Senior Manager, AI Operations

Zip•San Francisco, CA

3d•$140,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

A track record of owning an operational function with accountability for adoption, quality, and throughput, measured on outcomes rather than activity.
Experience growing and scaling a delivery team through systems, process, and coaching, with a focus on lifting output quality as the team expands.
Enough technical fluency to judge AI quality, read an LLM evaluation framework, and assess a data partner's coverage and accuracy, without needing an engineer on call.
Strong commercial judgment to own partner evaluations and go/no-go decisions, balancing quality, cost, and strategic value.
Sharp prioritization under competing demands, and the communication discipline to surface risk to leadership before it becomes a problem.

Responsibilities

Drive the adoption of Zip’s AI solutions across our customer base, helping them move toward automated workflows and meeting targets that turn successful deployments into long-term revenue, in partnership with Customer Success.
Own the data and integration partnership evaluation program end-to-end: run the coverage, reliability, and accuracy evaluation that decides which partners earn a production integration, and hold partners to ongoing quality once live.
Ensure the quality and reliability of Zip’s platform capabilities by setting clear standards, testing processes, and release requirements to maintain accuracy for our customers.
Grow and lead the team behind the function, scaling its capacity and setting the structure, performance standards, and operating cadence that keep output consistent as volume grows.
Own throughput across the delivery pipeline, from planning and prioritization through deployment, maintenance, and the performance analytics that surface what needs attention.
Develop internal tools and automation to reduce repetitive tasks within the team’s quality assurance, support, and reporting processes.
Partner daily across AI Forward Deployed Engineering, Customer Success, Product, and Engineering to keep delivery moving and resolve blockers before they escalate.