Product Manager - Autonomous Flight, Cloud

DroneUp is a team of thinkers, makers, and collaborators bound together by our commitment to inspire drone technology leadership.

We build drone technology and deliver on drone flight services to help our customers succeed. Our goal is to revolutionize the business ecosystem by connecting drone technology to communities around the globe.

Recognized as an innovative leader, DroneUp transforms organizations with drone delivery and drone technology solutions. We develop SaaS platforms having patented mobile app technology available at the Apple App and Google Play Stores. With technology-driven customers, together, we inspire the future of drone services, providing intelligent access to airspace, automation innovation, streamlined process management, operational efficiency, and a commitment to safety.

Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, DroneUp was founded in 2016 by Tom Walker. DroneUp quickly moved from an American small business start-up to a global leader, receiving a significant investment from the #1 retailer in the world, Walmart, Inc. DroneUp, a privately held company, works with more than 20,000 drone pilots to serve its customer portfolio and is dedicated to connecting communities to drone technology globally. 

Position Summary:
DroneUp is seeking an experienced Product Manager to own our autonomous flight mission control cloud services within the Uncrew autonomous flight platform, and be responsible for working closely with a cross functional team of stakeholders, end-users, engineers, and product leaders to understand the problems to solve, inform the product vision, and define requirements for the product development team.

As the end-to-end mission management solution, the autonomous flight platform provides mission planning and execution, and critical overwatch consoles for drone operation team members. The Product Manager will gain a deep understanding of the customer experience and identify and fill product gaps by generating solutions that improve the experience and help increase market share for DroneUp.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the cross-functional cloud services product development team to deliver strategic product objectives
• Define roadmap based on product’s strategic initiatives, and drive the delivery of this roadmap together with tech and business teams.
• Own the end-to-end cycle of product development, from planning to delivery ensuring what is built, is built right.
• Decompose and translate product strategy into detailed requirements and acceptance criteria for product development by engineering team members
• Create and anticipate new product backlog items based on business needs, maintaining acceptance criteria and defined business value, and translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes
• Create, maintain, prioritize, and sequence backlog based on business value for each sprint
• Define goals for each sprint and release; monitor and evaluate results
• Support development team clarifications and end user support request
• Develop metrics, collect data, analyze data to identify root causes, measure performance against algorithmic business requirements.
• Performs qualitative and quantitative analysis using analytical techniques, tools, models, and simulations to define a problem when the problem is not clear.
• Align internal and external stakeholders on product vision, roadmap, and critical product development milestones and provide communication to wider business areas as needed
• Balance the priorities of a diverse group of stakeholders
• Provide transparency and recommendations on project trade-offs, understanding, and coordinating dependencies across multiple teams with competing priorities
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, Strategy, or related field
• Experience as a product manager as part of a matrixed or cross-functional software development team
• Experience with, or as part of enterprise drone operations
• Ability to handle uncertainty and complexity and able to operate in an environment with rapid change
• 4+ years of experience in a product manager role or similar role within a product management team
• Proven ability to map solutions to product problems with demonstrated impact on business metrics.
• Excellent written communication skills and ability to present technical content to non-technical audiences. Ability to partner with different functions to ensure that your solutions drive real business impact.
• Strategic thinking and ability to incorporate larger business context into algorithms and product development.
• Comfortable communicating with a broad range of stakeholders from executive leadership to engineers and marketers
• Experience coordinating and leading multiple projects or work streams simultaneously, executing and managing requirements, reviewing deliverables for quality and consistency
• Strong passion for exploring and understanding customer needs
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles
• Experience with Agile product development
• Experience managing product requirements and release deliverables in JIRA
• Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational, leadership, analytical, and critical thinking skills
• Part 107 certification and in-depth knowledge of the drone industry a plus

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Basic & Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Legal Services
• Identity Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Holiday)

Salary

Just like drones themselves, your earning potential can soar to new heights, but it largely depends on your qualifications and expertise. If you are recognized as an industry expert, your earning potential can take true flight. The target salary range for this position is $125,000 to $150,000. Your unique qualifications and contributions to the field will play a significant role in determining your precise compensation. The total rewards for this position may also include; potential for annual bonuses, benefits package, paid time off, and more.

$125,000 - $150,000

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

DroneUp is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified individuals, regardless of sex, age, race, national origin, disability or other protected characteristics. DroneUp subscribes to the equal employment opportunity requirements of applicable law. It is the policy of DroneUp to ensure equal opportunity to all employees and applicants in all employment matters, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, placement, compensation, training, promotion, and separation. In these and all activities, DroneUp does not discriminate against any qualified individual because of sex, age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual preference, gender identity disability, handicap, liability for service in the United States Armed Forces, veteran status, and/or any other legally protected characteristic.

Any individual who feels that he or she may have been discriminated against in violation of this policy is strongly encouraged to immediately contact his or her supervisor or any member of DroneUp management. Any member of DroneUp management who is notified of alleged discrimination is required to immediately report the incident to the HR Department.

DroneUp will thoroughly investigate all such claims with due regard for the privacy of the individuals involved. Any employee who knowingly retaliates against an employee who has reported workplace discrimination will be subject to immediate corrective action, up to and potentially including termination of employment. 

Security Responsibility Statement:  Employees are expected to provide a high level of security to any personal or private information accessed as part of their work, whether at a DroneUp facility or remotely.  This includes participating in security training, remaining sensitive to individual rights to personal privacy, and complying with company policies. Employees who have access to sensitive data that is protected by regulation, such as HIPAA, or by contract, such as credit card data, must comply with any additional requirements dictated by the governing regulations or associated contracts.