Project Manager – Technical and Field Operations

Draganfly Inc. is hiring a Project Manager to lead customer-facing, technical, and cross-functional projects from planning through delivery and closeout. The role coordinates customers and internal teams, manages project execution and stakeholder communication, and oversees demonstrations, training, and events.

Responsibilities:

• Project Leadership & Delivery Lead assigned customer-facing, technical, integration, special, and cross-functional projects from initiation through delivery and closeout
• Establish and maintain project objectives, scope, schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, stakeholders, and acceptance criteria
• Develop project plans aligned with the complexity, risk, and delivery requirements of each initiative
• Maintain accountability for assigned projects while coordinating work across multiple functional teams
• Monitor project progress, resource requirements, schedules, and deliverables to support successful execution
• Identify and address project risks, constraints, schedule impacts, and resource requirements in collaboration with the appropriate stakeholders
• Manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining clear priorities and consistent stakeholder communication
• Support internal Engineering projects as portfolio capacity permits
• Customer & Stakeholder Management Serve as the primary project-management point of contact for assigned customers, partners, and external stakeholders
• Facilitate customer and technical meetings to define requirements, integration needs, delivery expectations, and acceptance criteria
• Translate technical project progress into clear customer-facing updates while enabling Engineering personnel to remain focused on technical execution
• Coordinate with Engineering and technical subject matter experts to obtain accurate information and resolve customer questions
• Communicate project updates, changes, decisions, and milestones professionally and transparently
• Maintain strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
• Cross-Functional Coordination Coordinate project activities across Engineering, Operations, Field Operations, Sales/Business Development, Logistics, Procurement, and other functional teams
• Establish clear ownership of project deliverables, actions, dependencies, and handoffs
• Facilitate internal project meetings to review progress, priorities, risks, and upcoming milestones
• Coordinate technical requirements between customers and internal teams while supporting efficient use of technical resources
• Ensure appropriate stakeholders are engaged at each stage of the project lifecycle
• Support the execution of special initiatives that span multiple organizational functions
• Demo, Training & Event Oversight Maintain project-level accountability for assigned demonstrations, customer trainings, trade shows, and operational events
• Coordinate personnel, equipment, logistics, customer requirements, and readiness activities leading up to execution
• Partner with Project Coordinators to ensure event intake, scheduling, calendar management, readiness tracking, logistics follow-up, and administrative requirements are completed
• Monitor project readiness, customer requirements, schedule alignment, and operational planning
• Support pre-event and customer planning activities as required

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in project management, business administration, engineering, operations, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience managing projects involving multiple stakeholders, functional teams, or workstreams
• Strong project-management fundamentals, including scope, schedule, risk, dependency, stakeholder, and issue management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate professionally with customers and external stakeholders
• Ability to organize and manage multiple concurrent priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong judgment, ownership, follow-through, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to influence and coordinate personnel who do not directly report to the Project Manager
• Ability to understand technical discussions sufficiently to identify requirements, dependencies, risks, and follow-up actions
• Comfortable using project-management and collaboration software
• Ability and willingness to travel as required in support of customer engagements, project execution, demonstrations, integrations, validation activities, and other business needs
• PMP certification or demonstrated progress toward PMP certification
• Experience working in aerospace, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), robotics, engineering, or another technical environment
• Experience managing technical integration, product-development, or customer-delivery projects
• Experience working directly with engineers and technical subject matter experts
• Experience supporting government, military, public-safety, or enterprise customers
• Experience using ClickUp or a comparable project-management platform
• General technical aptitude across mechanical, electrical, software, communications, aviation, or related technology areas