About SkyBound
SkyBound delivers automated drone operations for critical national infrastructure, providing real-time aerial intelligence to support safety, security and faster decision-making.
We combine software, AI and remote operations, with systems managed from our Southampton-based 24/7 control centre and deployed across the UK in some of the most complex airspaces to enable rapid response and continuous site awareness.
As we continue to scale, we are looking for a driven Senior Product Manager to join the team and help shape the future of autonomous operations.
Working Pattern: Remote first with one day per month in-office, based in Southampton.
Role Summary
As Senior Product Manager, you will play a key role in shaping the future of SkyBound’s technology. You’ll ensure the right capabilities reach the market at the right time by combining technical understanding, user insight, and strategic product thinking.
Working closely with Tech, Design, Service Delivery, and Solutions teams, you will refine product requirements, align capabilities, and build a roadmap - alongside the Founder - that supports SkyBound’s mission to transform automated drone operations and AI drone intelligence.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a high‑growth environment, enjoys solving complex real‑world problems, and wants to influence products with genuine impact.
Responsibilities
- Manage product requirements, ensuring they are clear, validated, and grounded in real operational needs.
- Conduct an audit of the current product landscape, gaining a deep understanding of existing processes, documentation, delivery workflows, and product practices before introducing improvements.
- Develop a thorough understanding of SkyBound's software platform, connected hardware, and end-to-end product ecosystem, enabling you to confidently engage with both technical teams and customers.
- Build strong relationships across the business, becoming a trusted partner to the Founder, Tech, Design, Service Delivery and Solutions teams while creating alignment around product priorities.
- Identify, prioritise, and align product capabilities in collaboration with developers, designers, and subject-matter experts.
- Develop and maintain a balanced product roadmap that reflects user needs, market insight, technical feasibility, and business priorities.
- Build the Product function from the ground up, shaping future processes, standards, hiring plans and the long-term culture of the team.
- Introduce scalable product management practices, including clear documentation, product workflows, task management and repeatable processes that enable the business to scale effectively.
- Drive cross-functional alignment by creating clarity around product vision, priorities, and success metrics.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear narratives, specifications, user stories and product requirements for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Act as the key link across teams, facilitating workshops, technical discussions, and cross-functional planning sessions.
- Develop a strong understanding of customer challenges, operational workflows and market needs, ensuring product decisions solve meaningful real-world problems.
- Identify opportunities to streamline or automate manual processes that improve operational efficiency across the product lifecycle.
- Support customer engagement with credible product and technical input.
- Analyse product performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation.
- Ensure product decisions align with SkyBound's mission, strategy, regulatory environment and long-term vision.
What We're Looking For
- Experience in Product Management within a tech-driven or engineering-focused environment.
- Experience working within regulated industries, with the ability to quickly understand complex compliance and operational requirements.
- Proven experience building and managing product roadmaps that balance customer needs, commercial value and technical constraints.
- Strong technical aptitude with the ability to understand complex software platforms and communicate confidently with developers, architects and data scientists.
- Ability to translate technical complexity into clear product direction and customer-focused requirements.
- Experience introducing product management best practices, frameworks and scalable ways of working within growing organisations.
- Skilled facilitator, comfortable leading workshops, technical discussions and cross-functional planning sessions.
- Commercially minded, with a strong focus on customer value and delivering products that solve genuine operational challenges.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment where you'll often be creating structure rather than inheriting it.
- Self-driven, adaptable and naturally curious, with the ability to bring clarity to ambiguous situations.
Why Join SkyBound?
- Competitive salary
- Fast‑paced, innovative culture where your ideas genuinely shape the product
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On‑site parking
- Sick pay
- Free tea, coffee and fruit
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- EV charging points
- Internal and external development opportunities
- Salary sacrifice schemes
Pay: £80,000.00-£90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Southampton
