- Robot type
- Drone
- Location
- South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Legal
- Posted
- Aug 17, 2026
- Salary
- $250,000–$300,000 a year
Global Head of Government Affairs
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
- Set our global government affairs and public affairs strategy, tuned to enable Zipline’s rapid growth in the U.S. and abroad.
- Build and lead a growing team of world-class employees and highly-effective consultants and lobbyists.
- Drive business-critical outcomes, ranging from landing legislation and regulations that open new international markets, to expanding U.S.
- Create and sustain enduring relationships with electeds and other policymakers at every jurisdictional level, cultivating champions who support Zipline’s mission and business.
- Build grassroots, grasstops, and third-party advocacy networks, to demonstrate Zipline’s community benefits and support market launches and expansion.
- Cultivate and mobilize trusted relationships within the communities we serve when the company faces opposition or controversy.
- Collaborate shoulder-to-shoulder with Zipline's amazing Regulatory Affairs, Legal, and Communications teams to deliver our Government Affairs and Public Affairs strategy.
- Brief and advise Zipline’s executive team and Board of Directors on global policy risks and opportunities.
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