Rippling HCM Consultant

Location: United States | Fully Remote
Contract: Contract/temp-perm
Experience: 5-6+ years
Rate: $45-$55 per hour

We are working with a growing HCM consultancy looking for an experienced Rippling HCM Architect / Senior Consultant to join their team on a fully remote basis.

This is a senior-level opportunity for someone who has genuine, broad Rippling HCM expertise and can operate beyond day-to-day configuration.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience across Rippling HR, Payroll and Reporting
, combined with architectural and strategic experience across complex implementations, optimisation projects and customer environments.

You will be expected to work independently, understand complex customer requirements, develop effective solutions and hit the ground running with minimal hand holding.

• Lead and support complex Rippling HCM implementations and optimisation projects

• Provide strategic and architectural guidance across Rippling environments

• Design scalable HCM solutions based on customer requirements and business processes

• Work across Rippling HR, Payroll, Reporting and broader HCM functionality

• Analyse existing configurations and identify opportunities for optimisation

• Translate complex business requirements into practical Rippling solutions

• Support customers through complex HCM challenges and transformation initiatives

• Collaborate with internal teams and customers to ensure successful delivery

• Provide expert guidance on best practices, system design and platform capabilities

• Operate autonomously while maintaining strong communication and organisation

• 5-6+ years of relevant HCM / HR technology experience

• Strong, hands-on Rippling experience

• Rippling certified

• Demonstrable experience across:

  • Rippling HR
  • Rippling Payroll
  • Rippling Reporting
  • Broader Rippling HCM functionality

• Experience with
  Rippling architecture / solution design

• Experience delivering complex implementations and/or optimisation projects

• Ability to operate at a strategic and architectural level
  , rather than purely configuration-focused

• Strong understanding of HCM processes and technology

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work directly with customers

• Comfortable working independently in a fully remote environment

• Based in the United States

We’re looking for someone who is more than just a Rippling configuration specialist.

You should be a strategic thinker who can step into a complex customer environment, understand the bigger picture and determine the right solution.

You will ideally be:

• Highly personable and easy to communicate with

• Highly coachable and open to different ways of working

• Strategic and thoughtful in your approach

• Organised and administratively strong

• Comfortable managing your own workload

• Proactive and solutions-focused

• Able to adapt quickly to different customer environments

• Confident working autonomously

• Able to hit the ground running

The ability to contribute quickly with minimal hand holding is particularly important, as the business is entering a very busy Q4 period.