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Solutions Manager at Zip (London, United Kingdom)

Zip· London, United Kingdom·

Role details

Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Full-Time

Zip at a glance

The AI platform for enterprise procurement, orchestrating every purchase from intake to pay.

Zip is a procurement orchestration platform that catches every purchase request the moment an employee makes one and routes it through approvals, policy checks, and payment across procurement, finance, legal, and IT. It combines intake-to-pay workflows with AI agents that automate the actual procurement work, aiming to be the single system of record for enterprise spend.

$371M raised · latest: Series D · $190M · Oct 2024 · backed by BOND, DST Global, Adams Street, Alkeon

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.

YOU WILL

  • Lead onboarding for new enterprise customers, with a heavy emphasis on understanding requirements and creatively configuring the product to solve their problems
  • Responsible for leading the end-to-end implementation for new enterprise customers -- roll up your sleeves and build out the customer’s processes from scratch
  • Lead training and Q&A sessions with customers and key stakeholders to empower them to utilize the product without additional ongoing help from Zip
  • Proactive project management across many customers, to manage requirements and tasks across onboardings
  • Delegate and oversee project-related activities to supporting solutions and technical consultants.
  • Collaborate closely with the product and engineering teams to determine which customer requests we should and shouldn’t support, and set expectations with customers
  • Do whatever it takes to make customers happy + successfully onboard them as quickly as possible
  • Continuously improve the post-sales processes to help our customers accelerate the time to value

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 6+ years’ experience working in one of the following roles: Procurement/Sourcing Manager, ERP/P2P Systems Consultant, or managing key customer and stakeholder relationships in a B2B SaaS company
  • Experience leading enterprise-wide (ideally global) P2P or ERP implementations.
  • Fantastic communication skills
  • Extreme attention to detail and pride yourself in being incredibly proactive
  • Experience working with product and engineering teams
  • You’re able to push back and still make people happy
  • Very comfortable with software configuration (not necessarily technical skills, which would be a plus)
  • Willing to do whatever it takes to make Zip and its customers happy.

PERKS & BENEFITS

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
  • 🚠 Team building events & happy hours
  • 🌴 Flexible PTO
  • 💻 Apple equipment plus home office budget

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!

Why work at Zip

  • Culture & Values: Emphasizes speed, collaboration ("Win as one"), and a bias for action ("Be the underdog," "Go upstream"). Described as a highly cross-functional and supportive environment where employees are encouraged to "dream big and build even bigger."
  • Remote/Hybrid/Office Policy: Based in San Francisco, CA. The careers page mentions "catered in-office meals" and a "commuter benefit," suggesting a strong in-office or hybrid culture.
  • Notable Perks: Start-up equity, health/vision/dental coverage, flexible PTO, generous home office stipend, parental leave, well-being resources, 401k plan, and shiny new Apple equipment.
  • Engineering Culture: Product leaders from Apple, Airbnb, and Meta. The engineering blog is highlighted, and the team is described as turning concepts into high-quality realities quickly. The company is building a "Developer Platform" team, indicating investment in internal tooling and developer experience.
  • Growth Opportunity: With 104 active job postings and rapid headcount growth, there is significant opportunity for career advancement and impact in a high-growth, well-funded company.

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