Program Manager – Major Deployments

🕒 September 3

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $150k - $180k / 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

• Own planning and execution for commercial deployments from pilot through scaled rollout, including dock-based remote operations programs • Manage scope, schedule, dependencies, and risk across hardware, software, and operational workstreams • Identify technical, regulatory, and logistical problems early and attach action plans • Partner with customers to build Standard Operating Procedures, Safety Management System inputs, operational controls, maintenance plans, and support plans • Run handoff to steady-state operations and confirm customer readiness before stepping back • Translate customer operational requirements into execution plans and clear internal deliverables • Coordinate across Mission Success, Support, Product, Engineering, and Operations • Align customer expectations with Skydio’s actual capabilities, including declining requests when appropriate • Support commercial expansion, early deployments, new use cases, and scaling groundwork • Bring field learnings back to Product and Engineering

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years in a customer-facing program or professional services role delivering complex technical programs • Track record running multi-phase implementations combining hardware, software, and operational process change • Strong project management fundamentals: planning, dependency tracking, risk management, and execution tracking • Experience standing up new technology at customer sites, including workflow design, documentation, and training • Clear writing and speaking • Ability to diagnose and resolve execution problems independently • Hands-on experience with sUAS, robotics, or aviation-adjacent platforms is nice to have • FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate is helpful on day one; support is provided to earn it after joining • Familiarity with dock-based or remote/BVLOS operations is nice to have • Experience in global logistics or site security environments is nice to have • Experience working alongside agile product and engineering teams on customer-driven roadmaps is nice to have • FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days is strongly encouraged for all employees and required for certain positions • For U.S. positions, employment eligibility is confirmed through E-Verify

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity in the form of stock options • Comprehensive benefits package • Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles • Group health insurance plans • Paid vacation time • Sick leave • Holiday pay • 401K savings plan • Support to earn the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate after joining • Inclusive, multidisciplinary work environment