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Director of Product Management, Platform & Infrastructure

Skydio167 open roles

Pay
$240,000 – $290,000 a year
Where
San Mateo, California, United States
Work mode
Hybrid
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Your applicationOpen nowDirector of Product Management, Platform & InfrastructureSkydio · San Mateo, California, United States

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12.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Skydio postings stay open a median of 56 days.

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  6. 58.1%60 days
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Skydio median: 56 days open

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Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors https://www.skydio.com/solutions/energy-and-utilities to first responders https://www.skydio.com/solutions/public-safety, soldiers in battlefield scenarios https://www.skydio.com/solutions/national-security/tactical-isr, and beyond https://www.skydio.com/solutions.

About the Role: We deliver life-saving information as fast as possible to our customers. They need to securely engage with our cloud every minute of every day, and our North Star is that stronger security, broader compliance, and more flexible deployment models must never slow or fracture that experience. Our vision is to give customers the flexibility and security they require — multi-cloud, multi-region, and government-grade compliance — without any tradeoffs in speed, reliability, or ease of use.

We are hiring a Product Leader to own and execute the Cloud Platform & Infrastructure roadmap, delivering the multi-cloud, multi-region and government-compliant platform capabilities Skydio needs to scale globally for federal, state & local, and commercial customers. You will also own Skydio’s on-prem product line—productizing air-gapped and self-hosted deployments into a scalable, secure, and high-impact solution.

This senior individual-contributor role is about turning field and sales pain into a tightly scoped, customer-centric roadmap and driving the cross-functional programs that bring it to market. You’ll work closely with SRE, cloud engineering, security & compliance, legal, GTM, and executive leadership to build the platform foundations that unlock growth — all while protecting the fast, simple, frictionless experience our customers depend on.

Location

This position is based onsite 5 days/week at our HQ in San Mateo, CA with 25-30% travel to customers, as needed. We offer generous relocation assistance.

How you'll make an impact:

- Customer & sales engagement: Run discovery with government and commercial customers: Surface the “why”, build business case for investment, validate proposed solutions in the field, and help grow the business by providing platform capabilities with clearly communicated delivery expectations.

- Own the platform roadmap for Cloud Platform & Infrastructure: work with sales, customer success, deployment engineers, and customers to convert recurring pain and opportunities into a prioritized, outcome-focused platform roadmap with clear user stories and success criteria.

- Productize and deliver Skydio On-Prem: Define the roadmap for air-gapped and self-hosted offerings; lead cross-functional delivery (engineering, SRE, security, legal, GTM); own releases, onboarding/runbooks and launch artifacts; run pilots/rollouts to cut time-to-deploy and manual effort while preserving a secure, frictionless experience; and support exponential growth in the national security business.

- Release & expectation management: Coordinate release planning, cut-downs and “what’s in/what’s out” decisions, and communicate release tradeoffs to internal teams and customers. Ensure customer feedback and bug reports are tracked and routed into the right engineering backlog.

- Compliance enablement: Translate FedRAMP/CJIS/other regulatory requirements into product and operational requirements; run cross-functional compliance programs and vendor/auditor interactions to achieve certification readiness. You will coordinate auditors, security, legal and engineering - not act as the security architect.

- Evangelize & enable: Explain platform capabilities across the org, create internal playbooks/artifacts, and help GTM teams present platform value to customers.

What would make you a strong fit:

- Exceptional product judgment. You can hear five different customer complaints and recognize the one platform capability that resolves all of them. You've turned messy field pain into a prioritized roadmap and driven it to completion across teams you don't manage. You're equally credible setting strategy with executives and cutting scope with an engineer.

- 8+ years product experience shipping cloud platform, infrastructure, or developer-facing products - or adjacent technical products, with the ability to get to working knowledge of unfamiliar infrastructure quickly. You don't need to be an infrastructure expert; you need engineers to respect you in a design review.

- Demonstrated track record of turning customer pain into a prioritized roadmap and driving cross-functional programs to completion.

- Experience shipping products under regulatory constraint. FedRAMP, CJIS, or DoD RMF is ideal, but SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, or financial regulatory work counts. What matters is that audit and certification requirements have shaped what you could build, and you've run the organizational work to meet them — not that you've done it in a federal context. You can translate regulatory controls into product requirements and run the organizational workstreams to meet them.

- Track record of shipping platform features that materially improved reliability, scalability, security, and/or cost. Comfortable making tradeoffs and driving decisions with incomplete data.

- Strong program management and stakeholder influence skills — you can align engineering, security, legal, sales, and customers toward common goals without formal authority.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; experience briefing executives and external auditors.

- This role will be driving the development of products for our military customers, and is subject to U.S. export control laws and government contract requirements. As a result, this position is open only to U.S. citizens or Green Card holders. Skydio does not offer employment-based visa or permanent residency sponsorship for this role.

- Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions.

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 $240,000 - $290,000*. 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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At Skydio we believe that diversity drives innovation. We have created a multidisciplinary environment that embraces the power of diverse perspectives to create elegant solutions for complex problems. We are committed to growing our network of people, programs, and resources to nurture an inclusive culture.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local anti-discrimination laws.

For positions located in the United States of America, Skydio, Inc. uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit https://www.e-verify.gov/

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