution-oriented business and compliance judgment.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, and experience advancing projects and change management in a multi-stakeholder environment
• Excellent written and oral communicator both internally and externally, with ability to break down complex regulatory requirements into easy-to-understand and practical advice.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Passion for efficient processes.
• Interest in privacy, data protection, and technology.
• Familiarity with the EU and US privacy laws and regulations is a plus.
• Sense of humor.

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 defined 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 one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

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.