Principal Product Manager, Identity
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 20, 2026. First seen by Alion on May 5, 2026. ZIP scores B on the Alion truth index.
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 Identity, you will own the core capabilities that power trust, security, identity, permissions and insights. 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.
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 or governance-adjacent products
Strong understanding of SSO/SAML, OAuth, MFA, and broader enterprise authentication patterns.
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
Data literacy with experience using BI tools (Looker, Tableau, etc.) and shaping how data is modeled and presented to customers.
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!