Technical Program Manager, Facilities

Zipline • South San Francisco, CA

14h • $160,000 - $205,000

About The Position

Zipline is seeking a Technical Program Manager, Facilities to deliver spaces and infrastructure supporting engineering, test, manufacturing, and workplace teams. The role leads facilities projects from requirements and feasibility through design, permitting, construction, commissioning, and operational handoff, with accountability for scope, budget, schedule, and readiness for use.

Working with Facilities, engineering stakeholders, EHS, IT, and external partners, the program manager translates evolving business needs into executable plans. Projects may include new facilities, renovations, equipment installations, utility upgrades, and relocations. The role requires technical judgment and hands-on execution, creating clarity from incomplete information and delivering safely in active environments where operational continuity matters.

Requirements

• Track record managing complex facilities, infrastructure, or construction programs from initial scope through operational handoff, with accountability for budget, schedule, and quality.
• Technical foundation in mechanical, electrical, structural, architectural, or facilities engineering, construction management, or a related discipline, gained through education or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary consultants, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders, including work in active manufacturing, laboratory, R&D, or other technical environments.
• Ability to read technical drawings, assess building-system and equipment dependencies, and identify design or execution risks.
• Working knowledge of permitting, construction sequencing, and commissioning.
• Strong program management skills, including scope development, estimating, scheduling, bid evaluation, change management, and risk resolution across multiple concurrent projects.
• Clear communication and sound judgment when priorities compete; ability to explain technical trade-offs, recommend a path forward, and influence teams without direct authority.
• Hands-on approach to execution, curiosity about how facilities support the business, and ownership of problems through resolution.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of facilities capital projects, establishing scope, success criteria, budgets, schedules, and accountable owners from initiation through handoff.
• Partner with internal teams to define space, equipment, utility, and operational requirements, and translate them into clear project scopes.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, contractors, and specialty vendors through design, permitting, procurement, and construction; establish deliverables and resolve gaps between disciplines and project packages.
• Evaluate building-system capacity, equipment requirements, constructability, and maintainability, and develop practical alternatives that improve cost or schedule while meeting safety and performance requirements.
• Build integrated project schedules accounting for permits, long-lead equipment, utility connections, shutdowns, and occupancy requirements; identify dependencies and drive timely decisions.
• Develop requests for proposals and evaluate bids with Procurement and project partners; track commitments, forecasts, and change orders and recommend scope and spending decisions.
• Coordinate site work, equipment installations, relocations, and shutdowns with Facilities, EHS, IT, and operating teams to protect safety and minimize disruption.
• Report on milestones, budgets, risks, and decisions; escalate issues with recommended paths forward and drive recovery plans when delivery is at risk.
• Lead readiness reviews and coordinate commissioning, inspections, punch-list completion, and handoff.
• Ensure Facilities and end users receive the documentation, training, and maintenance information needed to operate the space.

Benefits

• Equity compensation may be included in the total compensation package.
• Overtime pay may be included in the total compensation package.
• Discretionary annual or performance bonuses may be included in the total compensation package.
• Sales incentives may be included in the total compensation package.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed