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Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations

Rippling
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Role leading Rippling's Corporate Development and Investor Relations, driving M&A strategy, financial modeling, deal execution, and investor communications to support growth beyond $1B ARR, including future fundraising and IPO readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Deal execution & Pipeline Strategy: lead the end-to-end M&A pipeline, including market mapping, thesis development, target sourcing, and management engagement to expand Rippling’s product surface area.
  • Financial Modeling & Valuation: Build comprehensive financial analyses—including DCF, comparable transactions, build vs. buy scenarios, and pro forma impact modeling to Rippling annual and long-range plan—to advise the CEO, CFO, and Board on strategic decisions.
  • Run structured diligence across product, engineering, legal, finance, HR, and customer channels — coordinating internal workstreams while conducting external market and customer research to independently validate the strategic and commercial thesis.
  • Drive deals to close: draft and negotiate term sheets and LOIs, own key commercial terms in coordination with Legal, and build post-close integration frameworks that convert deal rationale into realized value.
  • Partner with senior executives to execute future private fundraising rounds, secondary liquidity transactions, and long-term planning for Rippling's IPO and creating a public company ready IR function.
  • Prepare high-impact materials and performance analysis for Board of Directors meetings, investor presentations, and shareholder discussions.
  • Drive regular investor communications, updates, and messaging to effectively convey Rippling’s business model, AI strategy, and growth trajectory to current and prospective investors.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. An advanced degree is a plus.
  • 10+ years of experience in Corporate Development, Investor Relationships, and/or Corporate Finance plus ideally prior PE investing experience. We will also consider candidates directly from PE
  • Leadership experience managing high-performing teams and demonstrated ability to own a deal process end-to-end (from sourcing, thesis development, to close).
  • Strong financial modeling skills and experience negotiating complex commercial agreements.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders to get deals to the finish line.
  • Self-starter with excellent time management, project management, finance and strategy skills.
  • Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience working with senior leadership.
  • Organized, attentive to detail, and intellectually curious.

Skills

Required:M&A deal executionFinancial modelingValuationTerm sheet negotiationInvestor relations
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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