Talent Attraction Program Manager

About the role

Zipline is looking for a Talent Attraction Program Manager to join our team in South San Francisco. This is a strategic talent acquisition position for a builder who understands the recruiting lifecycle and knows how to translate it into high-impact, memorable events and employer brand campaigns.

What You’ll Do

• Event Strategy & Execution: Lead the end-to-end strategy and execution for a diverse recruiting event portfolio, including industry conferences, technical hackathons, open houses, and executive-led panels. You own the vision, logistics, and ROI.
• Employer Brand: Work to make Zipline an employer of choice in the industry.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing and Communications to develop creative employer brand campaigns.
• Develop creative swag for recruiting events that evangelize our products and mission.
• Oversee our careers site and employer brand presence across relevant social media platforms and recruiting tools, ensuring a cohesive and engaging candidate experience.
• Partner directly with executive stakeholders, Recruiting Managers, and cross-functional teams to align event goals with hiring needs. Manage expectations, secure buy-in, and drive results in a fast-paced environment.
• Treat recruiting events like a product—measure success through hire conversion rates, pipeline quality, and brand reach. Tie event activities directly to talent outcomes.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum Qualifications: 7+ years in recruiting and project management combined, with a strong background in full-cycle recruiting. Understands what makes a candidate say "yes," what the pain points are in the candidate journey, and how to use events to solve for those gaps. Exceptional written and verbal communication, with proven track record of providing regular status updates to key stakeholders and recruiting leadership. Thrives in an environment where everyone chips in to reach a common goal. Collaborative, humble, and ready to contribute to our mission alongside the rest of the recruiting team.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in a start-up environment and/or a company going through hyper-growth. Experience recruiting across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations, aviation, robotics, autonomy, hardware, software, or logistics. Experience with Greenhouse, GEM, Jira, Confluence and Google Suite.

What Else You Need To Know

The starting cash range for this role is $150,000 - $180,000. 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; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.