Lead Product Manager, Identity & Apply

The role

You will own the product for the job seeker profile and the apply flow on ZipRecruiter. You will set the direction for what job seekers are asked and when, and how applications reach employers.

What you will do

• Own the job seeker profile and apply flow, from KPIs across the funnel to individual screens and questions
• Align employer product, matching, trust and safety, platform engineering, mobile, messaging, and legal and compliance teams on a shared roadmap
• Decide what is learned about job seekers, how it is learned, and how it is used in later steps
• Own conversion from job click to started application and from started to completed application
• Partner with employer-side teams on application quality and on how applications reach employer systems
• Track apply starts and completions, profile completeness and accuracy, and job seeker retention
• Design, read, and resolve experiments with attention to long-term marketplace health
• Talk to job seekers and run research on the moment of applying

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience with a record of delivering results
• Experience shipping products that depended on many teams with competing goals
• Strong UI/UX instincts for high-traffic consumer flows
• Understanding of how shared platforms, APIs, and MCPs are built and extended
• Ability to reason about model quality and failure modes
• Experience owning a high-volume consumer flow such as onboarding, checkout, sign-up, or application, and improving conversion through experimentation
• Experience shipping product features powered by machine learning, such as extraction, classification, ranking, or generative assistance, and evaluating them before and after launch
• Analytical approach that examines the why behind the numbers
• Direct involvement with users and personal user research

Nice to have

• Experience at a two-sided marketplace
• Experience building user profiles, account systems, or data collection at consumer scale, including privacy and consent
• Experience shipping one product experience across web, iOS, and Android
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems or other B2B integrations

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Exceptional benefits package
• Flexible vacation and paid time off
• Employer-matched 401(k) plan
• Medical, financial, and other benefits

Before you apply

• Compensation may include equity, bonuses, commission, or other forms of compensation depending on the position

About the company

ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace that uses AI-driven smart matching to connect job seekers and businesses. Its mission is to actively connect people to their next great opportunity.