Director of Product Management, Platform & Infrastructure

Skydio•San Mateo, CA

1d•$240,000 - $290,000•Onsite

About The Position

Skydio is hiring a senior individual-contributor Product Leader to own and execute the Cloud Platform & Infrastructure roadmap, delivering multi-cloud, multi-region, and government-compliant platform capabilities for federal, state and local, and commercial customers. The role also owns Skydio’s on-prem product line, turning air-gapped and self-hosted deployments into scalable, secure solutions. The work centers on translating customer and sales challenges into a focused roadmap and leading cross-functional programs while preserving a fast, reliable, and easy-to-use customer experience. The position is based onsite five days per week at Skydio’s headquarters in San Mateo, California, and includes 25–30% travel to customers as needed. Generous relocation assistance is offered. The role works closely with SRE, cloud engineering, security and compliance, legal, go-to-market teams, and executive leadership. It is open only to U.S. citizens or Green Card holders because of export control laws and government contract requirements; employment-based visa or permanent residency sponsorship is not offered. The annual base salary range is $240,000–$290,000. Compensation packages for regular, full-time employees include base salary, stock options, and comprehensive benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in group health insurance and receive paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, and a 401(k) savings plan. Compensation and benefits are subject to applicable laws, company policies, and eligibility criteria. Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days is strongly encouraged for Skydio employees and required for certain positions.

Requirements

At least 8 years of product experience shipping cloud platform, infrastructure, developer-facing, or adjacent technical products.
Ability to gain working knowledge of unfamiliar infrastructure quickly and engage credibly with engineers in design reviews.
Demonstrated ability to turn customer pain into a prioritized roadmap and drive cross-functional programs to completion.
Experience shipping products under regulatory constraints and organizing work to meet audit or certification requirements.
Ability to translate regulatory controls into product requirements and run the associated organizational workstreams.
Track record of shipping platform features that materially improve reliability, scalability, security, and/or cost.
Comfort making tradeoffs and driving decisions with incomplete data.
Strong program management and stakeholder-influence skills, including aligning engineering, security, legal, sales, and customers without formal authority.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience briefing executives and external auditors.
U.S. citizenship or Green Card holder status; the role is subject to U.S. export control laws and government contract requirements, and sponsorship is not offered.

Nice To Haves

Experience with FedRAMP, CJIS, or DoD RMF; experience with SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, or financial regulatory work is also relevant.
FAA Part 107 certification; obtaining it within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all employees and required for certain positions.

Responsibilities

Conduct discovery with government and commercial customers, identify underlying needs, build business cases, validate proposed solutions in the field, and communicate delivery expectations.
Own the Cloud Platform & Infrastructure roadmap, translating recurring customer pain and opportunities into prioritized outcomes, user stories, and success criteria.
Define the roadmap for air-gapped and self-hosted Skydio On-Prem offerings and lead cross-functional delivery with engineering, SRE, security, legal, and go-to-market teams.
Own on-prem releases, onboarding materials, runbooks, and launch artifacts; run pilots and rollouts to reduce deployment time and manual effort while maintaining a secure, frictionless experience.
Coordinate release planning, scope decisions, and communication of release tradeoffs to internal teams and customers.
Ensure customer feedback and bug reports are tracked and routed to the appropriate engineering backlog.
Translate FedRAMP, CJIS, and other regulatory requirements into product and operational requirements; coordinate compliance programs and vendor and auditor interactions to achieve certification readiness.
Coordinate auditors, security, legal, and engineering for compliance work without serving as the security architect.
Explain platform capabilities across the organization, create internal playbooks and artifacts, and help go-to-market teams communicate platform value to customers.
Help build platform foundations that support growth in national security and other customer segments while protecting the customer experience.