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We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. \n\nOur 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.\n\nOur system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back.\n\nWe 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.\n\nAbout You and The Role\n\nNigeria represents one of our most important and ambitious deployment programs, with multiple launches requiring close coordination across engineering, supply chain, construction, logistics, regulatory, software, operations, finance, and country leadership.\nYou’ll own the integrated deployment plan, operating cadence, tools, and processes required to turn a complex portfolio of launches into predictable, repeatable execution. Working across Nigeria-based and global teams, you’ll identify risks early, drive accountability, resolve cross-functional issues, and ensure every site is ready to launch safely and successfully.\n\nIf you’re energized by bringing order to complexity, leading high-stakes programs, and building systems that deliver meaningful real-world impact, we’d love to hear from you.\n\nWhat You'll Do\n\nOwn the Nigeria deployment Operating system\n\nOwn the master deployment plan across multiple concurrent distribution center launches in Nigeria.\n\nBuild and maintain integrated schedules connecting construction, procurement, shipping, hardware commissioning, regulatory approvals, software readiness, operations readiness, hiring, training, and launch execution.\n\nMaintain a single source of truth for program health, site readiness, key dependencies, and critical-path milestones.\n\nContinuously improve the deployment operating model so Nigeria launches become faster, more predictable, higher quality, and more cost-effective over time—with the long-term goal of launching new distribution centers in under three months.\n\nDrive cross-functional execution\n\nLead execution across Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction, Logistics, Regulatory, Operations, Finance, and Nigeria country teams.\n\nIdentify risks months before they become problems by understanding long-term dependencies across workstreams, and anticipate how decisions made today can accelerate or jeopardize a launch many months down the road.\n\nEnsure every workstream has clear ownership, accountability, and escalation paths.\n\nPartner closely with Nigeria leadership to align deployments with customer commitments and country priorities.\n\nServe as the central coordination point during commissioning and launch windows, helping teams rapidly resolve issues that threaten launch.\n\nBuild systems that scale\n\nDevelop repeatable planning tools, stage gates, dashboards, templates, playbooks, and readiness checklists that contribute to or become the standard for deployments globally.\n\nEstablish metrics that provide clear visibility into schedule performance, launch readiness, execution quality, and deployment cost.\n\nRaise the execution standard across the company by building planning processes, operating rhythms, and decision-making mechanisms that enable teams to execute consistently at a world-class level.\n\nCapture lessons from every launch and translate them into improvements for future Nigeria and global deployments.\n\nLead program governance\n\nRun weekly program reviews, executive status updates, cross-functional risk reviews, launch readiness reviews, and post-launch retrospectives.\n\nProvide leaders with concise, decision-oriented reporting that highlights priorities, risks, tradeoffs, and actions.\n\nDrive timely decisions when priorities compete, assumptions change, or plans fall behind.\n\nWhat You'll Bring \n\n6+ years leading complex technical, operational, infrastructure, construction, manufacturing, deployment, or supply chain programs.\n\nProven track record managing large cross-functional programs with multiple organizations and long-lead dependencies, with accountability for schedule, quality, and cost.\n\nExperience launching complex physical infrastructure or real-world operational systems. Experience in Nigeria or a comparable operating environment is highly preferred.\n\nStrong program management fundamentals, including integrated planning, critical-path management, risk mitigation, dependency management, and escalation frameworks.\n\nDemonstrated ability to build operating systems such as integrated schedules, stage gates, readiness criteria, playbooks, and program dashboards.\n\nHands-on experience with program and scheduling tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Primavera, Jira, Airtable), AI tools, and building dashboards that track KPIs.\n\nClear, concise communicator who can simplify technical complexity and coordinate large cross-functional teams without direct authority.\n\nAbility to work effectively across global, cross-cultural teams and translate between on-the-ground realities and global requirements.\n\nOperating context and traits\n\nComfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous, and safety- or regulation-sensitive environments.\n\nWillingness to travel regularly within Nigeria and internationally for planning, commissioning, and launch support.\n\nFlexibility to regularly work across time zones, and outside normal hours during critical launch periods.\n\nRelentless attention to detail, disciplined cadence-setting, strong judgment, and a bias toward measurable outcomes.\n\nNon-negotiables\n\nPrior ownership of integrated deployment schedules spanning engineering, procurement or manufacturing, shipping and logistics, and regulatory activities.\n\nDemonstrated history of improving schedule predictability, launch readiness, deployment cost, or execution quality.\n\nExperience personally driving complex programs through execution—not only creating plans or facilitating status meetings.\n\nWhat Else You Need to Know \n\nIf you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!\nVoluntary Self-Identification\n\nFor government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. 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