Senior Product Manager, Mission Solutions

Planet Labs PBC; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Labs PBC in the United States is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Defense & Intelligence mission solutions to bridge Planet's shared platform with D&I offerings, translating defense workflows into platform specs and ensuring architectures support high-consequence environments.

This full-time, hybrid role requires collaboration with Forward Deployed Engineering to build robust extension points and APIs, with growth toward end-to-end vertical solutions including market packaging and

Qualifications

• This role requires deep expertise in product management for defense/intelligence workflows.
• Experience translating defense workflows into platform specifications and APIs.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with engineering, sales, and customers.

Responsibilities

• This role owns connecting Planet's shared platform with Defense & Intelligence solutions.
• Translates defense workflows into platform specs and ensures architectures support high-consequence environments.
• Partner with Forward Deployed Engineers to convert customer patterns into reusable capabilities.

Job description

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world's toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

About the Role:

Planet's Global Monitoring Service (GMS) and Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) solutions drive actionable insights. As Senior Product Manager, Defense & Intelligence (D&I) Mission Solutions, you will own the connective tissue between Planet's shared platform and our Defense & Intelligence solutions. You will translate defense workflows into platform specs, ensuring core architectures support high-consequence operational environments. You will focus on technical delivery-partnering with Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) to build robust extension points and APIs. As the team grows, your scope will evolve into end-to-end vertical solutioning, including market packaging and long-term product strategy.

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.

Impact You'll Own:

• Partner with Forward Deployed Engineers on delivery: Help solve the right product challenges they hit in the field, and convert recurring customer-specific build patterns into durable, reusable GMS/MDA and core platform capability.