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About the Role

As Senior Product Manager, Defense & Intelligence (D&I) Mission Solutions, you will own the connective tissue between Planet's shared platform and our Defense & Intelligence solutions. You will translate defense workflows into platform specs, ensuring core architectures support high-consequence operational environments. You will focus on technical delivery—partnering with Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) to build robust extension points and APIs. As the team grows, your scope will evolve into end-to-end vertical solutioning, including market packaging and long-term product strategy.

Responsibilities

Partner with Forward Deployed Engineers on delivery, solving product challenges and converting customer-specific build patterns into reusable GMS/MDA and core platform capability.
Influence and prioritize mission requirements for the shared GMS/MDA platform versus single-customer solutions.
Maintain visibility of D&I mission requirements against company-wide objectives, focusing on time-to-insight for tasked images and site activation.
Scale Demand Intake by consolidating inputs into a prioritized D&I product roadmap.
Drive Vertical Product Strategy by evolving GMS and MDA capabilities into packaged D&I offerings aligned with defense procurement and operational models.

Requirements

6+ years of technical product management experience bridging core platform and technical field teams.
Proven understanding of geospatial data platforms, cloud architectures, APIs, extension layers, and analytics/ML pipelines.
Proven ability to differentiate generalizable platform capabilities from one-off customizations.
Background in geospatial intelligence, satellite tasking/monitoring, remote sensing, and defense technology.
Track record of prioritizing backlogs across competing technical and operational demands.
Ability to articulate technical trade-offs and mission impact to engineers and executives.
Ability to work independently with minimal oversight while managing multiple concurrent priorities.
Active or prior U.S. Security Clearance (Secret or TS/SCI).
Operational experience within or supporting the U.S. Defense & Intelligence Community.

Skills

Geospatial data platforms
Cloud architectures
APIs
Extension layers
Analytics/ML pipelines
Geospatial intelligence
Satellite tasking/monitoring
Remote sensing
Defense technology

Location

San Francisco, CA
Arlington, VA
Remote

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

$162,600—$203,200 USD (San Francisco)
$142,800—$178,500 USD (US National)

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
Volunteering Paid Time Off

About the Company

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history, delivering an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a cloud-based platform.
We are both a space company and data company.
Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.
We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth.
Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

Equal Opportunity

Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and invites people from all backgrounds to apply.
Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.