Lead Product Manager - Drone as First Responder
Skydio
Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial transportation. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, and operational excellence to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users - from first responders to insurance claims adjusters, utilities, and more!
About the role: As a Product Manager for Skydio’s Drone as First Responder (DFR) offering, you will own the end-to-end software features spanning Skydio’s vehicle, controller and cloud platforms, that enable Public Safety and Emergency Responder customers to perform scaled remote drone operations.
How you'll make an impact:
- Own the business of our end-to-end DFR offering, meeting company financial and market growth goals in partnership with GTM and Engineering
- Meet customers and internal stakeholders actively to build expertise in critical DFR use cases and pain points to solve for
- Leverage strong technical understanding of end-to-end cloud connected devices and enterprise-level management to ideate and deliver high-value products and features
- Define the full end-to-end DFR customer experience spanning cloud admin management, real time drone operations, flight experience, logging and media offload
- Collaborate with Platform PMs to prioritize and drive the DFR roadmap, product requirements and key performance metrics
- Partner with our Integrations PM to build out the best integrations platform on the market for Public Safety customers
- Enable GTM and lead successful launches for DFR products, features, and improvements
- Lead x-functional teams to address in-market issues, to ensure Skydio’s DFR platform is world-leading in reliability and meeting customer core needs.
What makes you a good fit:
- 5+ years defining and launching complex enterprise-grade solutions, with backend admin controls as well as end-user UI and experiences.
- Engineering or other technical educational background that makes you at home in deep discussions with engineers on complex technical challenges and tradeoffs.
- Customer-driven with examples leaning in and working directly with customers to solve for their workflows and problems
- Excellent communicator, experienced in sharing out complex information in an understandable delivery for executive-level customers, external partners and internal stakeholders.
- Ability to utilize experience doing market analysis to drive efficient data-driven decisions
Bonus points for:
- Professional background in drones, flight interfaces, Drone Management and/or DFR software offerings
- Professional background in real-time crime center (RTCCs) or Real-Time Operations software solutions
- Professional background in Public Safety as a career, or developed deep expertise working closely with them as customers
- Professional background in using drones for ISR for Federal agencies, or equivalent experience working closely with them as customers
- Expertise in the enterprise drone market and DFR offerings specifically
- Experience flying drones professionally or in crewed flight
Compensation Range: The annual base salary range for this position is $160,000 - $200,000*. Compensation will vary based on factors, including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. In addition to base salary, Skydio full-time employees are eligible to enroll in our benefit plans and take advantage of a variety of incentives and stipends.
*For some positions the pay may be dependent upon the individual's regional location.
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