Senior Leadership Recruiter, Zipline
$150-240k
Transforming the way goods move
Be an early applicant
Transforming the way goods move
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$150-240k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build the world's first logistics system that serves all people equally.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of full life cycle recruiting experience, including significant experience hiring Director-level and above leadership talent
- Demonstrated success recruiting senior leaders in hyper-growth, high-growth, or transformational companies
- Experience partnering directly with executive leadership teams and senior stakeholders
- Proven track record of independently leading complex leadership searches from strategy through close
- Expertise in executive sourcing, talent mapping, candidate assessment, and executive-level candidate management
- Exceptional written and verbal communication
- Strong organizational skills & ability to multitask and adapt to a fast-paced startup environment
Desirable
- Experience recruiting leaders across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations, aviation, robotics, autonomy, hardware, software, or logistics organizations
- Possession of strong analytical skills with ability to create, measure, and scale the workflow between candidates, hiring managers, and the recruiting team
- Experience with Hardware recruiting
- Experience with Greenhouse, GEM, Goodtime, Google Suite
What the job involves
- Zipline is seeking an exceptional Staff Leadership Recruiter to help build the leadership team that will define our next stage of growth as a company. This highly strategic individual contributor role focused on identifying, engaging, assessing, and closing world-class leadership talent that will be critical to Zipline’s continued success
- You will partner directly with executives and senior stakeholders to shape organizational capabilities, influence talent strategy, and deliver transformative hires that accelerate business outcomes. The ideal candidate combines deep recruiting expertise with strong business acumen, exceptional judgement, and a demonstrated track record of leadership hiring in high growth environments
- This role requires someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves with urgency, and consistently raises the talent bar through rigorous assessment and market intelligence
- Lead end-to-end searches for Director, Senior Director, VP, and executive-level talent across multiple functions
- Develop and execute proactive talent strategies to identify and attract top leadership candidates from highly competitive markets
- Build deep pipelines of passive talent and maintain long-term relationships with high-potential leaders
- Deliver exceptional candidate experiences while effectively representing the company's mission, culture, and growth opportunities
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executives, hiring managers, and business leaders
- Develop a deep understanding of Zipline's strategy, operating model, and leadership needs
- Influence hiring decisions through data, market intelligence, organizational insights, and talent assessments
- Help leaders define hiring profiles that align with both current business needs and future organizational growth
- Conduct proactive market mapping and benchmarking to stay ahead of talent trends in key functional areas
- Evaluate candidates for leadership capability, organizational impact, strategic thinking, execution excellence, and cultural contribution
- Conduct rigorous assessments that go beyond experience to identify leaders capable of scaling teams, navigating complexity, and delivering results
- Develop structured interview processes and assessment frameworks that improve hiring quality and reduce bias
- Conduct talent mapping and market analysis to inform organizational planning and hiring priorities
- Partner on succession planning and long-term leadership capability development
- Drive continuous improvement in leadership recruiting practices and processes
- Raise the bar for how Zipline attracts, evaluates, and hires leaders
Our take
Zipline is reinventing how the world moves goods - one flight at a time. What started as a bold idea to deliver life-saving medical supplies by drones has grown into the world's first logistics network designed to serve everyone, everywhere. From rushing blood and vaccines to remote clinics, to dropping off everyday essential for Walmart customers, Ziplines's autonomous drones are proving that fast, reliable delivery doesn't have to be limited by roads or geography.
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. Beyond government partnerships, Zipline has its sight set on everyday consumers, preparing to launch commercial deliveries straight to individuals houses. With its Walmart collaboration expanding and even Chipotle orders taking to the skies in Texas, Zipline isn't just redefining delivery - it's aiming to reach every corner of commerce, with a future that looks as bright as its ambitions.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
34% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 12 rounds)
Mar 2026
$200m
SERIES H
Jan 2026
$600m
SERIES H
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company HQ
South San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
(Co-Founder & CEO)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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