Director of Product Management, Skydio
Drone Hardware Platforms & Sensors
$212.5-255k
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Drone manufacturer
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Drone manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$212.5-255k
Office located in San Mateo, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous flight.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of proven success in defining and delivering complex hardware products with integrated software
- Deep technical understanding of IoT or camera/sensors product technologies
- Experience launching robust hardware products for Enterprise, Public Safety or Defense Customers
- Detail-oriented with exceptional written and oral communication skills
- Direct or indirect experience with engineering that allows you to actively participate in deep discussions with engineers on complex technical architecture challenges and tradeoffs
- Highly facilitative team player who strives to enable others to do their best work
- A passion for speaking with -- and learning from -- customers
- A background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science. An advanced degree or an MBA would be a plus, but is not required
Desirable
- Background experience in utilities, public safety or federal (ISR) workflows
- Experience with enterprise/professional robotics or drones
- Experience hiring, leading, and mentoring HW Product Managers in the past
- Expertise in camera interfaces, either in photography, videography, and/or for drone cameras
What the job involves
- As a Director of Product Management for Drone Platforms and Sensors, you will work closely with our customers and our hardware and embedded software engineering teams to help define and shape Skydio’s current and next-gen drone platforms, controllers, cameras, and accessories ecosystem
- You’ll ensure that we are building and delivering the right products to solve the most important problems across enterprise, government, and public safety. This is an incredible opportunity to have an outsized impact in service of our customers
- Engage with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to understand core business problems and develop visions and strategies to solve them
- Draw upon direct customer experiences and ride-alongs as well as usage analytics to solve the most important and impactful problems for our customers
- Continually develop, own, and publish product requirement documents and roadmaps for Skydio’s vehicle hardware, controllers, cameras/sensors and embedded software
- Partner with designers and engineering leaders spanning hardware, firmware, computer vision, AI, and machine learning to execute your product vision and requirements
- Capture, document, and distill feedback from customers and prospects to steer product development
- 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, product positioning and messaging to bring your products to market
Our take
A leader in autonomous flight, Skydio builds drones that can track and film targets while avoiding obstacles. Its products have a wide range of applications, most notably for businesses that need to undertake inspections in unsafe places. The drones are also valuable to search and rescue efforts, police forces, and the US army.
Backed by a range of top investors and strategic partners (including Andreesen Horowitz, Levitate Capital, and Next 47) Skydio sets itself apart from its competitors by marketing its products predominantly to businesses. With technology such as 3D scanning and a 360-degree superzoom mode, its drones have a wide range of applications and functionality.
The company raised funding in 2023, which has boosted its valuation to over $2 billion. It has since focussed on R&D, developing and launching the X10 model which is designed for first responders and the military, as well as enhancing its remote control and thermal imaging capabilities. As the largest American drone company, there is no reason Skydio shouldn't remain a key industry actor for years to come.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2023
$230m
SERIES E
Feb 2021
$171m
SERIES D
Total funding: $571m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- We consider the holistic impact our products have on communities and countries
- We use our role as a leader in autonomous flight technology to promote the responsible development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- We proactively promote best practices on the responsible use of our products with our customers
- We engage in policy and regulatory efforts to support laws, policies, and standards aligned with our values
- We engage in a responsible way with public sector customers in the United States and other free societies
- We will not sell our products to repressive regimes
- We will not put weapons on our drones and will oppose fully autonomous lethal weapons systems
- We seek to create connections between our employees and the customers we serve beyond simply providing products and services
- We seek to provide flexibility and freedom for people to choose what they work on
Company HQ
Western Hills, San Mateo, CA
Articles
Leadership
Adam Bry
(CEO)Having studied at MIT, they spent a year and a half at Google as a Software Engineer. They left this position in February 2014 to co-found Skydio.
Abraham Bachrach
(CTO)Earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and was a Software Engineer for Google's Project Wing.
Matt Donahoe
(CXO)Previously a Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab and a Mobile Engineer at Pocket Gems.
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