Full-Time
Lead Talent Acquisition Partner
Tech
ZipRecruiter
1,001-5,000 employees
Online job marketplace with AI recruiter
Compensation Overview
$130k - $175k/yr
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Hybrid
Based in Los Angeles, California or Phoenix, Arizona metro area; hybrid role with occasional in-office visits.
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- Based in the Los Angeles, CA or Phoenix, AZ metropolitan area.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience recruiting and sourcing software engineering candidates, ideally for a tech company.
- Proven success independently managing 10-15+ concurrent complex technical requisitions.
- Proficiency with Google Suite and Greenhouse ATS.
- Proven experience applying structured compensation philosophies, market data, and internal equity principles to construct and successfully close complex total compensation offers.
- Exceptional communication and negotiation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders using data.
- Proven track record of recruiting highly sought-after, top-tier tech talent, consistently exceeding quarterly hiring targets, reducing time-to-hire for senior engineering roles, and maintaining exceptionally high hiring manager satisfaction scores.
- End-to-End Recruitment: Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for complex technical roles, consistently generating a well-targeted and high-quality candidate pipeline while ensuring an exceptional candidate experience at every touchpoint.
- Advanced Sourcing: Consistently source passive candidates utilizing advanced Boolean search, X-Ray searching, and specialized AI sourcing tools, along with personalized outreach campaigns that yield a 20%+ candidate response rate.
- Data-Driven Process Improvement: Own the technical recruiting workstream by leveraging recruiting analytics and funnel insights to influence hiring decisions, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous process improvements that reduce average time-to-hire for engineering roles by 10%.
- Recruitment Technology Innovation: Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our current recruitment platforms, while evaluating, piloting, and implementing new technologies (such as AI-driven sourcing and talent insight tools) to keep our hiring practices competitive.
- Team Mentorship & Influence: Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for technical recruiting, elevating the broader TA team's capabilities by conducting at least one advanced sourcing workshop or 'lunch-and-learn' per quarter and mentoring peers through regular reverse-shadowing sessions, leading through influence rather than direct management.
- Collaborative Partnership: Maintain continuous alignment on hiring goals and candidate profiles by leading weekly syncs with Engineering stakeholders.
- Technical Assessment & Outcomes: Leverage a deep understanding of software engineering stacks to accurately assess candidate technical depth during phone screens, resulting in a 50%+ screen-to-onsite conversion rate.
- Strategic Growth: Develop comprehensive staffing strategies and interview playbooks (ensuring 100% adoption of standardized, bias-mitigating scoring rubrics) for the Engineering department that serve as scalable templates for other departments.
- Market & Business Integration: Continuously build business knowledge and track industry trends for your client group, integrating this market intelligence with a broader understanding of ZipRecruiter products and business strategy.
- Compensation & Offer Management: Partner closely with our Compensation Team to build comprehensive total compensation offer letters, utilizing internal compensation philosophy while carefully balancing current market data and internal equity to secure top-tier talent, maintaining an 85%+ offer acceptance rate.
- Team Support: Support additional projects as needed.
- Based in the Los Angeles, CA or Phoenix, AZ metropolitan area, with the ability to work from one of our offices on occasion.
- Demonstrated ability to grasp complex business processes and understand how different cross-functional teams (e.g., Engineering, Product, Operations, Compensation) interrelate within a fast-paced tech environment.
ZipRecruiter is an online employment marketplace that connects job seekers with employers. It provides access to millions of job listings and allows users to apply with one click. The platform works by letting job seekers search for opportunities, while employers post listings and manage applicants; ZipRecruiter earns revenue through a subscription model for employers who post jobs and search candidates. A standout feature is Phil, an AI-driven personal recruiter that helps users discover opportunities, offers tips to improve their chances, and notifies them when employers view their applications or leave positive feedback. The company emphasizes a user-friendly interface, AI-enabled matching, and strong customer support to streamline the hiring process. Its goal is to make job searching and hiring more efficient, helping job seekers land roles quickly and helping employers fill openings more smoothly.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California
Founded
2010
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue rose 5% to $118.1 million, exceeding guidance by $6 million.
- Paid employers exceeded 70,000 in Q2 2026, up 7% year over year.
- ZipRecruiter repurchased $294.6 million of notes at a $65 million discount, boosting flexibility.
What critics are saying
- Indeed offers cheaper, broader reach; ZipRecruiter loses volume on commodity roles.
- Revenue per paid employer fell to $1,669 in Q2 2026, pressuring monetization.
- A prolonged SMB hiring slowdown can stall growth and force deeper discounting.
What makes ZipRecruiter unique
- ZipRecruiter’s Phil and 2026 matching engine proactively push candidates to employers.
- Smart Outreach automates personalized recruiter follow-up from job descriptions, reducing manual sourcing work.
- Breakroom acquisition adds employer reviews, strengthening frontline hiring differentiation in retail and hospitality.
