Public-Safety Drone Program Manager

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

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.