Key Account Director, Campus

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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 Team: Public safety is where drone technology faces the highest stakes. Agencies across the country are standing up Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs that put an aircraft over an emergency within seconds of a call. As drone programs move from the age of tools to the age of infrastructure, we are expanding our public safety sales team to meet that demand. A major university is a city in miniature: a residential population, often its own dispatch, large events, and a sworn police department responsible for all of it. Campus public safety leaders are under pressure to respond faster to welfare checks and active threats, to manage game days, commencements, and protests safely, and to show students, parents, and trustees that the institution is serious about safety. DFR is becoming a serious answer to that, and this segment is where we prove it. About the role: As a Key Account Director, Campus at Skydio, you will lead a national team of Key Account Leaders selling into large universities and colleges with dedicated police departments. This is a first-line leadership role, and the job comes down to three things: recruiting the right people, coaching them into great sellers, and keeping them here. You will not carry your own accounts. Your number is your team's number, and you will hit it by making each person on the team better: sharpening deal strategy, getting into the field on their most competitive pursuits, and building the territory, pipeline, and forecast discipline that makes a segment predictable. You will work alongside peer Directors leading other segments and geographies, and across Channel, Sales Engineering, Business Development, Marketing, Strategic Relationships, Government Relations, and Mission Success. You will run Skydio's public safety playbook, with real autonomy to adapt it where campus is different: a wider buying committee, an academic calendar that dictates when budget moves, and a community that scrutinizes surveillance more closely than most. Knowing which differences warrant a different play is a meaningful part of the job. You will also set the standard for how the team works, not only what it sells. We sell autonomous flying robots and the artificial intelligence that powers them. Every seller here uses AI tools as a normal part of running a territory, and you will model that, coach to it, and hire for it. This is a highly competitive market, and much of the work happens alongside our channel. Your team will sell against incumbent platforms and well-funded challengers, and you will set the standard for how they win. Location: Remote, open to candidates anywhere in the United States How we work These are the standards we hire to, and as a leader you own them for your segment. You set the bar in who you hire, what you coach to, and what you tolerate. - High integrity. Public safety is a tight-knit community. Campus public safety leaders, who benchmark against peer institutions constantly, talk to each other, and a reputation for straight answers travels fast. We sell what the ecosystem is actually capable of, we are clear about where the product is today and where it's headed, and we win on our own merits. There's no compromise here. - Sales is a team sport. One team. No lone wolves. Deals are won by account lead