Operations Program Manager
Npi
Posted on 7/19/2023
INACTIVE
Skydio

501-1,000 employees

Flying tools robotics
Company Overview
Skydio's mission is to make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous flight. The company manufactures and distributes drones for various applications.
Food & Agriculture
Robotics & Automation
Industrial & Manufacturing
Energy
AI & Machine Learning
Aerospace

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$875M

Founded

2014

Headquarters

San Mateo, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

10%

1 year growth

26%

2 year growth

66%
Locations
San Mateo, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Communications
Marketing
Requirements
  • Strong electro-mechanical PM background, preferably with consumer and industrial electronics
  • Functional understanding of manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and engineering roles throughout the product development process
  • Excellent problem-solving, organizational, communication, and leadership skills
  • Analytical approach to drive recommendations based on data
  • Ability to identify or develop tools for coordinating and tracking project progress
  • Willingness to work outside the scope of your role to cover gaps in ownership
  • Ability to remain flexible, calm, and creative in the face of uncertainty
  • Detail oriented
Responsibilities
  • Work with cross-functional product, marketing, R&D, supply chain, production, logistics, and manufacturing engineering groups teams to define and lead the detailed development and implementation plan for new products, providing operations input and guidance
  • Define objectives and metrics for projects with clear exit criteria for each phase to meet schedule, cost, quality, and capacity targets
  • Help drive supply chain, manufacturing, and quality process development, ensuring deliverables are being completed on time for a successful project completion
  • Track progress, communicate, hold team accountable, and escalate issues as appropriate throughout the project cycle
  • Collaborate with cross functional managers and individual contributors to run program review meetings, providing succinct status updates, soliciting critical input, and communicating risks
  • Scope includes managing the following:
  • Operations inputs to master schedule (material, tooling, and equipment lead times; production ramp forecast)
  • Communication of key operations deliverables (NUDD, MIL, make vs. buy, supplier selection, unit COGS, Capex & NRE budget, validation activities)
  • Build readiness and execution from prototype through production ramp (BOM locked, clear to build, line readiness, test readiness, daily input & output, issue escalation)