Senior Product Manager, Planet

• The ideal candidate has a passion for applying Earth Observation to solve global challenges
• 6+ years of product management experience, ideally in Earth Observation, geospatial, or related technical domains
• Excellent understanding of satellite imagery, remote sensing, or large-scale data products
• Experience balancing technical trade-offs and customer needs in complex product ecosystems
• Ability to align diverse stakeholders around strategy, priorities, and execution
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into business value
• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-informed decision-making approach
• Experience effectively collaborating with Engineering teams and delivering results
• Experience working with and meeting the needs of customers
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize appropriately
• This position requires access to export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls

Desirable

• Monitoring Imagery is at the heart of our mission to deliver timely, reliable, and actionable views of the Earth
• As the Senior Product Manager for Monitoring Imagery Products, you will own the strategy and roadmap for how we collect, process, and deliver global monitoring imagery
• This role bridges satellite operations, engineering, and commercial teams to ensure our core imagery product delivers maximum value to customers who rely on broad-area monitoring for insights and decision-making
• Define and drive the end-to-end product strategy for monitoring imagery, aligning with company priorities and customer needs
• Define product requirements for Planet’s newly announced New Generation Monitoring (NGM) mission and strategically make product decisions to ensure a smooth transition to that new product line
• Define collection and product requirements for persistent, medium-res systems
• Prioritize improvements in cadence, image quality, coverage, cost, and latency, in support of company priorities
• Partner with image processing, quality, and engineering teams to improve imagery quality and delivery pipelines
• Analyze usage patterns and customer feedback to drive iteration on how we serve specific customer use cases and Planet solutions
• Interface with Platform to drive delivery requirements for monitoring missions
• Define success metrics and use data-driven insights to guide product decisions and communicate impact
• Champion the voice of the customer to ensure our imagery products enable solutions across industries and use cases

• Application Deadline: December 19, 2025 by 11:59 PM PST