Senior Contracts Manager

Senior Contracts Manager – Rippling

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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

We are looking for a sharp, highly-motivated, and innately curious Senior Contracts Manager. In this role, you will be a core member of the commercial legal team and a trusted partner to Sales, Revenue Operations, Business Development and Procurement. You will manage a high‑volume sales pipeline, triage, and negotiate commercial agreements, and help evolve the playbooks, processes, and systems that enable Rippling to close deals efficiently and effectively. The role will report to the Associate General Counsel, Corporate and will work closely with other legal and compliance team members and cross‑functional stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is process‑oriented, thrives in a fast‑paced environment, and can juggle competing priorities. A curious go‑getter with strong judgment, highly tuned organizational skills, a positive attitude, and a sense of humor would excel in this role.

What you will do

• Serve as key point of contact for Sales and Procurement, responding to intake requests and explaining contract positions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements.
• Manage negotiations with customers to help unblock deals while protecting Rippling’s risk profile.
• Create scalable processes for managing commercial relationships and sales enablement, including operations to support efficient resolution of terms of service questions, non‑disclosure agreements, partnership agreements, and other contract management issues.
• Develop, implement, and continually improve commercial legal playbooks, policies, and processes, including establishing best practices and training materials for cross‑functional partners.
• Help design and implement self‑serve tools.
• Track metrics related to deal velocity, contract cycles, and negotiation trends.

What you will need

About The Team

Our team keeps Rippling’s commercial engine running efficiently and compliantly by working to accelerate revenue while protecting the business. We support Sales, Business Development, and other GTM teams globally, advising on commercial strategy, negotiating increasingly complex deals, and enabling Rippling to continue to grow and scale. This role offers the opportunity to build and scale a world‑class commercial legal function at a fast‑growing company.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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 accommodations@rippling.com.

Compensation

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.

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