Director of Compensation, Zipline
$200-250k
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (South San Francisco, cA)
Transforming the way goods move
Open for applications
Transforming the way goods move
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$200-250k
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (South San Francisco, cA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To open up access to emergency medical care to everyone in the world.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of HR work experience, including prior experience managing a global compensation program. Experience at a late stage start-up preferred
- Significant compensation knowledge: demonstrated understanding of global compensation principles, global regulations and market trends
- Analytical prowess: the ability to quickly analyze complex problems and draw conclusions from data
- Excellent communication skills: a demonstrated track record of building internal relationships quickly and driving cross-functional work streams successfully
- Professionalism: the ability to recognize confidential, sensitive and/or proprietary information and maintain confidentiality
- Start-up mentality: an inquisitive, agile, and challenge-focused mind coupled with comfort navigating ambiguous and/or uncertain environments. Enjoyment building and thinking multiple steps ahead
- Team leadership: track record of leading high performing, multi-disciplinary teams and building, mentoring and performance-managing talent
- Strong attention to detail: an ability to hone in on the smallest details
- Must be eligible to work in the US
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced global compensation and benefits professional to join us as our Director of Compensation, reporting into our Chief People Officer
- In this role, you’re responsible for designing and executing a comprehensive total rewards strategy that aligns with the company’s business objectives and talent management strategy
- You will build and lead a world-class compensation team
- This role involves managing compensation, benefits, recognition, and equity programs to attract, retain, and motivate top talent while ensuring internal equity and market competitiveness
- Oversee the administration and evolution of Zipline’s compensation structures, including salary structures, variable pay, bonus plans, equity awards and other incentives
- Build trusted working relationships internally with leadership, Finance, Legal, People, and team leads
- Remain stay up-to-date with compensation industry market conditions and trends; design tailored strategies to ensure Zipline is able to attract and retain top talent across various segments
- Regularly assess benefits offered to employees for their effectiveness; make recommendations to vary offerings based on current best practices, cost, and utility of benefits to employees
- Develop communication strategies to educate both new and existing employees about their compensation
- Partner with Legal to ensure that compensation practices are compliant with all applicable laws and regulations
- Hire high performing individuals as needed
- Embody servant leadership, doing everything necessary to enable team members and cross-functional partners to succeed
Our take
Zipline is transforming the way goods move by creating the first logistics system that serves all humans equally via a drone delivery service. As the first emergency drone logistics operation, Zipline is fundamentally changing how we transport emergency medical supplies and has expanded into commercial deliveries. It's partnered with several major companies, including Walmart.
Zipline has an edge over potential future competitors as the company has thousands of hours and over 35 million miles of flight to prove the system is safe and effective. It’s also one of the first companies to receive a full commercial operating certificate, putting Zipline in a strong position to continuously branch out to other markets.
The unicorn company operates globally and has signed its first government contract with Rwanda to provide up to 2 million drone deliveries by 2029. It is also aiming to start commercial deliveries to individual households in the near future. With big companies such as Amazon and Walmart examining “instant” delivery options, Zipline has a proven track record and the equipment and logistics in place to provide such services. 2023 funding pushed Zipline's valuation to a staggering $4.2 billion, indicating a bright future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2023
$330m
SERIES F
Jul 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $813.7m
Company benefits
- Generous parental leave
- Generous vacation policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Monthly team events
- Healthcare, vision, and dental
- Healthy, delicious meals and snacks
- Dog-friendly offices
Company values
- Customer obsession - The standard of care
- Ownership - Getting the job done
- Transparency - Breeds trust
- Continuous improvement - Tackling hard problems
- Serve Your Species - Empowering one another
Company HQ
South San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Having studied Economics and Biotechnology at Harvard, they worked for almost 11 months as a self-employed rock climber. They combined their academic and practical experience to co-found Zipline in July 2011.
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