Director, Product Management - Drone as First Responder

About the role: As Director, Product Management 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. Skydio's DFR product provides real-time visibility to those on the frontline of emergencies and public safety scenarios. Imagine if every police patrol car had a smart drone in the trunk; Every city had drones docked in strategic locations to respond to emergencies anywhere within seconds; And every command center had operators ready to fly drones remotely. Skydio's DFR product team is leading the way to make this a reality.

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:

• 8+ 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 $200,000 - $230,000*. 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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