Program Manager, DFR

Skydio; New Jersey; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydio is seeking a New Jersey-based program manager to lead Drone as First Responder deployments with law enforcement customers. The role owns implementation, delivery, risk, scheduling, and customer coordination for public-safety drone programs.

You will translate law-enforcement requirements into product and engineering execution, manage program risks, and help ensure the platform can launch and operate in real public-safety workflows.

Qualifications

• Customer-facing program management or professional services experience.
• Experience with law enforcement, federal programs, military programs, or public-safety technology.
• Ability to work with technical teams on hardware, software, operations, and systems design.
• Familiarity with unmanned aircraft systems and related software is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own implementation, delivery, risk, scheduling, and customer coordination for public-safety drone programs.
• Plan end-to-end deployment and integration work for public-safety drone programs.
• Manage cost, schedule, technical requirements, and customer milestones.
• Translate customer needs into product and engineering workstreams.
• Coordinate contract, risk, go-to-market, support, and operational-readiness work.

Skills

Customer-facing management

Public-safety domain experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Hardware & software familiarity

Job description

What the role actually is

Skydio is hiring a New Jersey-based program manager for Drone as First Responder deployments with law enforcement customers. The role owns implementation, delivery, risk, scheduling, and customer coordination for public-safety drone programs.

The posting is customer-facing but technical. The person translates law-enforcement requirements into product and engineering execution, manages program risks, and helps ensure the platform can launch and operate in real public-safety workflows.

What you would work on

• Plan end-to-end deployment and integration work for public-safety drone programs
• Manage cost, schedule, technical requirements, and customer milestones
• Translate customer needs into product and engineering workstreams
• Coordinate contract, risk, go-to-market, support, and operational-readiness work

What they are asking for

• Customer-facing program management or professional services experience
• Experience with law enforcement, federal programs, military programs, or public-safety technology
• Ability to work with technical teams on hardware, software, operations, and systems design
• Familiarity with unmanned aircraft systems and related software is preferred

Why this one is worth a look

DFR programs are where autonomy, public safety, policy, and field operations collide. This role is interesting because it is about getting drone systems accepted into daily agency workflows, not just selling a hardware platform.