# Head of Deployments, Africa at Zipline

- Company: Zipline
- What the company does: Zipline delivers food, groceries, and medicine in minutes with fast, reliable, zero emission delivery. Backed by Sequoia and Techstars.
- Company website: https://flyzipline.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Remote in Africa
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply by: 2026-11-13
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/8006950003?gh_jid=8006950003&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-head-of-deployments-africa/

## About the role

Zipline is entering its biggest build period in Africa yet. Over the next two years we will open more than 20 new distribution sites across Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, and launch our first Precision Delivery network in Kigali, Rwanda. As Head of Deployments, Africa, you will own every launch from signed contract to a certified, operating site, and make each one faster and more repeatable than the last. Every site should be handed over ready to run, with no open issues left for the operating team. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Lead parallel launch programmes across Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, taking each site from signed contract through land, permits, construction, power, hiring, training and commissioning to handover
- Drive the work, not just coordinate it. Set the pace on every launch, hold owners to their dates and the quality bar, and step in early when a launch starts to slip
- Run our first Precision Delivery launch in Kigali as a dedicated workstream, with a clear go/no-go gate and dependencies agreed with our platform and engineering teams
- Own the deployment playbook and standard bill of materials, and productise them so each launch is faster than the last
- Plan each country as a single programme, with one customs plan, one spares plan and one power strategy per country
- Hand over every site through a written acceptance gate that the operating team can refuse, and own the cost of any defects in the first 90 days after handover

Tags: Ops Africa

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-head-of-deployments-africa/