Product Manager - Delivery Innovation

DroneUp, LLC was born out of a vision to make autonomous flight great for communities, great for business, and great for the world. Yet more than visionaries; we have the tools, instruments, focus, and expertise to execute while utilizing a “People Matter Most” mentality.

Our founder envisioned a massive, untapped opportunity to leverage autonomous flight that would revolutionize how the world may "pitch" and "roll" in the future. To start, we have harnessed the power of airspace technology, analytics platforms, and drone services to transform business operations. Our long-term mission is to be “Safe and Be Exceptional” while building and deploying the world's most accessible drone ecosystem.

Ranked in the top 25 of LinkedIn Top Startups 2022, DroneUp is Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia and provides drone delivery service in 34 locations across six states in partnership with the #1 retailer in the world, Walmart, Inc. 

In 2022 DroneUp was on the list of "Next Big Things in Tech" but we are more than just invested in the drone ecosystem; we are equally invested in our people and landed successfully as a certified "Great Place to Work" in 2023. Knowing that our mission critical success comes directly from the people we bring onboard, we strive to provide opportunities for our employees to learn, grow, and go beyond the normal Field of View! Come fly with us as our team goes through our checklists that will “Inspire Fast Action” and take an entire industry to new heights. “Be a Person Others Want to Follow!”

Position Summary:

DroneUp is seeking a Product Manager within the Delivery innovation league that will own one of our product lines and be responsible for working closely with a cross functional team of stakeholders, end-users, engineers, UX designers and other product leaders to understand the problems to solve, inform the product vision and define requirements. 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:

• Gains a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate

new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth

• Defines goals for each sprint and release, and effectively communicate progress. 
• Works closely with leadership to develop and maintain stakeholder requirements. 

• Translates product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.  

• Creates, maintains, prioritizes and sequences the product backlog based on business value for

each sprint

• Supports development team clarifications, and end user support requests
• Aligns internal and external stakeholders on product vision, roadmap and critical product

development milestones and provides communication to wider business areas as needed

• Monitors sprints and evaluates results
• Other duties as assigned
• Travel up to 25% domestic and/or international.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business or related field
• At least 3 years of experience in a hardware product manager role or similar role within a product

management team

• Experience working in Agile environments
• Proven track record of working with remote teams and vendors
• Strong passion for exploring and understanding customer needs
• Understanding of product lifecycle structure 
• Experience working with Drone infrastructure a plus.
• Part 107 certification and in-depth knowledge of the Drone industry a plus
• Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational, leadership, analytical, and critical thinking skills

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 Protec