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Design Director roles qualify for H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in design, architecture, or a related field. Singapore nationals bypass the H-1B lottery entirely, with the 5,400-visa annual cap historically undersubscribed and consulate processing typically faster than USCIS adjudication.
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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 $1.85B+ 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.
About The Role
At Rippling, design is core to our mission: freeing smart people to tackle hard problems. Managing spend is one of the hardest—and most important—challenges companies face. Employees need to book travel, pay vendors, and get reimbursed. Finance teams need visibility, control, and compliance without slowing people down. Most tools force a compromise between power and usability. Rippling is building a Finance management platform that refuses that tradeoff. Corporate cards, bill pay, expenses, travel, and global spend all live in one product, connected to the HR and payroll system that already knows your people and policies. Policies enforce themselves. Approvals happen instantly with the right context. Reconciliation and reporting are always accurate because spend is tied directly to headcount, departments, and budgets. For admins, it’s real-time control without manual chase. For employees, it just works. As Product Design Director for Finance, you’ll set the vision and the quality bar for this platform. You’ll create experiences powerful enough for finance leaders to run their business on, yet intuitive enough for anyone to submit a receipt or book a trip seamlessly. You’ll unify fragmented workflows into one coherent product, design the systems that make it scale globally, and build a team of designers who ship at speed without compromising craft.
What You Will Do
- Set the vision and quality bar for Rippling’s Finance management platform, making it powerful enough for finance leaders and intuitive enough for every employee
- Unify fragmented workflows—cards, expenses, bill pay, travel, and global spend—into one coherent product with consistent patterns, policies, and reporting
- Design for global scale, ensuring workflows adapt gracefully to different markets, currencies, and compliance needs
- Make the fundamentals effortless, so everyday tasks like reimbursements, approvals, and reconciliation feel automatic rather than administrative
- Raise the craft bar, shaping experiences that communicate trust and clarity through every interaction and detail
- Mentor and grow a world-class design team, running strong critiques, sharpening judgment, and helping designers do the best work of their careers
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional leaders to make fast, high-quality decisions and turn complex constraints into competitive advantages
- Stay close to customers, translating their pain points into priorities that improve adoption, trust, and measurable business impact
What You Will Need
- 8+ years of product design experience, including 5+ years managing and leading design teams
- A track record of bringing relentless customer focus to high-impact projects and driving strategic business outcomes through design
- Strong systems thinking, with experience leading the design of integrated suites or ecosystems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build alignment and influence stakeholders from individual contributors to executives
- Deep collaboration experience with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional partners to drive both strategy and execution
- Proven success hiring, leading, and scaling design teams at both startups and established companies
- A history of developing designers and helping them grow to do the best work of their careers
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 accomodations@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. 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.
The pay range for this role is: 198,000 - 346,500 USD per year(US)
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 $1.85B+ 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.
About The Role
At Rippling, design is core to our mission: freeing smart people to tackle hard problems. Managing spend is one of the hardest—and most important—challenges companies face. Employees need to book travel, pay vendors, and get reimbursed. Finance teams need visibility, control, and compliance without slowing people down. Most tools force a compromise between power and usability. Rippling is building a Finance management platform that refuses that tradeoff. Corporate cards, bill pay, expenses, travel, and global spend all live in one product, connected to the HR and payroll system that already knows your people and policies. Policies enforce themselves. Approvals happen instantly with the right context. Reconciliation and reporting are always accurate because spend is tied directly to headcount, departments, and budgets. For admins, it’s real-time control without manual chase. For employees, it just works. As Product Design Director for Finance, you’ll set the vision and the quality bar for this platform. You’ll create experiences powerful enough for finance leaders to run their business on, yet intuitive enough for anyone to submit a receipt or book a trip seamlessly. You’ll unify fragmented workflows into one coherent product, design the systems that make it scale globally, and build a team of designers who ship at speed without compromising craft.
