Talent Sourcer

• Build and own end-to-end candidate pipelines for Planet's hardest-to-fill North American roles, with a primary focus on Space Systems engineering and Commercial / G&A leadership searches.
• Partner directly with Talent Acquisition Partners across all NAM pods to identify quarterly priorities and direct sourcing effort to where it creates the most leverage.
• Develop deep market intelligence on satellite, aerospace, earth-observation, and adjacent deep-tech talent landscapes, translating that into actionable target lists, competitor mapping, and outreach strategy.
• Run sophisticated passive candidate engagement end-to-end: research, outreach, screening, calibration, and warm handoff to the partnering Talent Acquisition Partner.

Planet's mission to image the world every day depends on attracting the most capable engineers, operators, and commercial leaders. By building robust talent pipelines, this role directly enables Planet to continue delivering critical satellite data that supports environmental monitoring, humanitarian efforts, and commercial innovation.

• 6+ years of dedicated sourcing experience, including at least three years sourcing for technical engineering disciplines (hardware, systems, embedded, ML, software, or equivalent).
• Demonstrated ownership of complex senior-level and executive searches end-to-end — from market mapping through candidate engagement, calibration, and conversion.
• Mastery of LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search construction, GitHub, X-ray sourcing, and modern sourcing platforms (e.g., Gem, hireEZ, SeekOut), with practiced fluency in an applicant tracking system such as Greenhouse.
• Track record of building market mapping deliverables that hiring leaders rely on as a primary input to search strategy.

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; Equity; Commuter Benefits; Volunteering Paid Time Off. US base salary range: $128,400 - $160,500 USD (San Francisco).

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. They are both a space company and data company, using space to help life on Earth.