Construction and New Deployments Lead at Zipline

What You’ll Do

• Own deployment strategy and execution for dozens of new distribution centers across Africa, ensuring scalability for future global expansion.
• Spearhead global cross-functional coordination across Engineering, Supply Chain, Legal, Regulatory, Operations, and Business teams to ensure seamless execution of multiple deployments that consistently meets partner expectations.
• Work with real estate vendors and local authorities to identify and secure sites that meet Zipline’s technical and business criteria.
• Build and manage supplier and contractor networks in partnership with country teams, using rigorous selection processes to ensure reliable, cost-efficient, and high-quality execution of local site works.
• Manage multi-country budgets and resources, balancing cost, schedule, and risk while making tradeoffs that protect long-term scalability and operational excellence.
• Help hire, and provide mentorship, strategic direction, and performance oversight to a team of local deployment project managers operating in multiple countries.
• Capture and implement lessons learned from every launch to continuously refine Zipline’s global deployment playbook.
• Deliver clear, data-driven visibility into progress, risks, and performance metrics to Africa and global leadership teams.