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About Zipline 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 and The Role    Zipline is launching its first Precision Delivery network in Kigali, Rwanda. This Launch Lead will be the on-the-ground owner accountable for turning a technical deployment into a safe, reliable, partner-ready operating network that serves patients, commercial customers, and national logistics needs. You will lead an integrated, cross-functional launch spanning Operations, Engineering, Partnerships, Regulatory, Government Affairs, Academy, Supply Chain, Infrastructure and vendors. Your decisions will establish the operating model, standards, playbooks, and measurable thresholds that make Precision Delivery repeatable across Africa. This is a senior program leadership role with high operating intensity. You will not have direct reports but will set priorities, assign clear owners, arbitrate cross-functional tradeoffs, run governance, and be accountable for launch and stabilization outcomes. Success here directly impacts flight safety, regulatory compliance, service availability, and the program’s ability to scale regionally. What You'll Do   Own end-to-end delivery and accountability for the Kigali Precision Delivery launch: define success criteria, chair go/no-go governance, and remain accountable through launch and stabilization. Create and drive the integrated launch roadmap across site readiness (infrastructure, power, comms), staffing and certification, partner onboarding, community and regulatory engagement, customer support, supply chain, site commissioning, and commercial activation. Set and enforce measurable launch outcomes and thresholds (examples: milestone adherence, initial sortie success rate, partner onboarding targets, and operational availability targets for initial 30/90-day windows). Run the launch operating cadence: readiness reviews, decision logs, risk reviews, go/no-go forums, executive reporting, and rapid escalation when thresholds are missed. Lead cross-functional execution without direct authority: assign owners, map dependencies, track deliverables, mitigate risks, and hold teams and vendors to commitments. Coordinate field execution and verify practical readiness: validate site commissioning, accept site handover, and confirm end-to-end flight and ground operations work as designed. Drive regulatory and stakeholder engage