Director of Procurement

Zip•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

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! Your Role We are looking for a Director of Procurement to design, build and scale our global procurement infrastructure. You will be the primary architect of procurement at Zip. You will have the unique opportunity to manage Zip at Zip, serving as the blueprint for what "Best-in-Class" looks like for our entire global customer base. You will design a world-class procurement engine that balances speed, compliance, and savings. Your impact will extend far beyond our four walls. You will be a strategic partner to our Product and Sales teams, providing the "practitioner’s perspective" that helps us build the future of the category.

Requirements

10+ years of procurement operations experience; preferably in a high-growth environment tech environment.
Deep expertise in SaaS vendor strategy, contracting, and lifecycle management.
Success driving measurable savings, efficiency, and risk reduction while supporting business velocity.
Demonstrated success in architecting procurement organizations from the ground up, moving from solo execution to hiring and mentoring a high-performing team.
Strategic, data-driven, and relationship-oriented leader who can influence at all levels of the organization.
Exceptional communication and storytelling skills with the ability to translate procurement impact into business outcomes.
A proactive, adaptable mindset—comfortable leading through ambiguity and driving clarity across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

Design and implement Zip’s end-to-end procurement strategy and operations
Lead negotiations for our global software, hardware, and services spend. You’ll partner with stakeholders in Engineering, Customer, Marketing, and Sales to ensure we’re maximizing our ROI.
Identify operational requirements, gaps, and inefficiencies across the source-to-pay (S2P) lifecycle and develop solutions that drive efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
Partner with Legal, Security, and Finance to ensure every vendor meets our rigorous standards for data privacy and fiscal responsibility.
Develop deep expertise in our primary spend categories (SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, Professional Services) to proactively manage renewals and consolidation.
Provide guidance, roadmap and solutions for procurement and industry best practices.
Act as a strategic advisor to our Product and Engineering teams, providing "practitioner-first" feedback to help shape the future of the Zip roadmap.
Design and implement a corporate travel and expense program, balancing fiscal responsibility with traveler safety and "duty of care" requirements.
Optimize our travel booking tool to drive program adoption, ensuring integrated approval workflows and visibility into "leakage" or out-of-policy spend.