Manager, Strategic Enterprise Sales
Taken at the midpoint of its range, $304,000/yr, this role pays more than the middle Sales Leadership opening on the board today ($198k/yr); the usual band for that kind of seat is $150k–$400k/yr.
The posting
About The Role
As our Strategic Enterprise Sales Manager , you will lead and develop a team of Strategic Enterprise Account Executives for a fast-paced, high-growth company. Your leadership will have a direct impact on the growth of the Enterprise segment, the training and development of your team, and you’ll be an integral part of Rippling’s growth. This position reports to a Director of Enterprise Sales.
What You'll Do
- Manage and coach a team of Strategic Account Executives to consistently achieve and exceed sales targets into our largest Enterprise prospects .
- This leader will forge a path upmarket to build a sales engine that is driving new business consistently, through the implementation of scalable, repeatable, structured systems and processes.
- Monitor sales performance: pipeline health, pipeline progression, monthly forecasts, and bookings to ensure quota attainment.
- Assist your team throughout their sales cycles, playing an active role to help the team in competing effectively and selling the value of Rippling
- Ensure your team maintains accurate and up-to-date sales documentation in SFDC.
- Provide regular sales forecasts and reports to senior management.
- Participate in hiring and interviewing process, as well as training and ramp-up of new team members
- Collaborate with pre-sales, solution consulting, sales development,implementation, and customer experience teams to ensure successful client engagements, and foster a collaborative culture within the Enterprise organization.
- Work closely with Solutions Consulting leadership to work with Rippling’s product and engineering teams to ensure that we are able to provide a winning solution to our prospective customers. As we move up market w/ this team, this could include prioritizing the development of new, native product capabilities.
- Stay up-to-date on industry trends and competitor offerings and positioning Rippling effectively in the market.
- Identify and make recommendations for improvement in the areas of process, efficiency and productivity.
- Coordinate enablement sessions that keep you team up to date with the platform and evolving sales processes.
Qualifications
- BA/BS Degree required
- 3-5 years of experience managing successful SaaS sales teams, with AEs delivering $1M+ in ARR bookings
- Proven track record in leading a team of AEs in consistently acquiring new Enterprise customers through outbound prospecting
- Experience selling HCM software and or related products preferred.
- Able to accurately forecast team performance on a monthly and quarterly time frame.
- Able to manage develop talent to optimize performance
- Motivated with a desire to learn and have a strong work ethic
- Ability to thrive in a very fast paced environment
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 accommodations@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. This team is a 50/50 commission/base split. 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.
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.
Where you can sell from
Fully remote, for people based in United States.
Taken from Rippling's own posting, last seen live on 3 Nov 2026.
About Rippling
One system for HR, payroll, benefits and PEO, global payroll and employer of record, identity and device management, and corporate cards, expenses and bill pay, sold to employers from small businesses to enterprises.
Pay schedule: Quota seats pay base plus commission on a stated split (60/40 for broker channel AEs, 50/50 for SMB AEs) with commission not guaranteed, every US posting adds benefits and equity, and the European SDR seats pair a base with uncapped commission and equity.
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