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Senior Director of Workplace & Real Estate

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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.

About The Role

At Rippling, Real Estate is critical to support our continued growth. As the leader, you will drive the next stage of our global growth, managing all aspects of your domain. It's a tremendous opportunity to shape our portfolio while interfacing with a dynamic team of technology executives. Your work will ensure Ripplers have a great, productive workplace experience.

What You Will Do

1. Partner with executive leadership to develop a real estate strategy supporting international growth in existing and new locations, including San Francisco, Bangalore, New York, Austin, London, Dublin, Sydney, and upcoming offices in Seattle and other locations in 2026.
2. Deliver location strategy, site utilization, capacity analysis, and related programs.
3. Drive transactional recommendations and acquisition/disposition outcomes with strong financial analysis; manage third-party brokers and contractors, collaborating with Finance and Procurement teams.
4. Manage all aspects of real estate portfolio management, including capital improvements, fit-outs, office moves, and new occupancy, ensuring positive employee experience.
5. Implement standardized office policies, FF&E guidelines, and procedures across locations.
6. Maintain a centralized lease data repository, ensuring compliance and data accuracy.
7. Collaborate with InfoSec and workspace teams to oversee physical security.

What You Will Need

• Minimum 12 years of experience in commercial real estate with strong business acumen; workspace experience preferred.
• Expertise in transaction management, financial analysis, occupancy management, project management, fit-outs, and portfolio strategy.
• Ability to simplify complex options into clear recommendations and independently manage a global real estate portfolio.
• Proficiency in presenting financial deal scenarios to C-suite executives and managing cross-company relationships.
• Ability to represent the company's interests with third-party contractors and providers.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, challenging situations, and pushing pragmatic solutions.
• Balance of frugality with talent attraction and retention strategies.
• Willingness to lead and execute as the function scales from 0 to 1.

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. For accommodations, email ...@rippling.com.

We value in-office work to foster collaboration. Employees living within a defined radius are expected to work in-office at least three days a week.

This role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and equity, with compensation aligned to location and experience.