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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Business Operations
Posted
Aug 5, 2026
Salary
$140,000–$200,000 a year
Full-time

Strategic Finance Manager, Operations

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

  • Serve as a strategic finance partner to Global Operations leaders across teams such as Maintenance, Flight Operations, Material Planning, Supply Chain, Logistics, Customer Support, Safety, Flight Test, Business…
  • Own forecast versus actuals for multiple teams within Operations, including variance analysis, KPI reporting, financial performance reviews, and clear communication of business drivers.
  • Lead annual planning and quarterly forecasting and consolidation processes, partnering with business leaders to translate operating plans, resource requirements, and strategic priorities into financial plans.
  • Build and maintain driver-based models for operating forecasts, long-range planning, unit economics, site performance, launch economics, utilization, labor, materials, support costs, and operational efficiency.
  • Develop high priority ad hoc analyses and decision models for leadership, including questions related to growth, margin, resource allocation, launch timing, operating model design, and cost optimization.
  • Partner with operators to understand the broader financial implications of their goals, processes, constraints, and proposed changes.
  • Analyze cost drivers across labor, maintenance, materials, fleet operations, ground systems, support, real estate, site preparation, launch costs, utilization, and delivery economics.
  • Identify opportunities to improve margin, reduce cost, increase utilization, improve forecast accuracy, and scale operations more efficiently.
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