Director of Product Compliance

Skydio, Inc.; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydio, Inc. is seeking a Director of Product Compliance to own compliance across our entire portfolio. You will define policy, risk framework, requirements inventory, and gates that shape certification from concept to market.

You will lead and grow the compliance team, translate ambiguous requirements into a clear strategy, and partner with Product and Engineering to align launch timelines with certification lead times, ensuring cross-functional collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product compliance, certification, or regulatory engineering.
• Experience leading a team.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and influence across multiple programs.

Responsibilities

• Own product compliance for the company across the portfolio.
• Set policy, arbitrate cross-program tradeoffs, own launch readiness sign-off.
• Act as the single point of accountability for contested requirements or high-risk launches.
• Lead and grow the compliance team embedded in program teams.
• Translate evolving requirements into a clear compliance strategy and momentum.

Skills

Product compliance

Regulatory engineering

Certification processes

Leadership

Job description

San Mateo, California, United States- Full-time

About the Role:

Skydio is looking for a Director of Product Compliance to own product compliance across our entire portfolio. As our product families and the markets we serve keep expanding, we're investing in compliance as a core product capability. You'll build the operating system for it: the policy, the risk framework, the requirements inventory, and the gates that make certification something we design from concept.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

Own product compliance for the company. Set the policy, arbitrate cross-program tradeoffs, own the launch readiness recommendation and sign-off, and act as the single point of accountability when a requirement is contested or a launch is at risk.

Lead and grow the compliance team. Develop compliance engineers embedded in program teams, balance their capacity against an 18-month roadmap, and make sure each program has a tailored plan rather than a generic checklist.

Chart the path forward in ambiguity. Translate unclear or evolving requirements into a clear compliance strategy, maintaining program momentum and making defensible decisions.

Partner with Product and Engineering on launch timelines that reflect real certification lead times, dependencies, and external constraints, and escalat launch-critical risk early enough to act on it.

Direct our SME bench and external strategy. Get the right experts engaged at the right time across cellular, radio, civil aviation, cybersecurity, supply chain, export, and more, while working with cross functional partners to shape policy and regulation rather than only react to it.

What Makes You a Good Fit:

10+ years in product compliance, certification, or regulatory engineering, including experience leading a team

Deep technical grounding across EMC, radio,