Senior Technical Project Manager, Manna Drone Delivery
Drone delivery service
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Drone delivery service
101-200 employees
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101-200 employees
Company mission
To improve the world by making lightning-fast suburban deliveries affordable, green and safe.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronic preferred)
- 7-10 years of experience in technical project management or hardware program delivery within aerospace, robotics, or high-tech environments
- Strong understanding of hardware development lifecycles, including design, validation, and production readiness
- Proven experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and managing complex projects
- Excellent organisational and communication skills, with a focus on proactive issue resolution
- Experience with project management tools (e.g.,Notion, Jira, MS Project) and documentation systems
- Knowledge of risk management, change control, and certification processes (DO-160 or equivalent)
- Strong coordination and external stakeholder management capabilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to technical detail
- Driven, structured, and adaptable leader capable of thriving in a fast-paced, scaling environment
- Full clean drivers licence
What the job involves
- As a Senior Technical Project Manager at Manna, you will oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of complex hardware programs from concept to production
- You will work across mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, supply chain, quality & testing teams to ensure integrated and timely execution of development projects
- This role is pivotal in aligning engineering execution with company milestones, certification goals, and production scaling efforts
- You will bring structure, visibility, and proactive leadership to ensure on-time, on-budget, and compliant delivery of Manna’s hardware systems
- If you love condensing complex technical challenges into streamlined delivery, then this is the role for you
- Define project scope, objectives, timelines, and budgets for hardware development programs
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and manufacturing disciplines to ensure seamless project execution
- Track milestones, manage dependencies, and identify critical paths to maintain delivery schedules
- Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, reports, and dashboards to track progress and performance
- Collaborate with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and testing facilities to ensure external deliverables align with program requirements
- Identify, assess, and mitigate technical and schedule risks, escalating issues proactively to leadership when needed
- Manage project budgets, resource allocation, and cost tracking to ensure optimal utilisation and financial discipline
- Provide regular updates to leadership, prepare executive-level presentations, and manage stakeholder communication at all levels
- Ensure projects meet all regulatory, safety, and certification requirements, coordinating compliance activities as required
- Facilitate design reviews, gate reviews, and change management processes throughout the product lifecycle
Our take
Manna Drone Delivery is a drone company that began operating hyper-locally in Ireland, making small deliveries in partnership with JustEat, Tescos, and a number of coffee and book shops. The service has proven popular to the tune of thousands of deliveries, and Manna is now expanding towards full rollout.
Efficient, low-emission, and high agility drones are expected to be the future of last-mile deliveries. Whilst there are some questions as to whether they’re a smart addition to built up areas, the consensus is that they will at least provide a welcome complement to other delivery vehicles. As such, getting in early with the correct technology could open up substantial doors for Manna.
The company is eyeing up US expansion, which may seem ambitious for the relatively small outfit. Bear in mind, however, that Alphabet’s suburban drone delivery subsidiary Wing is carrying out similar hyper-local testing in Logan Australia. This means there’s certainly no major player emerging yet in the US - and the prime candidates are doing precisely what Manna is to get their foot in the door.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2024
$32.4m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Apr 2021
$25m
SERIES A
Total funding: $62.6m
Company HQ
Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
Leadership
Bobby Healy
(Founder & CEO)Has spent a period as Non Executive Director at Chill Insurance and CarTrawler, at the latter of which he also worked as CTO and Board Director. Is also currently a Board Director at DEBRA Ireland.
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