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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001617553-21-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZIP"
cik: "0001617553"
company_name: "ZIPRECRUITER, INC."
filed_at: "2021-10-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T23:26:23.302693+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ZipRecruiter appoints Qasim Saifee as COO; base salary $430K, 100K RSUs

## Summary
- Qasim Saifee, age 41, appointed COO effective Sept 28, 2021; previously CMO since Jan 2020.
- Annual base salary increased to $430,000; granted 100,000 RSUs of common stock.
- Background includes SVP roles at Scopely and OpenX, and senior roles at Yahoo and Disney.
- No family relationships with directors/officers; no material interests in transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001617553-21-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZIP
- cik: 0001617553
- company_name: ZIPRECRUITER, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-10-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617553/000161755321000023/0001617553-21-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617553/000161755321000023/zip-20210928.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001617553-21-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001617553-21-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001617553-21-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Qasim Saifee was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at ZIPRECRUITER, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Effective September 28, 2021, Qasim Saifee was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of ZipRecruiter, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617553/000161755321000023/0001617553-21-000023-index.htm

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