Principal Product Manager, Enterprise Foundations

Zip; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Start-up equity

100% health, vision & dental coverage

Catered breakfast, lunch, & dinner

Flexible PTO

ClassPass membership

Monthly commuter benefit

Team building events & happy hours

Home office stipend

Phone/internet reimbursement

Paid parental leave

Fertility stipend

401k plan

Unlimited AI token usage

Job summary

Zip is seeking a Senior/Principal Product Manager for Enterprise Foundations to own core capabilities powering trust, security, identity, permissions, and the foundational UI across the Zip platform. You will define platform‑level features for our largest enterprise customers, ensuring world‑class security and governance.

You will collaborate with engineering, design, and GTM teams to deliver scalable, compliant product experiences and drive momentum for high‑value deals in a hybrid San

Qualifications

• 4–8+ years of Product Management experience on platform/security/identity or governance, or infrastructure-adjacent products.
• Strong experience with SSO/SAML, OAuth, MFA.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, multi-tenant models, regional deployments, and collaboration withInfrastructure Engineering on architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead authentication and security roadmap (MFA, step‑up MFA, Multi‑IdP SSO, IP restrictions, anomaly detection, account takeover prevention).
• Define strategy for data governance, reporting and insights capabilities.
• Own enterprise‑grade permissions and access controls, ensuring clarity, auditability, and scalability for complex org structures.
• Partner with GTM and Customer Teams to unblock high‑ARR deals by addressing regional hosting, multi‑cell architectures, dedicated customer cells, and BYOK/FedRAMP-adjacent needs.
• Lead design system and component library roadmap, delivering shared components for web and mobile and improved developer velocity.
• Collaborate with engineering to define requirements, provide product direction, and deliver high‑quality foundational capabilities.

Skills

Platform product management

Security & identity

RBAC/permissions

Data governance

Cloud infra concepts

BI tools

ETL/ELT tools

Strong communication

Technical fluency

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Snowflake

BigQuery

Redshift

Fivetran

Job description

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.

Please note we are looking for someone who is willing and able to come into our downtown San Francisco office on a hybrid basis (3 days / week).

Your Role

As a Senior/Principal Product Manager for Enterprise Foundations, you will own the core capabilities that power trust, security, identity, permissions, insights, and foundational UI components across Zip. You will define and deliver platform-level features that support our largest enterprise customers, ensure world‑class security and governance, and enable teams across Zip to build consistent, performant, and compliant product experiences.

You Will

• Lead Zip’s authentication and security roadmap, including MFA, step‑up MFA, Multi‑IdP SSO, IP restrictions, anomaly detection, and account takeover prevention.

• Define and drive strategy for Zip’s data governance, reporting and insights capabilities.

• Own enterprise‑grade permissions and access controls, ensuring clarity, auditability, and scalability for complex organizational structures.

• Partner with GTM and Customer Teams to unblock high‑ARR deals by addressing requirements such as regional hosting, multi‑cell architectures, dedicated customer cells, and BYOK/FedRAMP‑adjacent needs.

• Lead Zip’s design system and component library roadmap, aligning with Design and FE Platform to deliver shared components for web and mobile and improve developer velocity.

• Collaborate deeply with engineering to define requirements, provide product direction, make tradeoffs, and deliver high‑quality foundational capabilities.

Your Qualifications

• 4-8+ years of Product Management experience, including substantial work on platform, security, identity/auth, RBAC/permissions, data residency and governance, or infrastructure‑adjacent products.

• Strong understanding of SSO/SAML, OAuth, MFA, and broader enterprise authentication patterns.

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts (multi‑cell architectures, regional deployments, multi‑tenant models, isolation patterns) and the ability to partner effectively with Infrastructure Engineering on architectural decisions.

• Strong data literacy with experience using BI tools (Looker, Tableau, etc.) and shaping how data is modeled and presented to customers.

• Experience with data warehouses and ETL/ELT tools (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Fivetran).

• High technical fluency with the ability to translate complex technical constraints into clear product decisions.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to diverse technical and non‑technical audiences (including some of Zip’s largest customers).

• Bias to action, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, rapidly evolving environment.

Bonus

• Experience working with design systems or shared component libraries is a plus.

The salary range for this role is $200,000 - $280,000. 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

• 100% health, vision & dental coverage options

• Catered breakfast, lunch, & dinner

• Flexible PTO

• ClassPass membership

• Monthly commuter benefit

• Team building events & happy hours

• Home office stipend

• Phone/internet reimbursement

• Paid parental leave

• Fertility stipend

• 401k plan

• Unlimited AI token usage

We’re looking to hire Zipsters and that means hiring people who take ownership, communicate openly, have an underdog mindset, and are excited to increase the pace of innovation for every business in the world. We encourage all candidates to apply even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workspace where everyone (regardless of age, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and more) feels like they belong. We look forward to hearing from you!