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Head of Supply Chain & Manufacturing Strategy

Skydio· Operations
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Hybrid (San Mateo, California, United States)$229.5k - $302.5kFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Leader responsible for building and directing Skydio's domestic manufacturing strategy, onshore supply chain development, and regulatory/compliance-driven sourcing to create a robust, compliant U.S. manufacturing ecosystem under the SkyForge initiative.

Responsibilities

  • Regulatory partner with the regulatory team to understand regulations and influence policy with key partners
  • Determine which capabilities/technologies to onshore, vertically integrate, or partner to build robust supply chains
  • Set priorities for onshoring supply across critical commodities and decide supplier development strategies or in-house alternatives
  • Perform make-versus-buy and vertical integration analyses with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Finance
  • Maintain a live view of product compliance risk against regulations and translate into actionable leadership insights (schedule, revenue, cost)
  • Collaborate with Global Supply Managers and hardware engineering during NPI to set SPOR and bring regulatory screening into design reviews
  • Establish multi-tier bill-of-materials traceability (tier 3 and beyond) with country of origin and chain of custody
  • Find moves that align compliance, tariff, and domestic-content goals while pursuing cost parity with traditional supply chains

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in supply chain, manufacturing operations, commodity management or operations strategy, including at least 3 in a regulated hardware environment with legal/contractual consequences
  • Experience influencing component and supplier selection during design (NPI, design reviews, SPOR/AVL)
  • Credibility with sourcing and factory: discuss capacity, tooling and yield with supplier qualification
  • Accountable ownership of a multi-tier country-of-origin, supplier compliance or trade compliance program
  • Make-versus-buy or vertical integration analysis personally built and defended with capex and ramp assumptions
  • Track record of turning technical findings into executive decisions and influencing engineering/sourcing decisions outside formal authority
  • Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within first 60 days strongly encouraged (required for certain roles)

Skills

Required:Regulatory strategy and policy influenceMake-versus-buy / vertical integration analysisNPI collaboration and SPOR/AVL decisionsMulti-tier traceability (COO, chain of custody)

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary
  • Equity in stock options
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Relocation assistance may be provided
  • Health insurance
  • Paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, 401K
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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