Program Leader, Law Enforcement & Public Safety Training

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors https://www.skydio.com/solutions/energy-and-utilities to first responders https://www.skydio.com/solutions/public-safety, soldiers in battlefield scenarios https://www.skydio.com/solutions/national-security/tactical-isr, and beyond https://www.skydio.com/solutions.

About the Role:

Skydio is seeking an experienced public safety training leader responsible for designing, governing and scaling a national DFR training ecosystem. This role defines how DFR is taught, interpreted, and defended in the field. The result is that DFR is adopted as a standardized, defensible, and policy-aligned operational capability, not a side program.

This function works tightly with, but is not the same, as Skydio product training. While it is vital our customers know how the systems work, this function will define how the systems are used responsibly at scale throughout a public safety agency. This role is responsible for operational doctrine, policy alignment, certification standards, and defensibility, not feature instruction or system walkthroughs.

This is a strategic, category-defining role, not a training support function.

Location: This position is ideally based at Skydio’s headquarters in San Mateo, California, but we’re open to strong candidates based in other locations across the U.S.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

- Collaborate with the industry to develop the reference standard used by agencies, partners, and courts to define “trained” and “qualified” DFR operations

- Work closely with customer agencies to develop and execute curriculum to embed DFR into everyday patrol, RTCC, and supervisory workflows, not as a specialized program.

- Curate relationships with regional training facilities as needed to ensure quality and consistency of course delivery

- Ensure a national consistency in how DFR is trained and evaluated through standardized curricula

- Design and implement a tiered DFR certification framework spanning operators, instructors, supervisors and program leaders

- Enable scale through a governed, certified instructor ecosystem

- Champion and guide the adoption of DFR in all relevant SOPs across the public safety domain.

- Work hand-in-hand with the Skydio product training team and associated partners to ensure alignment and smart use of resources

What Makes You a Good Fit:

- You are a public safety training professional with experience building, governing or standardizing agency-wide or multi-agency training programs (preferably for a major agency or on a State level)

- You are proficient and comfortable with technology as well as re