People Analytics Manager

About You and The Role  

Join us in shaping a data-driven People Strategy! At Zipline, we believe our people are our greatest asset—and that data is the key to unlocking their full potential. We’re looking for a People Data Analyst who thrives on transforming complexity into clarity. If you're someone who lives in spreadsheets, loves uncovering patterns, and is excited to influence how we hire, develop, and reward our talent—this role is for you.

This is a high-impact opportunity to partner across People, Total Rewards, and business leadership teams to drive better decisions through data. You’ll play a central role in building scalable analytics, uncovering insights that shape our employee experience, and helping us continuously raise the bar.

Please note that this is an onsite role in South San Francisco.

What You’ll Do

• Leverage your expertise in quantitative analysis and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and help inform, influence, support, and execute our compensation strategy 
• Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and analyses using Excel, Google Sheets, and other BI tools to support People, Talent, and Total Rewards initiatives.
• Support our bi-annual global compensation planning process end-to-end including design & management of the tooling, equity plan design, lead engagement and overall communication strategy across the company 
• Select appropriate benchmark surveys, analyze and interpret relevant market data, and develop recommendations for updates to job categories and salary structures as appropriate
• Analyze large and complex People datasets to identify key trends, patterns, and insights related to talent acquisition, employee engagement, performance, retention, diversity & inclusion, and learning effectiveness.
• Interpret complex people data and translate findings into clear, concise, and actionable recommendations for People and business leaders.
• Conduct in-depth investigations into data discrepancies to ensure data accuracy.
• Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards and reports specifically focused on people metrics.
• Automate people data reporting processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Mentoring more junior people operations team members.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in data analysis, people analytics, people operations, compensation, or a related data-driven role.
• Utilize and optimize data analysis and reporting tools relevant to people analytics, including Advanced Excel, Google sheets, SQL and data visualization software.
• Experience working with HR-specific systems like ADP or Workday for data extraction and analysis is highly desirable.
• A keen eye for detail and a high bar for data quality and accuracy.
• Strong communication skills—able to explain technical findings to non-technical audiences clearly and confidently.
• Project management chops—you know how to drive work forward, align stakeholders, and deliver on time.
• Professionalism and discretion in handling sensitive data
• Strong work ethic and team-first attitude: humility and humor make for a high-impact contributor
• Experience supporting global mobility, total rewards, or workforce planning functions strongly preferred

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.

Join Zipline and help us to make good on our promise to build an equitable and more resilient global supply chain for billions of people.

What Else You Need to Know   

The starting cash range for this role is $120,000 - $140,000. Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role. The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors, including a specific candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, working location, and projected impact. The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.

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!