Program Manager, DFR

🕒 June 4

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $139.5k - $175k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📋 Program Manager

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Skydio

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

🎖️ Defense

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

💰 $170M Series E - Skydio on 2024-11

Defense • Manufacturing • Logistics

Skydio is a manufacturer of autonomous drone systems that combine advanced onboard artificial intelligence, sensors, and cloud software to automate flight for inspection, security, public safety, and mapping missions. Its product family (including the X10, X10D, R10, docking stations, and software such as Skydio Autonomy and DFR Command) is designed for rapid situational awareness, automated inspections, site security, and Drone-as-First-Responder deployments for government, utilities, and enterprise customers. Skydio delivers integrated hardware, software, and services to enable safer, faster, and more autonomous operations in challenging environments.

📋 Description

• Be a highly collaborative, requirements driven planner with a deep sense of ownership and accountability with a willingness to roll up sleeves and dive into the details. • Plan and design end-to-end project deployment and integration activities to ensure the successful launch of our platform and ensure operational success. Manage production and implementation programs against cost, schedule and technical requirements. • Understand customer requirements and translate them to Skydio’s agile product and technical teams to drive development and delivery execution. • Establish relationships with the Law Enforcement customer and be technical enough to build & drive plans with Skydio’s engineering team’s to meet milestones. • Inform Skydio and customer business and program leaders regarding contract management risks and opportunities, ensuring a coordinated and comprehensive approach to product delivery across the program. • General support of go-to-market & business activities as required.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience as a customer-facing professional services / program manager / customer success, or in a similar high-tier complex and multifaceted role preferably for law enforcement agencies. • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including interaction with senior leaders and a strong focus on project management tools and concepts. • Proven track record of implementing new technology (hardware and software), agile development and interfacing with technical teams to deliver on customer schedules. • Experience in implementing effective internal business systems, processes and controls (hardware, software, operations) for management of large scale customer projects in the Law Enforcement field. • Experience with Law Enforcement and commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems and related software development. • Law Enforcement/Federal Program Management experience, to include: Technology Assessments, Systems Design, Systems Analysis, Programmatic Support, Acquisition Planning, and Budget Planning. • Outstanding analytical thinker and problem solver, comfortable working in data analytics and able to resolve complex problems independently. Thinking ‘out of the box’ and to develop creative solutions. • Ability to travel 30% annually. • Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions.

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid vacation time • Sick leave • Holiday pay • 401K savings plan • Comprehensive health insurance plans