City Manager (Autonomous Delivery)

Location: Jersey City, United States; work arrangement: on-site

Salary: $140,000–$160,000 estimated base salary per year, plus equity

Company

hirify.global develops and operates autonomous delivery robots for accessible, reliable, and sustainable last-mile delivery.

What you will do

• Own day-to-day fleet health, deployment zones, operational uptime, delivery completion, and cost-per-delivery metrics across New Jersey merchant locations.
• Manage merchant relationships, onboard restaurants, resolve incidents, and improve the delivery experience.
• Hire, train, schedule, and manage local operations staff, including robot technicians, coordinators, and contract labor.
• Track city KPIs, identify operational issues, report insights to central leadership, and drive continuous improvement.
• Represent hirify.global at neighborhood meetings and in interactions with local press and city officials.

Requirements

• 3+ years managing a hands-on, physical-world operation such as a restaurant, fulfillment center, or field operations team.
• Experience managing a direct labor workforce, including hiring, scheduling, performance management, and accountability.
• Metrics-driven operating style with strong attention to detail and process improvement skills.
• Strong relationship management, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Willingness to work non-standard hours as required by robot delivery operations.

Nice to have

• Experience in restaurants, food delivery, autonomous vehicles, micro-mobility, logistics, or adjacent industries.
• Experience scaling an early-stage market into mature operations.
• Account management or B2B sales experience with restaurant or retail partners.
• Familiarity with Excel, Google Sheets, Notion, Slack, and operational dashboards.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on role combining street-level operations, restaurant partnerships, and team leadership.
• Equity offered in addition to the estimated base salary.
• Work takes place alongside frontline teams in restaurants and across active delivery zones.