Senior Product Manager, D&I Tasking Solutions

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)