Customer Success Manager DFR Majors - Northwest

Skydio; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity / stock options

Health insurance

401K savings plan

Paid vacation & sick leave

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Skydio is seeking a Customer Success Manager focused on Public Safety to drive implementation, adoption, retention, and expansion. You will bridge customers with agile product and engineering teams, reporting to the Manager, Customer Success (Public Safety, Major-Markets).

The role requires travel (about 40%) across Northwest US states and partnerships with Product, Engineering, and Sales to deliver value with Skydio autonomy solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting customers in Public Safety or Law Enforcement sectors.
• Proven ability to implement new technology and drive adoption with cross-functional teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication with project management focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and post-sales success for large enterprise Public Safety customers.
• Manage implementation projects and deliver technology/services on time.
• Develop and maintain healthy customer relationships with proactive follow-ups.

Skills

Customer success

Enterprise accounts

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Travel 40%

Job description

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 to first responders, soldiers in battlefield scenarios, and beyond.

About the Team:

We are a rapidly growing team of passionate, mission driven UAS professionals, who sweat the details and ensure our customers are set up for success.

About the role:

We are looking for a motivated Customer Success Manager with a deep sense of ownership to lead and drive all aspects of implementation, usage, retention and expansion of our Public Safety customers. A successful candidate will become an indispensable bridge between our customers and Skydio's extremely agile and world class technical teams. This role reports to the Manager, Customer Success (Public Safety, Major-Markets) and will work closely with our Product, Engineering, and Sales functions to deliver industry leading autonomous solutions that drive value to our customers.

Location: This role is ideally suited for candidates based in the Northwest United States and located near a major airport. The account focus will include OR, WA, ID, UT, MT, CO, KS, and NE, IA, MO, MN.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Build scalable processes for customer on-boarding and post sales success
• Track and manage all implementation projects with our large enterprise customers for successful delivery of technology and services
• Develops Healthy Customer Relationship through proactive support and cadence based follow ups
• Quantifying product feedback and briefing executives to drive software and hardware engineering to better fit our customers needs
• Create customer Loyalty through proactive support and account management
• Advocate for Enterprise customers through deep understanding of their use cases and needs
• Lead Quarterly Business Reviews and customer check-ins to ensure our existing customers are getting value from Skydio technology
• Ensure expansions and renewals through proactive support
• Manage ~20x accounts driving adoption to ensure expansions and renewals of book of business

What makes you a good fit:

• Strong knowledge or previous experience supporting customers in the SLED industries (Public Safety, Law Enforcement)
• Proven track record of implementing new technology, driving adoption of hardware and software, and interfacing with technical teams to deliver on customer schedules
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and a strong focus on project management tools and concepts
• Experience with commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems and related software development/deployment
• Work directly with customers through proactive, metrics based engagement
• Work closely with customers to ensure renewals, identifying accounts that are at risk not to renew
• Work closely with customers and sales to ensure expansion, identifying the vertical specific pain points that could prevent this expansion

Requirements

• A strong desire to learn, innovate, and adapt to a growing and changing environment
• Willingness to travel approximately 40%
• Ability to obtain a Part 107 certificate

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 $120,000 - $160,000. 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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