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

The Zipline Legal Team is searching for an experienced, high-powered, and process-oriented Senior Paralegal who will support our corporate legal function. In this role, you will partner closely with others on the Corporate Legal team and cross-functional stakeholders, such as Finance, People, and Compensation. You’ll bring attention to detail, organizational skills, and a positive attitude to everything you do. You’ll be a core member of a strong, friendly, passionate, in-house legal function and will report to Zipline’s Deputy General Counsel, Corporate. If you're energized by tackling meaningful problems, excited to innovate and radically improve processes, and motivated by work that truly matters, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

Provide project management and support for complex corporate transactions including financing rounds and strategic transactions through due diligence coordination, document management and closing preparations
Assist in supporting our equity program and management of our equity management platforms (Carta and Shareworks)
Manage U.S. state and local filings, business licenses, and various business entity documents with governmental agencies
Oversee subsidiary management, including entity records, officer and director tracking, organizational charts, annual filings, and related governance documentation
Manage and maintain corporate records and databases
Work with other members of the Legal team as well as other company functional departments on special projects and initiatives
Design, develop, and implement or improve systems and processes to increase efficiency, support scalability, and ensure quality
Work to identify, build and maintain scalable corporate operations processes, with emphasis on documentation and audit trails
Your relationship-driven approach allows you to build strong cross-functional relationships across all levels of the business to influence and inspire other teams

What You'll Bring

As part of a small team supporting a rapidly growing organization, the ideal candidate demonstrates sound judgment in handling complex, multi-jurisdictional corporate work and thrives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
You are proactive and pragmatic problem solving - seeing risks and potential issues before they arise and proposing effective solutions.
You thrive in high-pressure and time-sensitive situations, and love the feeling of undramatically and quickly solving any problems that come your way.
Strong communication and project management skills.
Effective time management skills that enable you to set aggressive but realistic deadlines that you meet (and usually beat), even with competing priorities.
Confidence to work independently and judgment to recognize when issues require escalation or input from others.
A positive attitude and the willingness to collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders.

What Else You Need To Know

At least seven years of relevant experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house
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