Program Manager, Major Deployments

The Robot Age; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydio seeks a program manager to lead major commercial drone deployments, owning rollout planning, operational handoff, and stabilization for customers moving from one-off drone uses to recurring programs across multiple sites.

The role spans piloted operations, dock-based remote operations, aviation compliance, training, maintenance, and feedback to Product and Engineering, sitting at the intersection of autonomous drones and real customer workflows.

Qualifications

• Program management experience with technical deployments, aviation, robotics, or complex field operations.
• Ability to coordinate customers, operators, safety leads, and internal technical teams.
• Comfort writing new playbooks for programs that do not yet have a standard pattern.
• Judgment around remote operations, docked drones, and operational readiness.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute major commercial drone deployments from pilot through scaled rollout.
• Build operating procedures, safety inputs, and support plans with customer teams.
• Manage deployment risks across hardware, software, operations, and compliance.
• Bring field lessons back to product and engineering for future platform improvements.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional coordination

Playbook development

Operational judgment

Job description

What the role actually is

Skydio is hiring a program manager for major commercial deployments. The role owns rollout planning, operational handoff, and stabilization for customers moving from one-off drone use to recurring programs across multiple sites.

The posting spans piloted operations, dock-based remote operations, aviation compliance, training, maintenance, and feedback to Product and Engineering. It is a useful fit for the board because it sits where autonomous drone products meet real customer workflows.

What you would work on

• Plan and execute major commercial drone deployments from pilot through scaled rollout
• Build operating procedures, safety inputs, and support plans with customer teams
• Manage deployment risks across hardware, software, operations, and compliance
• Bring field lessons back to product and engineering for future platform improvements

What they are asking for

• Program management experience with technical deployments, aviation, robotics, or complex field operations
• Ability to coordinate customers, operators, safety leads, and internal technical teams
• Comfort writing new playbooks for programs that do not yet have a standard pattern
• Judgment around remote operations, docked drones, and operational readiness

Why this one is worth a look

The best robotics product lessons often come after launch, when customers try to run the system every day. This role is interesting because it turns those deployment realities into the feedback loop that determines whether autonomous drones become an operational product or remain pilots.