Senior Product Manager, D&I Tasking Solutions

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p></div><p><strong>About the Role:</strong></p> <p>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).</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Impact You'll Own:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Define how customer config-driven logic translates to sensor/constellation selection, collection cadence, multi-constellation/all-weather logic that converts mission intent into optimized satellite collection calls.</li> <li>Partner with Forward Deployed Engineers in the field to identify recurring customer integration patterns, converting them into generalizable, reusable platform features rather than one-off custom builds.</li> <li>Convert defense business rules and domain logic into dynamic tasking strategy designs, directly driving down pixel-to-insight latency.</li> <li>Consolidate inputs across field engineering, GTM/sales, and adjacent PM counterparts into a prioritized D&I Tasking Solutions roadmap.</li> <li>Collaborate closely with the Commercial Tasking,  CxS and RTI product managers to ensure D&I tasking, capacity, and low-latency delivery requirements are represented in the shared platform roadmap.</li> <li>Work with compliance and security teams to ensure all products and services adhere to export control laws, national security constraints, and data privacy standards.</li> <li>Collaborate with adjacent D&I Solutions PMs (owning platform extensibility, packaging, and frontend mission workflows) to deliver a seamless end-to-end user experience.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What You Bring:</strong></p> <ul> <li>6 to 8 years of technical product management experience bridging core platform teams and technical field teams (FDE, Solutions Engineering).</li> <li>Solid understanding of tasking, scheduling, or workflow-orchestration systems, and enterprise integration patterns.</li> <li>Proven ability to separate generalizable platform capabilities from one-off customizations.</li> <li>Experience translating operational rules, mission logic, or domain-specific business processes into system workflows and product requirements.</li> <li>Background in geospatial intelligence, satellite tasking, or a closely related defense technology field.</li> <li>Track record of prioritizing backlogs across competing technical and operational demands.</li> <li>Experience presenting technical trade-offs and mission impact in both engineering design reviews and executive/customer briefings.</li> <li>Experience independently owning a roadmap or workstream spanning multiple concurrent priorities, with minimal day-to-day oversight.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What Makes You Stand Out:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Hands-on experience with satellite operations, orbital scheduling APIs, constellation orchestration, collection management, or event-driven machine-to-machine architectures.</li> <li>Experience scaling vertical product/solution layers on top of shared platform infrastructure.</li> <li>Active or prior U.S. Security Clearance (Secret or TS/SCI).</li> <li>Direct operational background within or supporting the U.S. Defense & Intelligence Community.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Application Deadline:</strong></p> <p>11:45pm PT on the date stated below. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. This posting may be removed earlier than projected if a suitable pool of applications has been received. For this reason, we recommend applying as soon as you are able to.</p> <p><strong>EAR/ITAR Requ