Principal Product Manager, Federal

About the role: By combining best-in-class autonomy and cloud connectivity, drones will become critical and ubiquitous infrastructure that can be deployed and monitored in real-time to solve a variety of problems faster, cheaper, and safer than ever before. As the Principal Product Manager - Federal, you will take responsibility for defining and prioritizing key subsets of Skydio’s functionality to ensure we provide a best-in-class capability to Federal Government and Defense customers, globally.

Location: This is a hybrid position that requires 3 days/week onsite at our HQ in San Mateo, CA or Boston, MA.

What you can expect in this role:

• Engage with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to understand core business problems and develop customer personas and use case requirements.
• Continually develop and refine the roadmap for Skydio’s mobile applications and vehicle capabilities.
• Capture, document, and distill feedback from customers and prospects to continually steer product development.
• Work closely with designers and engineering teams spanning hardware, firmware, computer vision, AI, and machine learning to execute on our product vision and deliver a first-class user experience, while also pushing the envelope on new technology opportunities in the product space.
• Collaborate closely with sales and customer success to build and maintain close customer relationships and ensure success.
• Partner with product marketing to develop launch plans and product positioning and messaging.

What would make you a strong fit:

• 5-7 years of proven success in defining and delivering market-leading software products, including specific experience owning compelling user-facing software for complex, electronic hardware products. 
• 3+ years of experience working with defense or federal customers, ideally in a product based role.
• Engineering or other technical educational background that makes you at home in deep discussions with engineers on complex technical architecture challenges and tradeoffs.
• An advanced degree or an MBA, or equivalent experience required.
• Detail-oriented with exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Dedicated team player who strives to enable others to do their best work. 
• A passion for speaking with -- and learning from -- customers.

Compensation Range: The annual base salary range for this position is  $170,000 - $215,000*. 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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