About Zip

Zip is the AI platform for enterprise procurement — built for humans and agents working together. By orchestrating procurement across teams, tools, and suppliers with the help of AI agents, companies can secure the resources they need to innovate faster than ever before.

The world’s most influential enterprises trust Zip, including T-Mobile, OpenAI, AMD, Mars, Dollar Tree, and more. Together they’ve saved over $8 billion and processed over $500 billion in spend. Zip’s team includes product leaders from Apple, Airbnb, and Meta, as well as former procurement leaders from United Health, Sanofi, MGM Resorts, Discover, and NASA.

Backed by Adams Street, Alkeon, BOND, CRV, DST, Tiger Global, and Y Combinator, Zip has raised $371 million, most recently at a $2.2 billion valuation and has been recognized by Forbes Fintech 50, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Inc. Best in Business, and LinkedIn Top Startups.

The Role

We’re looking for a Head of Technical Recruiting to lead and scale our technical recruiting function. You’ll own the strategy and execution for hiring across Engineering, Product, Data, and Design — developing the team, elevating our processes, and ensuring we consistently bring in exceptional talent as we grow.

This is a people leadership role. You’ll manage and mentor a team of technical recruiters, set the direction for how we hire, and partner closely with Engineering and Product leadership to build the org they need. You’ll be the connective tissue between our talent strategy and our business goals.

What You’ll Do

Lead and develop the technical recruiting team:

• Manage, coach, and grow a team of technical recruiters and sourcers across multiple hiring areas

• Set clear performance expectations, run regular 1:1s, and create development paths for each team member

• Build a recruiting culture grounded in rigor, candidate experience, and operational excellence

Own the technical talent strategy:

• Partner with Engineering, Product, Data, and Design leaders to deeply understand hiring needs and translate them into recruiting plans

• Define and continuously improve our end-to-end hiring process — from job scoping to offer close

• Drive consistent, structured interview practices that reduce bias and improve decision quality

Scale our recruiting operations:

• Build and maintain the systems, tooling, and metrics that make the team more effective and data-driven

• Manage our ATS, sourcing tools, and recruiting tech stack to ensure we’re getting the most out of our investments

• Report on pipeline health, funnel conversion, time-to-fill, and other key indicators to the broader People and Leadership teams

Strengthen Zip’s presence as a technical employer:

• Partner with Marketing and People teams to build Zip’s reputation in the engineering community

• Develop relationships with universities, bootcamps, and technical communities to expand our pipeline

• Ensure every candidate — regardless of outcome — walks away with a positive impression of Zip

Qualifications

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, with at least 4 years leading a technical recruiting team at a fast-growing technology company

• Proven track record of scaling a technical recruiting function — not just maintaining it, but meaningfully improving quality, speed, and team capability

• Deep experience hiring across software engineering disciplines (e.g., backend, frontend, infrastructure, ML/AI) and the ability to evaluate technical pipelines with nuance

• Strong people leadership skills: you’ve hired, developed, and retained recruiters and know what makes a high-performing team tick

• Data fluency: you use metrics to identify problems, track progress, and make the case for investment

• Excellent communication and executive presence — you can hold a room with a VP of Engineering or a candidate who’s weighing three competing offers

• High sense of ownership and urgency; comfortable operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment

The salary range for this role is $220,000 - $290,000. The salary for this position is determined based on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant experience, education, or particular skills and expertise.

Perks & Benefits

At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.

• 📈 Start-up equity

• 🦷 Full health, vision & dental coverage

• 🍽️ Catered lunches & dinners for in office employees

• 🚍 Commuter benefit for in office employees

• 🚠 Team building events & happy hours

• 🌴 Flexible PTO

• 💻 Apple equipment plus home office budget

• 💸 401k plan