Key skills
Product ManagementAI ToolsTelemetry AnalysisGeospatial SoftwareDrone ExperienceField WorkflowsCustomer DiscoveryRAILeadershipPrototypingCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
DroneDeploy is a company that powers field teams with robotics and AI, providing a reality capture platform for critical industries. The Product Manager for Aerial will be responsible for executing the roadmap for Aerial workflows, focusing on integrating AI tools and collaborating with engineers and designers to enhance product offerings.
Responsibilities:
- Own the Aerial roadmap: execute across flight planning, capture, and upload
- Help run the software development cycle: manage the backlog, sprint planning, and releases in collaboration with engineering and design
- Implement our hardware ecosystem strategy: help customers standardize on DroneDeploy across mixed fleets and docks (with DJI and non‑DJI drones)
- Partner with CSMs, Solutions, Services, and key accounts: perform continuous discovery to turn field feedback into prioritized improvements, especially around reliability and high‑accuracy mapping
- Help reimagine the role of PM with AI: use new tools and workflows to accelerate discovery, decision‑making, and documentation, and share what works with the broader team
- Track and improve key metrics: monitor Aerial data, such as mission success rates, uptime, Aerial Pro adoption, and contribution to ARR and retention, and report progress to product and R&D leadership
Requirements:
- 3-5 years PM experience building enterprise software products
- Proven track record shipping field‑critical workflows with strong execution and written communication, plus deep empathy for those field workflows where safety, reliability, and data trust are non‑negotiable
- Comfortable working with telemetry and logs to understand real‑world behavior
- AI‑forward: regularly using AI tools and is excited to push what an AI‑augmented PM can do across research, analysis, prototyping, and documentation
- Willingness to obtain a USA Part 107 remote pilot certificate within the first 90 days of employment, and it must be maintained for the entirety of your tenure in the role
- Experience building geospatial, construction, or reality capture software
- Experience with drones, robotics, or autonomous systems (flight planning, SDK‑based integrations, MAVLink)
- Familiarity with inspection, energy, or agriculture workflows
- Drone Certification: For this position, holding or obtaining a USA Part 107 remote pilot certificate is strongly preferred