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Product Marketing Manager, Africa

Zipline

Zipline

Marketing & Communications, Product
Lagos, Nigeria
Posted on Tuesday, September 3, 2024

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.

About You and The Role

As a key member of the Africa marketing team, you’ll help build the foundation for a world-class product marketing function. Partnering closely with the Sales and Impact Evaluation teams, you’ll create compelling sales materials and assets, provide strategic and tactical support for important conferences and events, and develop content that tells inspiring stories. The end goal is to ensure that Zipline’s work and impact are thoroughly visible and recognizable within the markets where we operate, as well as to global audiences who care about health and development. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker who excels at making the complex feel understandable and relatable. We’re looking for an excellent communicator, skilled collaborator, and adept problem solver who can run strategy in parallel with brass tacks tactical execution. You work well across different backgrounds and cultures, as well as time zones!

Location: Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, or Côte d’Ivoire

What you’ll do

  • Partner closely with the Africa Sales team to drive awareness of Zipline’s work and impact in the areas that matter to our core audiences - in health, agriculture, economic development, and climate
  • Write and develop marketing assets that convey the value, benefits, features and functionality of Zipline’s system, including case studies, blog posts, social media content, sales enablement material, and other promotional materials
  • Position Zipline in front of the right audiences at aligned global conferences; partner with our research team to develop and pitch abstracts that feature us and our research
  • Work with our customers to tell their stories across our owned channels and partner with Comms to identify earned media opportunities
  • Partner with social media and editorial leads to develop and execute content calendars
  • Manage local vendors to produce multimedia content (photo, video), printed materials, and branded swag

What you’ll bring

  • 7+ years of proven experience in marketing with a focus on product marketing preferred
  • Experience in health and/or development sectors a plus
  • Experience defining and driving product marketing for B2B or B2G technology products in complex, fast-moving markets
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • Understanding of social media platforms, algorithms, and analytics a plus
  • Comfort managing ambiguity and experience quickly building content and processes from the ground up
  • Ability to prioritize and balance conflicting demands while leading multiple simultaneous projects
  • Self-starter, highly motivated and solution-oriented
  • Fluency in English (fluency in French is a bonus)

Ability to travel: ~25%

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, 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!
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Please Note

We have received reports stating that certain individuals are reaching out to people under false pretenses, claiming to be Zipline employees, affiliates, agents, or representatives. They may seek to gain access to your personal information or to acquire money from you by offering fictitious employment opportunities or by claiming that they are contacting you on Zipline’s behalf.

Genuine Zipline employees or representatives will never ask you for money or payment in exchange for employment opportunities or other related services. Any such offer of employment or any other service in exchange for fees that claims to be from us is deceitful and part of a fraud.

If you believe you have been targeted by a fraudulent party, we ask that you immediately get in touch with us via email at security@flyzipline.com upon receiving a suspicious offer or claim.