Senior Technical Recruiter, Product & Design

The simple task of buying software, services, or tools at work has become hopelessly complicated at even the most innovative companies in the world. Today, enterprises spend $120T+ per year globally (>30 times larger than annual consumer e-commerce spend) and rely on vendors more than ever before to run their businesses.

Our cofounders started Zip in 2020 to address this seemingly intractable problem with a purpose-built procurement platform that provides a simple, consumer-grade user experience. Within the last 4 years, Zip has created a new category and developed the leading solution in this $50B+ TAM space. Today, the world’s leading companies like OpenAI, Snowflake, Anthropic, Coinbase, and Prudential rely on Zip to manage billions of dollars in spend.

We have a world-class team coming from category-defining companies like Airbnb, Meta, Stripe, Salesforce, Apple, and Google. With a $2.2 billion valuation and $370 million in funding from Y Combinator, Tiger Global, BOND, DST Global, and CRV, we’re focused on developing cutting-edge technology, expanding into new global markets, and—above all–driving incredible value for our customers. Join us!

As Zip's foundational Product & Design Recruiter, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the teams that define the future products of our company. You’ll partner closely with our Head of Product & Head of Design, and our hiring managers to build a world-class Product and Design organization. From sourcing to closing, you will own the entire recruiting lifecycle, developing strategies to attract top-tier talent and ensure a best-in-class candidate experience.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, moves quickly, and takes pride in delivering excellence. You should be excited about managing multiple high-priority searches, ranging from high-volume roles to niche, senior-level hires, while helping build scalable recruiting processes that support Zip’s growth.

You Will

• Effectively identify, attract, and engage top Product & Design candidates through creative sourcing strategies and talent mapping.

• Source and maintain a large, high-quality pipeline across high-priority Product and Design roles, balancing volume and specialization.

• Partner with Zip’s founders, CPO, and senior leadership to define hiring needs, ideal candidate profiles, and go-to-market recruiting strategies.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers by providing market insights, competitive intelligence, and data-driven recommendations.

• Screen, vet, and guide candidates throughout the interview and hiring process while keeping candidate experience top of mind.

• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing, Operations, and People teams to drive alignment and land successful hires.

• Lead compensation conversations and offer negotiations, including startup equity packages.

• Track recruiting metrics and performance to continuously optimize processes, improve conversion rates, and scale hiring effectively.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and senior leadership to influence decision-making and hiring outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a focus on Product and/or Design roles.

• Proven success hiring for roles such as Product Managers, Product Leads, Product Designers, UX Researchers, Design Managers, and Heads of Design.

• Ability to influence and build trusted relationships with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to represent Zip’s story and value prop to top talent.

• A strong sense of ownership and passion for delivering excellent results with speed and precision.

• Highly proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented, thriving in ambiguity and a fast-moving startup environment.

• Detail-oriented and organized, comfortable managing multiple requisitions and competing priorities simultaneously.

• Strong experience working with ATS platforms; Ashby experience preferred.

• Familiarity with compensation structures and negotiating startup equity packages.

Nice to Haves

• Experience scaling recruiting in a high-growth startup.

• Background in B2B SaaS and/or Fintech recruiting.

• Previous experience managing both volume hiring and niche, senior-level searches.

• Experience building recruiting processes from the ground up and thriving in ambiguity.