Real Estate Contracts Manager

About You and The Role 

Zipline builds and operates autonomous delivery systems that move essential goods where and when they are needed. Real estate agreements enable the sites from which that system operates; clear, well-managed contracts help teams secure, develop, and operate those sites responsibly.

As Real Estate Contracts Manager, you will own the day-to-day lifecycle of routine real estate agreements and the systems behind them. You will partner with Legal, Real Estate, Site Acquisition, and Site Development to enable reliable site-contract execution, accurate obligation management, and visibility into deadlines and risk, escalating nonstandard matters to counsel. You’ll be a core member of a strong, friendly, passionate, in-house legal function and will report to Zipline’s Deputy General Counsel–Head of Commercial. 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 

• Manage standard real estate agreements from intake through drafting, negotiation, approvals, signature, filing, obligation tracking, amendment, renewal, and closeout.
• Draft, redline, and negotiate routine leases, amendments, access agreements, licenses, consents, notices, assignments, LOIs, term sheets, and site-related agreements within attorney-approved guidelines.
• Independently resolve routine contracting issues and escalate nonstandard terms, material risk, or matters outside approved playbooks to attorneys.
• Build and maintain templates, clause libraries, fallback positions, approval workflows, intake forms, signature processes, and escalation matrices.
• Serve as the day-to-day contact for landlords, brokers, property managers, outside counsel, vendors, and internal teams on routine contract matters.
• Maintain an accurate, searchable repository and report contract status, deadlines, open issues, cycle times, recurring negotiation points, and outside-counsel usage.
• Improve CLM, document-management, and lease-administration workflows, including metadata, permissions, dashboards, reporting, and user adoption.

What You'll Bring

• At least 8 years of relevant real estate industry experience, including direct experience with leasing contracts and lease administration.
• Ability to draft, negotiate, and administer routine real estate agreements, including leases, amendments, access agreements, licenses, and related documents.
• Experience using contract lifecycle management, document-management, or lease-administration tools to maintain reliable contract data and workflows.
• Sound judgment about when to apply approved positions independently and when to escalate legal, commercial, or operational risk.
• Strong organization and project-management skills across competing deadlines, approvals, documentation, and stakeholder requests.
• Clear, practical communication and the ability to build productive relationships with cross-functional teams and external real estate partners.
• Ability to work full-time in person from Zipline’s South San Francisco headquarters.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in the real estate industry

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, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities.

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!

Must be eligible to work in the United States