Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.
Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
About You & the Role
Zipline uses autonomous aircraft and a national logistics network to help make vital medical supplies available when and where they are needed. In Nigeria, reliable import, storage, and replenishment of finished goods, aircraft and ground-equipment spares, and production materials directly supports uninterrupted operations.
You will own Nigeria logistics as a country-level operating function, from international inbound freight and customs clearance through warehousing, inventory control, and delivery to Zipline sites. You will set the plan, make practical tradeoffs, manage partners, surface risks early, and close the loop with global and in-country teams.
What You’ll Do
- Own end-to-end Nigeria logistics for finished goods, aircraft and ground-equipment spares, and production materials from origin through receipt at Zipline sites.
- Build shipment plans covering routing, consolidation, port or airport handoffs, inland transport, delivery appointments, and receipt confirmation.
- Lead import enablement and customs execution, including approvals, exemptions, licenses, permits, renewals, documentation, and resolution with brokers and authorities.
- Manage freight forwarders, customs brokers, carriers, transporters, and warehouse partners against service, cost, and compliance expectations.
- Maintain inventory accuracy across Nigeria storage locations through cycle counts, audits, reconciliations, stock monitoring, replenishment visibility, and transaction controls.
- Establish and improve operating procedures for inbound transport, customs, warehousing, inventory, and emergency or expedited shipments.
- Report logistics health through on-time delivery, customs-clearance lead time, inventory accuracy, landed cost, and partner-service KPIs; bring risks, options, and recommendations to leadership.
What You’ll Bring
- 10+ years of progressively responsible logistics, supply chain, transportation, or operations experience; a bachelor’s degree is preferred, with equivalent hands-on experience considered.
- Direct experience with international inbound freight, customs clearance, inland transportation, warehouse operations, and inventory controls in Nigeria or a similarly complex environment.
- Experience owning an operating area end to end with limited oversight, including prioritization, tradeoffs, issue anticipation, and delivery through external partners.
- Ability to analyze shipment, inventory, vendor, and cost data and turn findings into clear decisions, action plans, or escalations.
- Experience building SOPs, dashboards, controls, or operating rhythms that improve execution and reliability.
- Commercial judgment and clear communication with carriers, brokers, forwarders, transporters, warehouse providers, senior stakeholders, and government-facing counterparts.
- High integrity, attention to detail, and persistence in a regulated, ambiguous environment; fluent English and able to work from Lagos with domestic Nigeria and occasional overseas travel.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in logistics, supply chain, transportation, or operations
- Direct experience with international inbound freight, customs clearance, inland transportation, warehouse operations, and inventory controls in Nigeria or a similarly complex environment
- Experience owning an operating area end to end with limited oversight
- Ability to analyze shipment, inventory, vendor, and cost data and convert findings into decisions, action plans, or escalations
- Experience building SOPs, dashboards, controls, or operating rhythms
- Commercial judgment and clear communication with carriers, brokers, forwarders, transporters, warehouse providers, senior stakeholders, and government-facing counterparts
- High integrity, attention to detail, and persistence in a regulated and ambiguous environment
- Fluent English
- Ability to work from Lagos with domestic Nigeria and occasional overseas travel
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent hands-on experience
Zipline Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Zipline and has not been reviewed or approved by Zipline.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is consistently described as comprehensive and high quality, with multiple plan choices, low out‑of‑pocket costs, and additions like HRA, One Medical, and fertility support.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family leave is highlighted as generous and meaningfully used, reinforcing support for major life events.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick days, and holidays are portrayed as solid and broadly available, contributing to overall benefits depth.
Zipline Insights
What We Do
Zipline is the world's largest autonomous delivery network and is powered entirely by fixed-wing drones. Our fleet circles the equivalent distance of the equator every 2.5 days, and we have shipped hundreds of thousands of critical medical products across Rwanda, Ghana, and now beginning in the United States.
Why Work With Us
Zipline is the perfect intersection of super cutting-edge tech, deep social mission, and extremely compelling business case. Our small, scrappy, customer-obsessed, humble, and mission-driven team has set the bar for what is possible in the drone logistics industry globally, and has designed some incredibly elegant technology in the process.
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