Product Manager, Airspace Platform — Safer, Scalable Autonomous Flight

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline is seeking an experienced Product Manager for its Airspace Platform to build the infrastructure enabling autonomous aviation growth. You will shape airspace intelligence, coordination, interoperability, and market expansion across global operations, turning data into scalable, safe, and efficient shared airspace products.

You will collaborate with regulators, operators, and partners to drive product decisions, prioritize features, and deliver capabilities that unlock new markets and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management, technical product management, systems, analytics, or related experience.
• Experience building complex software platforms, data products, or operational systems.

Responsibilities

• Define key aspects of the product strategy and roadmap for Zipline’s Airspace Platform.
• Turn real-world flight and airspace data into products that improve safety, efficiency, visibility, and access to shared airspace.
• Build analytical tools and metrics to identify operational friction and guide product decisions.
• Lead interoperability with external drone operators, air traffic management, regulatory, and industry systems.
• Help shape industry standards and ecosystem architecture through regulators, standards organizations, customers and partners.
• Partner with commercial, regulatory, and operations teams to enter new markets.
• Use simulation, data analysis, rapid prototypes, and AI-native workflows to test ideas and validate concepts.
• Align engineering, operations, safety, regulatory, data, and commercial teams around clear priorities.

Skills

Product management

Analytics

APIs

Geospatial

Data models

Distributed systems

AI tools

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Zipline is seeking an experienced Product Manager for its Airspace Platform to build the infrastructure enabling autonomous aviation growth. You will shape airspace intelligence, coordination, interoperability, and market expansion across global operations, turning data into scalable, safe, and efficient shared airspace products.

You will collaborate with regulators, operators, and partners to drive product decisions, prioritize features, and deliver capabilities that unlock new markets and