Sarah Ix

Lead global Product hiring across Block’s business units including Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto, partnering closely with Product and Engineering leadership. • Average 11 hires per month with ~5 week time to hire and 92% offer acceptance rate (L6-L8) • Designed and launched Square’s first Associate Product Manager (APM) program in partnership with VP Product leadership, defining program structure, interview frameworks, and early career hiring strategy • Drove the full redesign of Square’s Product Management interview process in partnership with VP Product leadership and HR, introducing structured evaluation frameworks and a new AI-native interview round

Supported hiring across Product, Engineering, Machine Learning, Marketing, Design, Risk, and Sales teams, primarily across North America, Australia, China, and Japan. • Partnered with VP Product and Engineering leadership to define hiring priorities and build targeted pipelines for Product Managers, Senior Software Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers, and Data Scientists across AI and data infrastructure teams • Supported global hiring across multiple Block business units including Square, Cash App, and Afterpay • Also supported GTM hiring across Marketing, Strategy, Business Development, Design, Risk, and Sales teams

Joined Block following the acquisition of Afterpay, supporting hiring across global GTM and business teams. • Recruited across Sales, Marketing, Strategy, Legal, Operations, HR, and Finance across Square and Afterpay • Supported hiring for Product, Hardware, and technical non-engineering teams across North America, Australia, Taiwan, and Shanghai • Partnered with leadership to scale global GTM teams during a period of rapid company expansion

Led global Afterpay Marketing recruitment as the sole Marketing recruiter, delivering 120+ hires (primarily L5–L7) across brand, growth, communications, and product marketing. Also supported hiring across Comms, Sales, Legal, Operations, HR, and Finance during rapid company expansion. Maintained 94% offer acceptance rate and ~3 week time to hire💲

Managed full life cycle recruiting for roles in Uber’s Community Operations teams across US & Canada

Provided substance use prevention education, mental health awareness and activities for at risk students in the underserved communities of SLO including Shandon, San Miguel, and Paso Robles