Product Manager, Airspace Platform

The Robot Age; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline is hiring a Product Manager for its Airspace Platform team. The role turns Zipline's production airspace-management experience and flight data into platform capabilities for airspace intelligence, coordination, interoperability, and expansion into new markets.

This is a product role at the intersection of autonomy, aviation, software, data, regulation, and real-world operations.

Qualifications

• Product leadership on technically complex and ambiguous systems.
• Ability to reason across software, data, aviation operations, and regulation.
• Comfort using operational data to validate product direction.
• Strong cross-functional execution in safety-sensitive environments.

Responsibilities

• Define product strategy and roadmap for airspace intelligence, coordination, tracking, and workflows.
• Turn flight and airspace data into platform capabilities for safety, visibility, and efficiency.
• Collaborate with autonomy, aviation, software, regulatory, and operations teams.
• Shape coordination with other airspace users and external systems.
• Move from strategy to analytics, validation, and product decisions.

Skills

Product leadership

Systems thinking

Cross-functional work

Regulatory awareness

Data-driven decisions

Job description

What the role actually is

Zipline is hiring a product manager for its Airspace Platform team. The role turns Zipline's production airspace-management experience and flight data into platform capabilities for airspace intelligence, coordination, interoperability, and expansion into new markets.

This is a product role at the intersection of autonomy, aviation, software, data, regulation, and real-world operations.

What you would work on

• Define product strategy and roadmap for airspace intelligence, coordination, tracking, and operational workflows
• Turn real flight and airspace data into products that improve safety, visibility, efficiency, and access
• Work across autonomy, aviation, software, regulatory, and operations teams
• Shape how Zipline coordinates with other airspace users and external systems
• Move from ambiguous strategy to analytics, validation, and product decisions

What they are asking for

• Product leadership on technically complex and ambiguous systems
• Ability to reason across software, data, aviation operations, and regulation
• Comfort using operational data to validate product direction
• Strong cross-functional execution in real-world, safety-sensitive environments

Why this one is worth a look

The drone is only part of a delivery system; airspace coordination is where autonomy has to interoperate with the rest of the world. This role is worth tracking because it turns Zipline's operating history into a broader platform surface.