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↑ 0%ZipRecruiter appoints Carmen Chan as Chief Financial Officer. Veteran finance and technology leader brings leadership experience from Barclays, Noom, and Goldman Sachs to ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter, a leading online employment marketplace, announced the appointment of Carmen Chan as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 17, 2026. Ms. Chan will oversee the company's Accounting and Finance organizations and help drive ZipRecruiter's long-term financial strategy, operational excellence, and value creation initiatives. As of the date that Ms. Chan assumes the CFO role, Dave Travers will continue his role as President of ZipRecruiter, but will no longer serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer. "Carmen is a proven finance leader with deep expertise in technology, capital markets, and investor relations," said Ian Siegel, CEO of ZipRecruiter. "Her experience helping leading technology companies grow and her strong relationships within the investor community make her an excellent addition to our leadership team. We are excited to welcome Carmen to the team." Ms. Chan joins ZipRecruiter from Barclays, where she served as Managing Director, advising technology and internet companies on financing and strategic transactions. Before joining Barclays in 2023, Ms. Chan spent several years at Noom, a leading digital health company, as Vice President of Corporate Development and Investor Relations. There she evaluated potential acquisitions, scaled the finance function and supported major investor relations milestones, including a $540 million raise in 2021. Prior to Noom, Ms. Chan spent more than five years at Goldman Sachs where she held investment banking roles within the technology, media and telecommunications group. She also previously served as Head of Revenue and Business Development at theSkimm, a digital media company. Earlier in her career, she held investment banking roles at UBS across its London and Sydney offices. Ms. Chan has been recognized for her leadership in the financial industry, including being named to American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking NEXT 2025 list. "I am honored to join ZipRecruiter and help advance its mission of actively connecting people to their next great opportunity," said Ms. Chan. "I have watched this business from the outside for years, and what drew me in is the platform's real trust and engagement with job seekers and employers alike. I am looking forward to partnering with the leadership team to build on that foundation and create long-term value for shareholders." [To share your insights with us, please write to [email protected]]
ZipRecruiter launches new AI feature to Automate recruiter outreach. Smart Outreach eliminates manual recruiting legwork, using AI to automate personalized candidate outreach so hiring teams can connect with the right talent fast. ZipRecruiter(R), a leading online employment marketplace, added automated candidate outreach to its Resume Database. The new feature, called Smart Outreach, uses AI to turn a job description into a personalized message series sent to candidates. With a click, hiring teams can start conversations with candidates without manual follow-up or time wasted. More than 80% of job seekers say they would be more interested in a role if an employer reached out proactively about it[1]. ZipRecruiter's Resume Database and Smart Outreach are built around this dynamic - empowering hiring teams to start the conversation sooner. "Employers shouldn't have to spend hours drafting follow-ups and chasing candidate responses," said Megan Allen, Chief Product Officer, ZipRecruiter. "Smart Outreach handles that work for them, creating and optimizing messages to candidates so recruiters have more time to focus on what matters: building the relationships that lead to great hires." Resume Database helps hiring teams quickly find qualified candidates from a pool of more than 50 million job seekers[2]. With Smart Outreach, recruiters can instantly turn their candidate pipeline into real conversations without spending hours writing emails or manually following up. Instead of chasing responses, teams can focus on connecting with the right people: * Generate personalized outreach instantly. Smart Outreach uses AI to turn job descriptions into customized, editable messages for selected candidates, virtually eliminating manual email writing. * Automate follow-up effortlessly. Up to three messages are sent over time - or until a candidate replies - to get a candidate conversation started with minimal work. Resume Database also includes new productivity tools that enable hiring teams to: * Export resumes with the click of a button. Export resumes directly into a preferred ATS via ZipRecruiter's Resume Database Webhook integration. * Quickly spot new, engaged talent. Activity badges and filters help to instantly identify new candidates, recently updated resumes, and highly active job seekers. * Review candidates faster. Get access to resumes and candidate contact info directly from search results, and move seamlessly from candidate to candidate with a new Candidate Carousel. [To share your insights with us, please write to [email protected]]
ZipRecruiter reported quarterly revenues of $108 million, meeting expectations, whilst statutory losses per share of $0.06 came in 61% better than analyst predictions. Following the results, the stock rose 23% over the past week. Analysts now expect 2026 revenues of $449.9 million, roughly flat year-on-year, whilst the loss per share is forecast to narrow 53% to $0.14. The average price target increased 18% to $3.33, with estimates ranging from $3.00 to $3.50. The forecasts suggest ZipRecruiter's declining revenue trend will stabilise, marking an improvement from the 9.8% annual decline over the past five years. However, this remains below the broader industry's expected 15% annual growth rate.
ZipRecruiter reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of $107.5 million, beating the midpoint of guidance. The online employment marketplace posted a net loss of $4.7 million, whilst adjusted EBITDA of $9.7 million exceeded the high end of guidance. CEO Ian Siegel said the company launched its next-generation search and matching AI engine during the quarter, which drove increased engagement across multiple metrics. ZipRecruiter's platform connects employers with job seekers through AI-powered matching technology. The company released its Q1 results on 7 May 2026. President and interim CFO David Travers joined Siegel on the earnings call.
ZipRecruiter has launched a ChatGPT app that brings job search directly into OpenAI's conversational AI platform. The integration allows users to search millions of job listings from ZipRecruiter's marketplace by typing "@ziprecruiter" followed by their search criteria within ChatGPT. Job seekers can specify preferences including salary, location, remote work options, experience level and posting date to receive matched opportunities from actively hiring employers. Users can then view full job details and apply directly through ZipRecruiter's platform. "Job search doesn't have to happen in the traditional paradigm of a job site," said Ian Siegel, ZipRecruiter's co-founder and CEO. The app is now available in ChatGPT's app library, extending employer job postings into AI-powered discovery channels whilst meeting job seekers where they already are.