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About the Role
Planet is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management to lead our Defense and Intelligence (D&I) product portfolio. As the product leader for our fastest-growing business segment, you will define the strategy, build the roadmap, and drive the execution of our flagship dual-use products. You will manage a dedicated team of product managers and partner directly with the Vice President of D&I Engineering and executive leadership to transform raw satellite imagery and API services into scalable, mission-critical software solutions. Your work will directly empower government, allied mission partners, and enterprise customers to make critical, time-sensitive decisions.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the full product lifecycle for the D&I portfolio, synthesize market requirements from global defense customers, and define pricing and packaging for intelligence solutions.
- Translate high-level market vision and defense mission requirements into actionable product roadmaps for our dual-use GMS and MDA lines.
- Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of product managers.
- Work seamlessly on a daily basis with the D&I Engineering leadership, UX researchers, account executives, product marketing managers, and external government stakeholders to align product strategy with engineering execution sprints and system designs.
- Build dual-use tools that monitor geopolitical events, ensure marine security, and protect critical infrastructure.
Requirements
- Typically 10+ years of relevant work experience and 8+ years of supervisory/leadership experience in the defense, intelligence, geospatial, or aerospace sectors.
- Demonstrated track record of scaling end-end dual-use or defense software applications from concept to launch.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Defense and Intelligence mission frameworks, workflows, and user needs, specifically regarding broad area monitoring and Marine Domain Awareness (MDA).
- Experience collaborating directly with executive engineering leadership to translate high-level market vision and defense mission requirements into scalable engineering roadmaps.
- Familiarity with navigating product development within environments governed by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for articulating product strategy, requirements, and roadmaps to internal executive leadership, commercial partners, and external mission partners.
- Active high-level government security clearance, or eligibility to obtain top-secret clearance upon hire.
Skills
- Product Management
- Defense and Intelligence (D&I) product portfolio leadership
- Strategy definition
- Roadmap development
- Product execution
- Global Monitoring Service (GMS)
- Marine Domain Awareness (MDA) platforms
- Automated change detection feeds
- Agentic workflows
- Dual-use product development
- National security requirements
- Market requirement synthesis
- Pricing and packaging
- Team management
- Collaboration with engineering, UX, sales, and marketing
- Geopolitical event monitoring
- Marine security
- Critical infrastructure protection
- Machine learning model integration
- Analytics integration
- Secure government environments
- Air-gapped systems
- Sovereign cloud deployments
- Multi-sensor data fusion
- Optical satellite imagery
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Arlington, VA
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior Director
- 10+ years of relevant work experience
- 8+ years of supervisory/leadership experience
Salary/Compensations
- $260,500—$325,600 USD
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.
- This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.
- We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.
- 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 we 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
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite 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.
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