About Wing:
Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing’s fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on three continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. To do this, we must build a workforce that's representative of the global communities that we serve. If you're ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.
About the Role:
Wing is looking for a Permitting Manager to join our Global Operations team based in Remotely in the US. The role will manage our internal, external, and city relationships related to site permitting. We are seeking highly motivated individuals who thrive in a dynamic team environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to achieve Wing Nest permitting by effectively collaborating with city municipalities. We are looking for people who are intrinsically driven to solve complex problems with elegantly simple solutions, move quickly, and are highly adaptive.
What You’ll Do:
- Support the development and execution of work scopes and proposals, ensuring comprehensive permit applications, interact with project design professionals and Wing Partners, and strategically represent the company at municipality meetings
- Travel to project locations to engage with third-party team members, permitting officials, and local authorities to advance project objectives
- Actively participate and influence regulatory processes, staying informed on market changes and regulatory developments that may impact projects
- Oversee the scheduling, delivery, and status of all permits, ensuring alignment and coordination with internal and external stakeholders from project inception to permit approval
- Facilitate the permit application process by obtaining necessary documents from engineering teams, securing required approvals, and acting as the primary liaison between Wing and our Partners
- Prepare and submit required permitting applications, ensuring compliance with agency and board requirements, and update issued plans for accuracy
- Coordinate permit-related paperwork and applications, updating and monitoring status in the work management system
- Collaborate closely with clients to ensure timely processing of permits and maintain clear and effective communication
- Organize and facilitate meetings, appointments, reporting, project forecasting and other activities to support the permitting process, while maintaining comprehensive company files and records
What You’ll Need:
- 5+ years of experience in obtaining construction and ordinance-based site permits from municipalities
- Advanced knowledge of permitting processes across multiple jurisdictions
- Established relationships with municipalities or the ability to build them within the first 90 days
- Proficiency in reading and interpreting site plans
- Proven experience in supporting a scaling a permitting program
- Familiarity with CAD site design systems
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, along with excellent follow-up and time management abilities to minimize turnaround time
The US base salary range for this full-time position is the salary range below + bonus + equity + benefits. Wing’s salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
Salary Range
$117,000—$175,000 USD
What We Do
Wing is reshaping the future of delivery. We are an on-demand drone delivery service that can deliver food, medicine or other items within minutes. We’ve also developed an unmanned traffic management platform to safely route drones through the sky. Our service is faster, safer and produces far less pollution than traditional delivery.
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