Corporate Counsel - ZipHQ, Inc.

Our co-founders started Zip in 2020 to address this seemingly intractable problem with a purpose-built platform that provides a simple, consumer-grade user experience. Within just a few short years, Zip created the procurement orchestration category and developed the leading solution in this $50B+ TAM space. Today, leading companies like Instacart, Anthropic, Sephora, Discover, Reddit, and Lyft rely on Zip to manage billions of dollars in spend.

We're a fast-growing team that helped scale category-defining companies like Airbnb, Meta, Salesforce, Databricks, Ramp, Apple, and Google. With a $2.2 billion valuation and $370 million in funding from Y Combinator, 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!

The Role:

At Zip, the legal team aims to accelerate growth while protecting the company from liability. We partner with every team at Zip, across all of our offices, to support new product and market expansion, customer acquisition and support, and efficient operations.

This position reports to our Chief Legal Officer and is an incredible opportunity for the right candidate looking for career growth and the chance to be part of a special company. A primary focus of this role will be commercial contracts, and especially ways to innovate, streamline, and automate the contracting process, and empower our colleagues on the sales team to move faster and with the right tools and support. However, there will be plenty of opportunities to take on projects with other teams across Zip.

Who we’re looking for:

• Team player who embraces responsibility, thrives in an intense, fast-paced environment, and is willing to make decisions
• Ability to simplify complex legal ideas and frameworks and build consensus around proposed solutions
• Exceptional judgment and integrity, ability to handle multiple complex contract matters independently on tight timeframes, adept at making smart decisions in the face of ambiguity and imperfect information
• At least six years of relevant experience handling commercial contracts, including in-house experience at a startup
• Excellent negotiation, analytical, and drafting skills in a wide variety of deal settings
• Drives improvements, scalability, and operational excellence in contract negotiation processes and execution
• Bonus points if you have data privacy, marketing, or employment experience

Perks & Benefits:

• Start-up equity
• Full health, vision & dental coverage
• Catered lunches & dinners for SF employees
• Commuter benefit
• Team building events & happy hours
• Flexible PTO
• Apple equipment plus home office budget
• 401k plan

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!