Senior Technical Program Manager

NextGenEnergyJobs; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

HSA contribution

Paid time off

Parental leave 16 weeks

Wellness program

EAP

Home office stipend

Phone & internet reimbursement

Tuition reimbursement

LinkedIn Learning access

Equity

Job summary

Planet is seeking a Technical Program Manager to drive its largest cross-team initiatives, from concept through delivery, across global time zones. This role partners with team leads to develop and manage end-to-end program plans, schedules, metrics, risks, and stakeholder updates.

Based in Arlington, VA, this full-time hybrid position centers on the Insights Platform—enabling customers to discover, process, and stream data while scaling data services and improving workflows and execution.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development or program management in SaaS, large data lifecycles, discovery/search, or cloud delivery.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects across a broad organization.
• Experience with the product lifecycle from concept through development, launch, go-to-market, deprecation, and end-of-life.
• Experience coordinating high-stakes technical programs across global timezones with asynchronous workflows.
• Track record of migrations or service consolidations moving to unified platform endpoints.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to balance day-to-day with long-term improvements to scale operations.
• Interest in applying AI to automate workflows and improve data/productivity.
• Experience with remote sensing, earth observation data, or geospatial systems.
• Experience working with remote worldwide teams.
• Growth mindset and quick learning.

Responsibilities

• Drive Planet’s largest, complex programs across many teams, owning end-to-end plans, schedules, metrics, risks, and stakeholder communication.
• Lead the Insights Platform development, building new discovery experiences and scaling high-performance data services for customer applications; operate in a hybrid Arlington, VA role.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Product lifecycle

Delivery optimization

Stakeholder communication

System migrations

Analytical thinking

AI exploration

Geospatial data

Remote collaboration

Growth mindset

SaaS experience

Time zone coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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

Key Responsibilities

• As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) at Planet, you will drive Planet’s largest, complex efforts that cross many teams and organizational boundaries. You will act as an accelerant, focusing on illuminating the path for teams and owning the predictability of execution through the product lifecycle. You will work closely with team leads to develop and manage end to end program plans. This includes establishing and managing internal processes, schedules, metrics, risks, and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders.
• This role is focused on Planet’s Insights Platform development. This includes leading the technical programs that power how customers find, process, and stream our data. You will focus on building new experiences to discover what is in our catalog and scaling the high-performance services that deliver data and insights directly to user applications. This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Arlington, VA office 3 days per week.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software development or program management experience in the areas of SaaS, complex data lifecycles, discovery/search engines, or cloud-based content delivery.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects across a broad organization.
• Experience with the product lifecycle: concept through development, launch preparation, go-to-market, deprecations, and end-of-life.
• Experience optimizing cross-team delivery cycles and establishing predictable execution patterns within a matrixed engineering organization.
• Experience coordinating high-stakes technical programs across global timezones, with a focus on building asynchronous workflows and healthy decision-making cultures.
• Track record of managing system migrations or service consolidations, specifically moving from fragmented legacy tools to unified platform endpoints.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and creative thinking skills paired with the ability to communicate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to balance the tactical day-to-day with forward-looking improvements to scale operational efficiencies.
• Actively explores AI technologies to automate workflows, improve data, or enhance team productivity.
• Experience with remote sensing, earth observation data, or geospatial systems.
• Experience working with remote, worldwide teams.
• A desire to improve processes, tools, and ways of working to scale development cycles.
• A growth mindset and a desire to learn quickly.
• 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)