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Zania · Palo Alto, CA · On-site

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About Zania

Deploy AI compliance agents for controls testing, risk assessments, policy management, and audits with evidence-backed accuracy. Backed by NEA.

About the role

This isn’t a traditional corporate role. It’s a creative and operational challenge built for a battle-tested entrepreneur.

What they're looking for

  • Experience as a Founder, Co-Founder, or early executive at a venture-backed or bootstrapped startup
  • Track record of scaling revenue, operations, or product initiatives from zero to tangible traction
  • Deep understanding of B2B/Enterprise SaaS growth dynamics and venture capital operations
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills—you must be able to credibly interact with CISOs, Fortune 500 executives, and Tier 1 investors
  • Financial and analytical fluency to model growth scenarios, build forecasts, and structure strategic bets
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Why Zania

Every enterprise spends millions of dollars on Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). It's one of the most critical, yet universally painful, parts of running a business. For decades, this industry has been dominated by legacy systems with notoriously low NPS scores, making it totally ripe for disruption.

Zania is building agentic AI for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) to solve this massive problem. We are on a rocketship trajectory, creating intelligent agents that automate and augment the most complex risk and compliance workflows. We have found exceptional product-market fit and are scaling our team very quickly. Some reasons to join Zania are:

Dream Customers: Our customers are the most notable enterprises in the world, including FAANG, Big 4 firms, and a portfolio of top customers.

Tier 1 Backing: Funded by a leading Tier 1 venture capital fund, giving us the resources to build a generational company.

World-Class Team: Zania is hiring the best. Our team includes AI and Security leaders from Airbnb, Microsoft, Bain & Company, Deloitte, PwC, Brex, and Instacart.

Pioneering Technology: Our engineers and GRC experts work at the absolute forefront of applied AI,...

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