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Country Director, Côte d'Ivoire
Zipline
Posted 3 months agoAbidjan, Ivory Coast
Location
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Leadership
Job Description
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.
We are seeking a strategic, mission-driven Country Director to oversee and grow Zipline’s entire business in Côte d’Ivoire. This is the most senior role in-country, responsible for the P&L, commercial success, operational excellence, and long-term sustainability of our presence. This role reports directly to the CEO, Africa.
As the Country Director, Côte d’Ivoire, you will own the full performance of the business—from reve
Directly manage and coach Zipline Distribution Center (“Nest”) Operations Leads, ensuring operational excellence, reliability, and safety standards are consistently met at our nests across the country.
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Responsibilities
- Hold full P&L responsibility, ensuring the business is financially sustainable and primed for long-term expansion.
- Lead cross-functional decision-making, risk assessments, and resource prioritization for the country.
- Ensure strong alignment and collaboration between commercial, operational, regulatory, and global teams.
- Serve as the key conduit of market insights, customer feedback, and operational realities to influence pr
- Own the overall health, performance, and growth of Zipline Côte d’Ivoire, including revenue, costs, service quality, and customer outcomes.
- Develop and execute annual business strategies and plans aligned with Zipline’s global priorities and the Côte d’Ivoire market, partnering closely with funct