Lease Administration Manager

About Zipline 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. About Zipline Do you want to change the world? Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the world's most urgent and complex access challenges by building, manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally, wherever they are. From powering Rwanda's national blood delivery network and Ghana's COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart, to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes, we are transforming the way things move for businesses, governments and consumers. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Through our technology that includes robotics and autonomy, we are decarbonizing delivery, decreasing road congestion, and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain. About the Role As Lease Administration Manager, you will build and own the lease administration function that supports Zipline's rapidly expanding infrastructure portfolio across the United States. You will serve as the operational backbone of our real estate organization, ensuring every lease obligation, critical date, notice requirement, payment, amendment, and renewal is accurately tracked and executed. This is the first dedicated lease administration hire on the team. We are looking for someone who enjoys creating structure from ambiguity, building systems from the ground up, and developing scalable processes that enable a high-growth deployment organization. You will be responsible for establishing portfolio management best practices, owning our lease administration software (Occupier), and ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks as we scale. Success in this role requires exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to proactively identify risks before they become problems. You should be comfortable reading and interpreting commercial lease agreements, translating legal language into actionable business requirements, and coordinating across Site Acquisition, Legal, Development, Finance, and Operations teams. This role sits at the intersection of real estate, operations, legal, and finance. You will help ensure our sites tr