Senior Product Manager

Job Description

• Strategy & Discovery: Lead customer discovery and feasibility studies to validate high-value use cases in CivGov, Commercial, and D&I, ensuring all development is anchored in addressable market needs.
• Technical Translation: Partner deeply with Engineering and Data Science to decompose complex vertical requirements into detailed technical specifications, user stories, and prioritized backlog items.
• Agile Execution: Act as the primary Engineering liaison for the pod, managing sprint planning and backlog grooming to balance feature delivery with technical debt management.
• Solution Building Blocks: Define and deliver reusable "building blocks" within the Planet Platform that allow us to scale solutions across multiple customers rather than building one-offs.
• Commercial Enablement: Collaborate with Product Marketing and Sales to package technical capabilities into clear business narratives that demonstrate ROI to non-technical buyers.
• Ecosystem Growth: Build relationships with external partners and government agencies to identify opportunities for collaboration and scale.

Responsibilities

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Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

This role bridges the gap between Planet's platform capabilities and specific customer outcomes, moving Planet from selling raw data to selling measurable value in key verticals like Defense & Intelligence, Civil Government and Commercial, ultimately helping solve our world's toughest obstacles.

• 6+ years of experience in product management, ideally within Earth Observation or geospatial analytics.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Experience launching "solution" products (bundles of data, analytics, and services) rather than just standalone features.
• Ability to translate complex vertical needs into clear engineering tasks and user outcomes.
• Solid understanding of vertical market dynamics (e.g., government procurement, supply chains) and experience assessing market size/viability.
• Managing end-to-end product lifecycles and navigating ambiguity in fast-paced environments.

• Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
• Employee Wellness Program
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

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 to help solve our world's toughest obstacles.