Technical Recruiting Manager

Zipline

San Francisco, United States Posted September 11, 2026

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On-site Full-time Mid level
Salary Range

$170,000 - $240,000

Job Description

Join Zipline, a company at the forefront of autonomous logistics. As a Technical Recruiting Manager, you will lead a team responsible for hiring engineers and technical leaders. You will partner with engineering leadership to anticipate talent needs, develop recruiting strategies, and build a high-performing recruiting organization. This role requires excellent communication skills, a bias toward action, and a deep understanding of the competitive engineering talent landscape.

  • Lead and develop a team of Technical Recruiting Partners, setting a high bar for execution, judgment, and accountability.
  • Partner with engineering and program leaders to translate business priorities into long-term hiring strategies and talent plans.
  • Continuously improve how Zipline hires by strengthening recruiting processes, interview quality, calibration, and operational rigor.
  • We're looking for someone who believes recruiting is one of the highest leverage functions in a growing company and is excited to build the team responsible for finding the people who will define Zipline's future
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trust with executives, hiring managers, recruiters, and candidates alike
  • A bias toward action and a desire to solve hard problems with talented, mission-driven people
  • 2+ years of people management experience leading and developing recruiters while building a culture of ownership, urgency, and continuous improvement
  • 8+ years of experience recruiting technical talent in high-growth, high-performance environments
  • Deep understanding of the competitive engineering talent landscape and a track record of hiring exceptional technical talent
  • Exceptional sourcing instincts and the ability to recognize people who will outperform on paper qualifications alone
  • Strong business judgment and the ability to influence senior leaders through data, market insights, and thoughtful recommendations
  • Ability to work in ambiguous environments, using judgement and data to make sound decisions in a fast moving organization
  • Experience recruiting across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations, aviation, robotics, autonomy, hardware, software, or logistics organizations
  • Experience with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, GEM, Goodtime, Google Suite
Required Skills
recruiting logistics leadership communication people leadership process improvement manufacturing supply chain Greenhouse
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