Staff Product Manager, Telecommunications

The Robot Age; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydio is seeking a staff product manager to own telecommunications strategy for its drone platform. This role links carrier partnerships, regulatory priorities, in-flight data access, business models, and the customer experience of getting a drone connected from first boot.

You will shape telecom partnerships in the US and beyond, translate connectivity needs into product options, set regulatory priorities, monitor usage and costs, and coordinate with field teams during major events.

Qualifications

• Staff-level product judgment for complex customer, partner, or infrastructure products.
• Experience translating customer needs into priorities and shipped implementation.
• Ability to build products, partnerships, or business relationships from ambiguous starting points.
• Comfort working across field teams, carriers, regulators, and internal product groups.
• Strong communication with both technical and commercial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build Skydio's strategy for telecom-carrier partnerships in the United States and beyond.
• Turn customer connectivity needs into simple product options and sustainable business models.
• Set regulatory and carrier-certification priorities for drone connectivity.
• Monitor usage and costs to validate the economics of in-flight data access.
• Connect telecom partners with Skydio's field teams for major events and urgent incidents.

Skills

Staff-level product judgment

Translate customer needs to priorities

Ambiguity-to-delivery capability

Cross-stakeholder communication

Job description

What the role actually is

Skydio is hiring a staff product manager to own telecommunications strategy for its drone platform. The role connects carrier partnerships, regulatory priorities, in-flight data access, business models, and the customer experience of getting a drone connected from first boot.

This is product management for the invisible infrastructure that decides whether autonomous drones can actually operate reliably during real public-safety and commercial missions.

What you would work on

• Build Skydio's strategy for telecom-carrier partnerships in the United States and beyond
• Turn customer connectivity needs into simple product options and sustainable business models
• Set regulatory and carrier-certification priorities for drone connectivity
• Monitor usage and costs to validate the economics of in-flight data access
• Connect telecom partners with Skydio's field teams for major events and urgent incidents

What they are asking for

• Staff-level product judgment for complex customer, partner, or infrastructure products
• Experience translating customer needs into priorities and shipped implementation
• Ability to build products, partnerships, or business relationships from ambiguous starting points
• Comfort working across field teams, carriers, regulators, and internal product groups
• Strong communication with both technical and commercial stakeholders

Why this one is worth a look

Connectivity is easy to ignore until a drone needs to stream data during a crowded event or emergency response. This role is interesting because it treats telecom not as procurement, but as a product surface that shapes whether Skydio's autonomous systems are usable in the field.