Senior Product Manager, D&I Tasking Solutions at Planetlabs — Arlington, VA

About the Role

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.

Impact You'll Own:

• 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.
• 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.
• Convert defense business rules and domain logic into dynamic tasking strategy designs, directly driving down pixel-to-insight latency.
• Consolidate inputs across field engineering, GTM/sales, and adjacent PM counterparts into a prioritized D&I Tasking Solutions roadmap.
• 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.
• Work with compliance and security teams to ensure all products and services adhere to export control laws, national security constraints, and data privacy standards.
• Collaborate with adjacent D&I Solutions PMs (owning platform extensibility, packaging, and frontend mission workflows) to deliver a seamless end-to-end user experience.

What You Bring:

• 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.

What Makes You Stand Out:

• 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.

Application Deadline:

November 19, 2026 at 11:59p PT

EAR/ITAR Requirements:

Benefits While Working at Planet:

• 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)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

Compensation

US National Salary Range

$142,800—$178,500 USD