Manager, Technical Support

About the team

The Skydio Customer Support team provides assistance to customers flying the world’s most autonomous sUAS on challenging missions to keep people and infrastructure safe 24/7. We work closely with Skydio Solution Engineering and Deployment Engineering teams to accelerate new customer’s time-to-value, and Customer Success Managers and Field Service Representatives to aid customers with expanded operational use of drone technology. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team leading the creation and deployment of next-generation Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flying robot operations in Public Safety, Defense, Utility/Infrastructure Inspection, Site Security and other industries.

About the role

Skydio is seeking an experienced B2B customer support operational leader who has successfully coached and developed remote teams responsible for assisting customers with complex product and operational usage issues. Product scope encompasses drones, docks, attachments & accessories, as well as Drone as First Responder (DFR), flight control software, and the Skydio Cloud and integrations. The team’s goal is high first-contact resolution 20/7, which is critical to minimizing operational disruption and delivering great customer experiences. The team collaborates closely with other Support teams responsible for back office functions (e.g., field service repair & maintenance, logistics, license provisioning) and Field Service Representatives (e.g., customer-specific use case optimization). Customers range across large fleet operations to single drone use, and in UAS program maturity from beginners to sophisticated and mature operations. Using technology from Salesforce Service Cloud to sophisticated IoT telemetry and log analysis tools to AI LLMs, this team prides itself on quickly reaching fact-based resolutions to complex product issues. Team success is measured by KPIs such as CSAT, First Contact Resolution, team development and productivity, and most importantly by customer experience and product engagement.

Location

This is an office or remote-based position, one based in the Eastern Timezone (skewed to early start-of-day) and the other based on the Pacific Timezone (skewed to later start-of-day).

How you’ll make an impact

• Guide daily customer interactions to successful resolutions
• Own operational customer satisfaction, productivity and customer support representative (CSR) engagement and growth
• Directly contribute to building a strong, positive Skydio Brand by coaching a team that creates and delivers low-effort customer support experiences
• Directly contribute to imagining and evolving what Skydio Support is as the company, its products, the UAS industry, and customers rapidly evolve and mature
• Continuously improve processes and policies to enhance customer experience, team engagement, and operational efficiency
• Gain first-hand product knowledge from frequent use of Skydio products sufficient to engage in meaningful customer interactions and 1:1 conversations
• Collaborate with the Skydio Mission Success Center of Excellence team to shape team training, quality management, and CRM efficiency and effectiveness
• Close out each day with the knowledge that you’ve made something better

What makes you a good fit

• 2+ years of progressive customer support leadership experience, including direct people management and ownership of operational KPIs
• Prior B2B field service maintenance and repair experience is a plus
• 2+ years proven effectiveness at leading Support teams responsible for hardware, software and cloud products