Senior Product Manager, Aviation

Senior Product Manager, Aviation

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager, Aviation to help define and grow Flock's aviation product portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of hardware, embedded software, cloud software, operations, and a rapidly evolving regulatory environment. You will work closely with Engineering, Design, Operations, Legal, GTM, and leadership to turn customer needs, technical constraints, and market opportunities into a clear roadmap and durable product execution.

This role is responsible for helping Flock harden and scale an American-made autonomous drone platform at a moment of substantial market and regulatory change. You will develop deep customer and market understanding, drive technical product work with engineering, and own roadmap decisions that balance customer value, regulatory realities, product quality, and speed.

In addition to internal product leadership, this role requires strong cross-functional partnership and the ability to lead product conversations across a broad set of stakeholders. Success in this role means building trust with engineers, understanding aviation-specific constraints, and translating complexity into clear priorities and execution.

• Build deep understanding of aviation customers, workflows, and user personas, including pilots, dispatchers, patrol teams, and other operators within the DFR ecosystem

• Translate regulatory, market, and competitive dynamics into product strategy and roadmap priorities, including developments across FAA, FCC, and more

• Partner closely with Engineering to run technical projects end-to-end and make informed tradeoff decisions across hardware, embedded software, connectivity, and cloud systems

• Own roadmap sequencing and prioritization for aviation product investments across near-term execution and longer-term product vision

• Work cross-functionally with Design, Operations, Customer Success, Training, Legal, Compliance, and GTM to ensure the product evolves in ways that support customer outcomes and operational realities

• Develop sufficient technical fluency in core architecture and subsystems to guide product decisions with credibility and clarity

• Lead prioritization, scoping, and intake conversations within the engineering team and across adjacent product and engineering groups

• Represent customer needs and product direction clearly across internal stakeholders, while aligning aviation priorities with broader company strategy

• Proven product management experience in complex, technical environments where hardware, software, and operational systems intersect

• Strong ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving spaces and convert incomplete information into clear strategy

• Demonstrated success partnering deeply with engineering teams on technical tradeoffs, execution, and roadmap planning

• Ability to learn and navigate domain-specific regulatory constraints and use them effectively in shaping product direction

• Strong customer instinct and market judgment, with the ability to connect user needs to product strategy and execution

• Comfort working across a wide range of stakeholders, including engineering, design, operations, legal, compliance, GTM, and leadership

• Interest in or experience with aviation, autonomous systems, robotics, drones, or similarly regulated product spaces is preferred but not required

Feeling uneasy that you haven't ticked every box? That's okay research shows candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often hesitate to apply unless they meet every qualification. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply.

We believe great days lead to great weeks, great months, and ultimately meaningful progress. Here's a preview of the impact you'll start making in your first 90 days.

• Build a deep understanding of Flock's aviation product, including the operator experience, core workflows, hardware evolution, and underlying data flows

• Develop working relationships with engineering, design, operations, legal, and customer-facing teams, and begin building a strong mental map of the broader aviation organization

• Ramp on aviation-specific terminology, legal…