Senior Project Manager, Drone Services - US

Skyports Deliveries Limited • Columbus, OH

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About The Position

This role focuses on expanding US construction monitoring services, with the Senior Project Manager owning delivery from contract and rollout planning through drone data capture, processed outputs, and software-enabled insights. The position involves coordinating specialists, managing quality and handoffs, and ensuring customer acceptance. It's a hands-on project management role with autonomy, supported by various internal teams. The portfolio may also include power line inspection and drone delivery projects. Key responsibilities include keeping customers informed, managing budgets, and focusing delivery teams for growth.

Requirements

• PMP or another recognized project management qualification, or strong evidence of applying formal project management methods successfully.
• A strong track record owning complex customer projects from start to finish and managing several projects at once.
• Experience owning project budgets, schedules, scope changes, and customer relationships, with evidence of getting difficult projects back on track.
• The confidence to lead across teams without relying on direct reporting lines, challenge unrealistic assumptions, and make decisions with incomplete information.
• Clear writing, sound commercial judgment, and a habit of following actions through.
• Comfortable with both detailed planning and practical problem-solving.

Nice To Haves

• Construction monitoring
• Drone or aviation services
• Inspection data or software-enabled services
• Utility inspection
• Logistics
• Field operations
• Regulated environments
• Building project processes in a growing business

Responsibilities

• Deliver the portfolio by turning contracts and customer requirements into achievable plans with clear scope, milestones, data quality requirements, acceptance criteria, budgets, and named owners.
• Manage priorities, dependencies, and resource needs across several projects, working with functional leads to resolve clashes, unblock delivery, and escalate decisions.
• Coordinate deployment readiness, site access, and suppliers, working through teams accountable for operational and regulatory approvals.
• Manage the delivery plan from data capture through processing, quality checks, and software outputs, coordinating technical specialists and resolving handoff issues.
• Maintain accurate project records, manage changes and risks, and close projects with accepted deliverables and lessons learned.
• Own the customer and commercial detail by agreeing on output usage and acceptance criteria, acting as the main delivery contact, leading reviews, and resolving issues.
• Track actual costs and forecasts against budget with Finance, surfacing overruns, managing scope changes, and ensuring invoicing milestones are actioned.
• Support Business Development with credible delivery plans, costs, and assumptions for new work, identifying opportunities to expand services with existing customers.
• Build for growth by improving templates, reporting, and delivery routines for the US team, ensuring simplicity and scalability.
• Share best practices across the wider Projects team and help colleagues with delivery challenges, bringing a practical, customer-focused approach to new locations and service launches.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work in an innovative and growing industry.
• A collaborative and dynamic work environment with ample opportunities for professional development.
• Flexible working arrangements and a supportive team culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed