- Robot type
- Drone
- Location
- South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Legal
- Posted
- Jul 21, 2026
- Salary
- $150,000–$180,000 a year
Counsel, Real Estate
Job description
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…
Job responsibilities
- Develop a deep understanding of Zipline’s product and service offerings, business strategy, mission and values.
- Confidently, efficiently, and thoughtfully draft, negotiate, and close real estate leases for drone charging infrastructure, maintenance and testing facilities, taking ownership from initial draft through execution.
- Lead the contracting process for the transactions you support—from initial scoping through execution—working cross-functionally with Site Acquisition, Land Use (Legal), Finance, and other teams within Zipline.
- Develop deep expertise in Zipline's lease forms, playbooks, and negotiation strategies, using that expertise to help the team close a high volume of transactions efficiently and consistently.
- Contribute to improving Zipline’s deal templates and forms to better support the business’s goals and improve transaction efficiency.
- Support landlord escalations and contribute to lease management processes.
- Help build and socialize thoughtful, repeatable, and rigorous deal processes that bring predictability and calm to your clients on the Site Acquisitions Team and streamline and simplify deals.
- Build genuine relationships with each member of the Site Acquisition Team so that you are in sync when closing lease agreements.
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