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
Requirements
6–10+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a focus on Product and/or Design roles
Proven success hiring for 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
Strong sense of ownership and passion for delivering excellent results with speed and precision
Highly proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented; comfortable 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; experience managing both volume hiring and niche senior-level searches; experience building recruiting processes from the ground up