Skydio

1 month ago

Program Manager, DFR

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Job Summary

Lead delivery for Law Enforcement customers, owning end-to-end implementation of Skydio platform deployments, coordinating between Customer Success, engineering, and product teams. Design and manage project plans, scope, cost, and risk; translate customer needs into actionable technical work; build relationships with high-level officials; travel up to 30% and support go-to-market initiatives.

Location: New York

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)

Key Responsibilities

•Own and drive all aspects of implementation and delivery for Law Enforcement customers, including cost, performance, scheduling, and technical execution.
•Plan and manage end-to-end deployment and integration activities to ensure successful platform launches and ongoing operational success.
•Translate customer requirements into actionable work for Skydio’s agile product and technical teams to drive development and delivery.
•Establish and maintain relationships with Law Enforcement customers and coordinate with engineering to meet milestones.
•Inform leadership and customer stakeholders about contract management risks and opportunities for coordinated product delivery.

Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Equity401kPaid LeaveHealth Insurance

Key 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 written and verbal communication skills, 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 implementing internal business systems, processes and controls (hardware, software, operations) for management of large-scale customer projects in the Law Enforcement field.
•Ability to travel 30% annually and strong location preference for Albany, New York area.

Experience:Law enforcementUnmanned aircraft systems

Skills:Project managementCommunicationStakeholder managementRisk managementAgile

Certifications:FAA Part 107

Languages:English

Tech Stack:AgileFAA Part 107 (encouraged)

Company Brief

Skydio

Designs and manufactures autonomous consumer and enterprise drones using AI-powered vision and navigation systems for inspection, mapping, public safety, and industrial applications. Focuses on rugged, fully autonomous flight and end-to-end drone solutions.

Industry: Drones & Aerial Logistics

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series D

Headquarters: San Mateo, United States

Founded: 2014

Website LinkedIn

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Skydio

1 month ago

Program Manager, DFR

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: New York

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)

Key Responsibilities

•Own and drive all aspects of implementation and delivery for Law Enforcement customers, including cost, performance, scheduling, and technical execution.
•Plan and manage end-to-end deployment and integration activities to ensure successful platform launches and ongoing operational success.
•Translate customer requirements into actionable work for Skydio’s agile product and technical teams to drive development and delivery.
•Establish and maintain relationships with Law Enforcement customers and coordinate with engineering to meet milestones.
•Inform leadership and customer stakeholders about contract management risks and opportunities for coordinated product delivery.

Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Equity401kPaid LeaveHealth Insurance

Key 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 written and verbal communication skills, 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 implementing internal business systems, processes and controls (hardware, software, operations) for management of large-scale customer projects in the Law Enforcement field.
•Ability to travel 30% annually and strong location preference for Albany, New York area.

Experience:Law enforcementUnmanned aircraft systems

Skills:Project managementCommunicationStakeholder managementRisk managementAgile

Certifications:FAA Part 107

Languages:English

Tech Stack:AgileFAA Part 107 (encouraged)

Company Brief

Skydio

Industry: Drones & Aerial Logistics

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series D

Headquarters: San Mateo, United States

Founded: 2014

Website LinkedIn