Commercial AI Innovation Lead

• Identify and prioritize high-value commercial use cases where Planet's imagery archive and AI infrastructure generate differentiated economic signals for financial services, supply chain, energy, and infrastructure verticals.
• Spearhead a technology innovation pipeline from initial hypothesis through MVP validation, building demo-ready prototypes on Planet's platform.
• Partner with Commercial Sales and Customer Success to convert field insight into structured, repeatable AI-enabled concepts and drive adoption of innovation outputs.
• Serve as a senior thought partner to Commercial leadership, framing where AI-driven differentiation is technically achievable and commercially viable.

This role enables Planet to unlock the economic power of its Earth observation archive, driving commercial adoption of satellite-derived intelligence that can improve decision-making in financial services, supply chain, energy, and infrastructure — ultimately helping to solve global challenges through better data.

• 10+ years spanning commercial strategy, customer-facing roles, and data or analytics product development — ideally at the intersection of geospatial, alternative data, or enterprise SaaS.
• Deep familiarity with commercial market data use cases: alternative data for financial services, supply chain analytics, physical economy signals, or adjacent domains.
• Ability to prototype and pitch AI-enabled concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Working knowledge of the geospatial AI landscape: change detection, image classification, time-series analysis over Earth observation data, and the role of embeddings.

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans; Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contribution; Generous Paid Time Off; 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave; Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program; Home Office Reimbursement; Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement; Tuition Reimbursement and LinkedIn Learning access; Equity; Commuter Benefits; Volunteering Paid Time Off.

US base salary range: $142,800 - $203,200 USD depending on location.

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 to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.