Aviation Compliance Analyst- Africa

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 YOU AND THE ROLE

Zipline is looking for an Aviation Compliance Analyst to support aviation regulatory compliance across our Africa operations. This role will help ensure that Zipline’s flight operations, site operations, regulatory submissions, reporting practices, and internal compliance processes remain aligned with applicable aviation requirements and Zipline’s safety and operational standards.

You will work closely with the Global Aviation team, Africa regulatory and operations teams, and country leadership. The role may be remote, but it will require regular travel to Zipline nests and operational sites across Africa to support implementation, audits, regulatory engagement, documentation, and cross-functional training.

This is a hands-on role for someone who is comfortable moving between detailed compliance work and practical operational execution. The right candidate will be able to understand regulatory requirements, translate them into clear operating practices, build trust with internal and external stakeholders, and help teams maintain compliance in a fast-moving aviation environment. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented and comfortable working in a fast-growing, multi-country aviation environment where structure, audit readiness and regulatory discipline are essential to operational scale.

This role is remote and includes substantial travel across the African countries in which Zipline operates.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Assist cross-functional teams in preparing regulatory approval packages, documenting conditions of approval, and maintaining post-approval compliance records.
• Maintain and update aviation manuals, regulatory documents, and operating materials to align with approved operations and applicable regulations.
• Format, organize, and version-control materials required for regulatory approvals, audits, inspections, and internal reviews through Zipline’s aviation compliance portal.
• Maintain compliance dashboards, trackers, and structured datasets covering licenses, permits, certificates, approvals, renewals, regulatory commitments, operational limitations, special conditions, open actions, and upcoming deadlines across multiple countries.
• Support compliance monitoring activities, including audit readiness, findings management, non-compliance tracking, CAPA follow-up, and closure-evidence capture.
• Prepare and maintain documentation related to safety occurrences and regulatory reporting, including data capture, internal follow-up, and record management.
• Independently manage assigned compliance workstreams with minimal supervision, escalating risks, gaps, delays, or unclear requirements as appropriate.
• Standardize compliance processes, documentation structures, reporting templates, training materials, and internal reporting systems as Zipline’s operations scale across multiple countries.
• Support the maintenance and continuous improvement of compliance tools, safety management system platforms, and aviation compliance portals.
• Partner with country teams, operations leaders, safety teams, and aviation regulatory colleagues to identify compliance needs, translate regulatory requirements into practical systems, and support field-level implementation.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 2-5 years experience in aviation compliance, quality, safety, documentation control, or aviation/flight operations (UAS or manned aviation).
• Strong ability to independently manage structured compliance workstreams with high attention to detail.
• Experience conducting or supporting internal audits and managing findings and CAPAs.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to translate regulatory and operational requirements into clear, auditable systems and records.
• The ideal candidate is comfortable working across jurisdictions with varying regulatory maturity and is able to maintain rigor and consistency in complex, evolving environments.
• Willingness to travel as required.

What Else You Need to Know

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.

We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!

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