Senior Product Manager, D&I Tasking Solutions

NextGenEnergyJobs; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Health Savings Account with company

Paid Time Off & holidays

16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave

Wellness & EAP

Home Office Reimbursement

Phone & Internet Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement

Equity

Commuter Benefits

Job summary

Planet Labs is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Defense & Intelligence Tasking Solutions to bridge our core Tasking platform with D&I mission offerings, owning Tip-and-Cue and the Tasking Strategy Engine to translate mission rules into satellite collection.

This role partners with Forward Deployed Engineering, focuses on reusable platform capabilities, and is hybrid, requiring presence in San Francisco or Arlington three days per week.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of technical product management bridging core platform and field teams.
• Understanding of tasking, scheduling, or workflow orchestration systems.
• Experience translating operational rules into system workflows and product requirements.
• Background in geospatial intelligence, satellite tasking, or defense tech.
• Active or prior U.S. Security Clearance (Secret or TS/SCI).

Responsibilities

• Bridge core Tasking platform with D&I mission offerings; own Tip-and-Cue and the Tasking Strategy Engine.
• Translate mission rules into system workflows and product requirements for satellite collection.
• Work with Forward Deployed Engineering to accelerate delivery with reusable platform capabilities.

Skills

Technical product management

Cross-team collaboration

Roadmap ownership

Defence/Intelligence domain

Tools

Orbital scheduling APIs

Constellation orchestration

Event-driven architectures

Job description

Senior Product Manager, D&I Tasking Solutions

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history.

Key Responsibilities

• As Senior Product Manager, Defense & Intelligence (D&I) Tasking Solutions, you bridge Planet's core Tasking platform and our defense mission offerings. You will own Tip-and-Cue and the Tasking Strategy Engine—translating complex mission rules into satellite collection—while representing D&I operational needs into core platform product lines, including Constellation Services (CxS) and Real-Time Insights (RTI).
• Partnering closely with Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE), you will focus on technical delivery: converting recurring field integration patterns into durable, reusable platform capabilities that accelerate delivery speed across high-consequence defense environments.
• This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco, CA or Arlington, VA office 3 days per week.

Requirements

• 6 to 8 years of technical product management experience bridging core platform teams and technical field teams (FDE, Solutions Engineering).
• Solid understanding of tasking, scheduling, or workflow-orchestration systems, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Proven ability to separate generalizable platform capabilities from one-off customizations.
• Experience translating operational rules, mission logic, or domain-specific business processes into system workflows and product requirements.
• Background in geospatial intelligence, satellite tasking, or a closely related defense technology field.
• Track record of prioritizing backlogs across competing technical and operational demands.
• Experience presenting technical trade-offs and mission impact in both engineering design reviews and executive/customer briefings.
• Experience independently owning a roadmap or workstream spanning multiple concurrent priorities, with minimal day-to-day oversight.
• Hands-on experience with satellite operations, orbital scheduling APIs, constellation orchestration, collection management, or event-driven machine-to-machine architectures.
• Experience scaling vertical product/solution layers on top of shared platform infrastructure.
• Active or prior U.S. Security Clearance (Secret or TS/SCI).
• Direct operational background within or supporting the U.S. Defense & Intelligence Community.
• 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.
• These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.
• 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)