What You Will Do
- Set the vision and quality bar for Rippling’s Finance management platform, making it powerful enough for finance leaders and intuitive enough for every employee
- Unify fragmented workflows—cards, expenses, bill pay, travel, and global spend—into one coherent product with consistent patterns, policies, and reporting
- Design for global scale, ensuring workflows adapt gracefully to different markets, currencies, and compliance needs
- Make the fundamentals effortless, so everyday tasks like reimbursements, approvals, and reconciliation feel automatic rather than administrative
- Raise the craft bar, shaping experiences that communicate trust and clarity through every interaction and detail
- Mentor and grow a world-class design team, running strong critiques, sharpening judgment, and helping designers do the best work of their careers
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional leaders to make fast, high-quality decisions and turn complex constraints into competitive advantages
- Stay close to customers, translating their pain points into priorities that improve adoption, trust, and measurable business impact
What You Will Need
- 8+ years of product design experience, including 5+ years managing and leading design teams
- A track record of bringing relentless customer focus to high-impact projects and driving strategic business outcomes through design
- Strong systems thinking, with experience leading the design of integrated suites or ecosystems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build alignment and influence stakeholders from individual contributors to executives
- Deep collaboration experience with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional partners to drive both strategy and execution
- Proven success hiring, leading, and scaling design teams at both startups and established companies
- A history of developing designers and helping them grow to do the best work of their careers
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 accomodations@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. 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.
The pay range for this role is: 198,000 - 346,500 USD per year(US)
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Translate your portfolio into U.S. specialty occupation language
USCIS requires evidence that Design Director roles demand a specific bachelor's degree, not just creative experience. Frame your portfolio around projects where your degree field directly drove strategic and technical decisions, not just aesthetic outcomes.
Verify your degree equivalency before applications go out
Singapore's three-year design degrees are sometimes questioned during H-1B1 visa adjudication. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-member organization early so employers aren't surprised mid-process and you can address gaps in advance.
Target employers with existing LCA filing history for design roles
Use Migrate Mate to filter companies that have filed Labor Condition Applications for creative or design leadership positions, so you're pursuing employers who already understand H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship rather than educating them from scratch.
Distinguish H-1B1 requirements when briefing hiring managers
Many U.S. hiring teams assume all work visa sponsorship means H-1B lottery risk. Clarify upfront that H-1B1 Singapore has a dedicated cap, no lottery, and processes at the consulate, which removes the biggest barrier most employers fear.
Confirm your offer letter includes LCA prevailing wage compliance
Before signing, check that your offered compensation meets or exceeds the DOL prevailing wage for your specific SOC code and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to verify the Level II or III wage for design director roles in that city.
Align your O*NET occupation code with your actual responsibilities
Employers file LCAs using specific SOC codes, and a mismatch between your day-to-day duties and the O*NET profile for the listed code can trigger USCIS questions. Review the O*NET definition for your role before your employer submits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Design Director role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B1 Singapore?
Yes, provided the position requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as graphic design, industrial design, architecture, or visual communications. Generalist roles where any degree suffices typically don't qualify. Your employer documents the degree requirement in the Labor Condition Application, so the job description must reflect that specificity, not just list design experience as preferred.
How does the H-1B1 Singapore visa differ from H-1B for Design Director candidates?
H-1B1 Singapore bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely and has a separate annual cap of 5,400 visas that has never been exhausted. Applications are filed at the U.S. consulate in Singapore rather than through USCIS, and the process generally moves faster. The trade-off is that H-1B1 doesn't carry dual intent, so maintaining clear nonimmigrant intent throughout your application matters.
How do I find U.S. employers willing to sponsor an H-1B1 Singapore visa for a creative leadership role?
Migrate Mate filters employers by verified DOL Labor Condition Application filing history, so you can identify companies that have already sponsored design or creative director roles rather than cold-approaching teams unfamiliar with the H-1B1 Singapore pathway. Focusing on employers with this history significantly reduces the time spent explaining the visa process to recruiters and hiring managers.
Can my Singapore design degree support an H-1B1 application if it's a three-year program?
A three-year Singapore design degree can qualify, but you should obtain a credential evaluation from a NACES-member organization confirming U.S. bachelor's degree equivalency before your employer files the LCA. Some USCIS officers scrutinize three-year degrees without this documentation. If there's still a gap, combining your degree with relevant work experience under the three-for-one equivalency rule can strengthen the case.
What happens to my H-1B1 status if my Design Director role changes significantly after I arrive?
Material changes to your job duties, work location, or employer require your company to file an amended LCA with DOL before the change takes effect. If you move to a substantially different role, your employer may need to start the H-1B1 process again for the new position. Document your original job description carefully so both you and your employer can assess whether a change is material.
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