Senior Product Manager, Aviation

Who is Flock?

Every community deserves to be safe, it’s a fundamental right. Our mission is simple - to build technology that reduces crime and protects privacy. Flock partners with cities, businesses, schools, and neighborhoods to help protect where people live, work, and play. Last year, Flock technology supported over 1 million criminal investigations. We've also helped solve approximately 20% of reported crimes in areas where we're deployed, and have played a role in locating more than 10,000 missing people.

We are a high-performance team united by urgency, ownership, and a shared commitment to meaningful impact. The work is fast-paced and the expectations are high. We push beyond perceived limits, support each other, and hold ourselves accountable to delivering results that matter.

With over $1B in funding and an $8.3B valuation, we are scaling with intention and investing in the people who will help us build what others said could not be done. At Flock, you will find the opportunity to grow quickly, take on real responsibility, and contribute to something bigger than yourself.

The Opportunity

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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

The Skillset

• 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.

90 Days at Flock

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.

First 30 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 context, and competitive dynamics so you can actively follow and contribute to day-to-day product conversations

60 Days

• Begin running technical projects within your team and participate actively in sprint planning, prioritization, scoping, and tradeoff discussions

• Deepen understanding of adjacent business functions, including sales, training, customer success, operations, and compliance, to connect product work to full customer outcomes

• Build enough technical and organizational context to contribute meaningfully across the core conversations and decisions shaping the roadmap

90 Days

• Take ownership of roadmap direction for your area, with clear priorities tied to customer needs, regulatory realities, and the longer-term aviation product vision

• Lead cross-functional initiatives that extend beyond a single engineering team and require coordination across software, device, operations, connectivity, customer teams, and other PMs

• Demonstrate the ability to independently lead product conversations, drive alignment, and shape the next phase of product development for Flock Aviation

Salary & Equity

In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary between $160,000 and $190,000 as well as Flock Stock Options. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. Your recruiter will discuss this in-depth with you during our first chat.

Location

We’re building the impossible, together. To drive innovation through in-person collaboration, we’re prioritizing candidates in our key hubs: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Austin. While we value the energy of our hub communities, we embrace remote work and welcome applications from exceptional talent across the United States.

The Perks

🌴Flexible PTO: We offer non-accrual PTO, plus 11 company holidays.

⚕️Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match.

👪Family Leave: All employees receive 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave. Birthing parents are eligible for an additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time.

🍼Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven, a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.

🧠Spring Health: Spring Health offers a variety of mental health benefits, including therapy, coaching, medication management, and digital tools, all tailored to each individual's needs.

💖Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop to provide our employees with caregiver support

💸Carta Tax Advisor: Employees receive 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors who can address individual grants, model tax scenarios, and answer general questions.

💚ERGs: We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer four ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, LEOs and Melanin Motion. If you are interested in talking to a representative from one of these, please let your recruiter know.

💻WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home.

📚Productivity Stipend: $300 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo and so much more.

🏠Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.

If an offer is extended and accepted, this position requires the ability to obtain and maintain Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) certification as a condition of employment. Applicants must meet all FBI CJIS Security Policy requirements, including a fingerprint-based background check.

Flock is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and thoughts and welcome everyone to apply for employment with us. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, transparent, and collaborative. Mutual respect is central to how Flock operates, and we believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills. We embrace our differences and know that we are stronger working together.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be treated as confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

At Flock, we compensate our employees fairly for their work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. The range above is representative of base salary only and does not include equity, sales bonus plans (when applicable) and benefits. This range may be modified in the future. This job posting may span more than one career level.

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