Skydio

Senior Product Manager, Fleet & Internal Tools

Skydio$196K — $240K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in software product management, focusing on fleet or operationally complex environments.
  • Experience in UX wireframing and collaboration with design teams.
  • AI-focused mindset, leveraging AI to enhance product delivery.
  • Knowledge of data modeling and API-driven architectures at scale.
  • Technical fluency with autonomy, firmware, and cloud engineering teams.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Curiosity and empathy for users in operational complexity, with willingness to engage with customers on-site.
  • FAA Part 107 certification encouraged within first 60 days.

Responsibilities

  • Own and enhance the roadmap for Fleet Management and Internal Tooling.
  • Define and optimize the dock service experience from detection to closure.
  • Drive feature prioritization through collaboration with design and engineering teams.
  • Prototype intuitive workflows to simplify user experience.
  • Engage with stakeholders to refine user personas and requirements.
  • Communicate progress and plans to teams; ensure successful launch and adoption.
  • Partner with marketing and customer success for impactful product releases.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance available for eligible candidates.
  • Paid vacation time and sick leave.
  • Holiday pay and participation in a 401K savings plan.
  • Eligibility for group health insurance plans.
Full Job Description
About the Role:

This Senior Product Manager is a highly strategic role that will shape the future of Fleet Management and Internal Tooling across the Skydio Cloud platform. You'll lead both the customer-facing fleet management software that powers our customers' drone operations, along with the internal systems that make exceptional customer experiences possible. You'll transform fragmented workflows, telemetry, service data, and real-world field challenges into a cohesive platform vision-and rally teams across Cloud, UX, hardware, firmware, operations, support, and go-to-market to bring it to life, from early discovery through launch and adoption.

Location:

This position is based onsite 5 days/week at our HQ in San Mateo, CA. We offer relocation assistance if needed.

How You'll Make an Impact:
  • Own and evolve the roadmap for Fleet Management and Internal Tooling, spanning device inventory and health, pilot and organization administration, troubleshooting, support, service, and repair workflows.
  • Define the end-to-end dock service experience from issue detection and remote diagnosis through dispatch, parts, repair, verification, and closure, with a focus on reducing mean time to repair and repeat visits.
  • Drive feature definition and prioritization in close collaboration with design, engineering, and go-to-market teams.
  • Prototype and validate intuitive workflows that abstract away complexity for our customers.
  • Engage with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to understand core business problems to develop and iterate user personas and their use case-specific requirements.
  • Communicate plans and progress clearly across stakeholders; follow through to launch and adoption.
  • Collaborate with marketing, support, and customer success to deliver impactful product releases.


What Makes You a Strong Fit:
  • 6+ years defining and delivering market-leading software products, including experience leading the development of software for fleet, logistics, mobility, or other operationally complex environments.
  • Experience wireframing and collaborating closely with UX design.
  • AI-forward mindset, with proven experience using AI to accelerate the product delivery process.
  • Familiarity with data modeling and API-driven architectures; able to reason about systems at scale.
  • Strong technical fluency and ability to work effectively across autonomy, firmware, and cloud engineering teams.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Deep curiosity and empathy for users managing real-world, operational complexity. Excitement to travel to customer sites and engage with end-users to gain a deep understanding of real problems and how Skydio can best solve them.
  • Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for this position.


Bonus points:
  • Experience with drones, autonomous systems, robotics, industrial IoT, or other mission-critical connected products.
  • Experience with fleet management, asset lifecycle, work-order, field-service, RMA, parts, warranty, or repair-management systems.
  • Experience replacing fragmented or third-party workflows with a cohesive native platform.
  • Experience serving public safety, critical infrastructure, defense, or other regulated, high-availability customers.

Compensation: At Skydio, our compensation packages for regular, full-time employees include competitive base salaries, equity in the form of stock options, and comprehensive benefits packages. Compensation will vary based on factors, including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. Relocation assistance may also be provided for eligible roles. The annual base salary range for this position is $196,000 - $240,000*. Fundamentally, we believe that equity is the key to long-term financial growth, and we ensure all regular, full-time employees have the opportunity to significantly benefit from the company's success. Regular, full-time employees are eligible to enroll in the Company's group health insurance plans. Regular, full-time employees are eligible to receive the following benefits: Paid vacation time, sick leave, holiday pay and 401K savings plan. This position and all associated benefits are subject to applicable federal, state, and local laws, as well as the Company's policies and eligibility criteria.

*Compensation for certain positions may vary based on the position's location.

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About Skydio

Skydio is a leading manufacturer of autonomous drones for consumer and commercial use. The company's drones are equipped with advanced computer vision and artificial intelligence technology, allowing them to navigate complex environments and avoid obstacles. Skydio was founded in 2014 by a team of experts in robotics, computer vision, and artificial intelligence. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
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200 employees
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Founded
2014

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