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.
You will be part of the founding Enterprise Architecture team, standing up the function end-to-end: the playbooks, the reference architectures, the technical discovery motion, and the deal patterns that every future EA will inherit.
You’ll personally engage in our most strategic pursuits, ensuring Zip’s platform meets the functional and technical requirements of prospects. You’ll work directly with the Global SE leader and partner with Sales, Solution Engineering, and Product to evangelize Zip into the world’s most iconic brands
Win the deals that define the region: Act as the senior technical voice on strategic pursuits - leading discovery with customer CTOs, CIOs, and Chief Procurement Officers, and closing the architectural gap between their landscape and Zip.
Build the EA function: Create the foundational assets - customer system landscape templates, reference architectures, integration capability matrices, security & compliance packets, objection response libraries - and set the bar for how EA shows up in deals.
Own the system integration narrative: Lead the technical story on how Zip integrates with SAP (ECC, S/4HANA, Ariba), Oracle, Workday, Netsuite, Coupa, and adjacent systems. You are responsible for translating the customer landscapes into credible integration plans using our proprietary middleware.
Bridge GTM and Product: Translate customer requirements into clear product inputs. Influence roadmap prioritization with evidence, not opinion.
Enable the field: Coach Solution Engineers and Account Executives on technical positioning, objection handling, and executive-level architectural conversations.
15+ years in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, pre-sales engineering, or product roles at B2B SaaS, iPaaS, or ERP / system-of-record vendors
Deep domain knowledge: Knowledgeable about the full intake-to-pay lifecycle and how data moves between systems
Strong command of the ERP ecosystem: You understand APIs, data models, and integration patterns across SAP (Ariba, S/4HANA, ECC), Oracle, Workday, Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer, and others
Hands-on fluency with integration architecture and middleware: iPaaS (MuleSoft, Boomi, Workato), REST APIs, event-driven patterns, ETL
Proven success selling into or implementing at Fortune 500 customers
Track record of owning security reviews and PoCs at enterprise scale
Comfort operating as the senior technical voice in a room with CIOs, CFOs, and CPOs
Experience standing up a function, team, or regional practice from the ground up
Experience at a category-defining, high-growth SaaS company or Big 4 Consulting Experience
TOGAF Certified
At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.
📈 Start-up equity
🦷 Health, vision & dental coverage
🚍 Commuter benefit
🚠 Team building events & happy hours
💻 Apple equipment plus home office budget
Skills Required
- 15+ years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, pre-sales engineering, or product roles at B2B SaaS, iPaaS, or ERP/system-of-record vendors
- Deep knowledge of the intake-to-pay lifecycle and how data moves between systems
- Strong knowledge of ERP and procurement ecosystems, including SAP Ariba, S/4HANA, ECC, Oracle, Workday, Coupa, Ivalua, and Jaggaer
- Hands-on fluency with integration architecture, middleware, iPaaS, REST APIs, event-driven patterns, and ETL
- Proven success selling into or implementing solutions for Fortune 500 customers
- Track record of owning security reviews and proofs of concept at enterprise scale
- Ability to serve as the senior technical voice with CIOs, CFOs, and Chief Procurement Officers
- Experience standing up a function, team, or regional practice from the ground up
- Experience at a category-defining, high-growth SaaS company or Big Four consulting firm
- TOGAF certification
Zip Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Zip and has not been reviewed or approved by Zip.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Feedback suggests equity is broadly offered, increasing access to ownership across roles. This builds perceived long‑term value alongside cash compensation.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is consistently highlighted as part of the package. Wellness resources, stipends, and mental‑health days further strengthen healthcare support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO, paid holidays, and sick days are emphasized. Parental leave and additional family‑related leaves expand time‑off options beyond industry basics.
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What We Do
Zip is the world’s leading intake-to-procure solution. Providing a single platform for any employee to initiate a purchase or vendor request, Zip helps businesses gain clear and timely visibility across all purchases, while dramatically improving the employee experience. The platform’s no-code configuration and intelligent workflows integrated across disparate systems enable businesses to automatically route requests for faster approval across finance, legal, procurement, IT, security and other teams. Leading enterprises and high-growth startups like Databricks, Canva, Airtable, Webflow and over 100 others use Zip to streamline their procurement processes while delighting their business users.
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