Director of Product Management, Skydio
Drone as First Responder
$196-250k
+ stock options
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Drone manufacturer
Open for applications
Drone manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$196-250k
+ stock options
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
- 10+ 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
Desirable
- 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
What the job involves
- As the Director of 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
- Own the business of our end-to-end DFR offering, meeting company financial and market growth goals in partnership with GTM and Engineering
- Actively meet with customers and internal stakeholders to build expertise in critical DFR use cases and pain points to solve
- Leverage strong technical understanding of 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
- Enable GTM and lead successful launches for DFR products, features, and improvements
- Lead cross functional teams to address in-market issues, to ensure Skydio’s DFR platform is world-leading in reliability and meeting customer core needs
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
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2024
$170m
SERIES E
Feb 2023
$230m
SERIES E
Total funding: $741m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Western Hills, San Mateo, CA
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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