# Senior Product Manager, Mission Solutions at Planet

- Company: Planet
- What the company does: Discover how Planet's daily satellite imagery and insights empower global decisions and actions with a multidimensional view of our changing planet. Backed by Felicis and Lux.
- Company website: https://www.planet.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/planetlabs/jobs/8140259
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/planet-senior-product-manager-mission-solutions/

## 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.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years of technical product management experience bridging core platform teams and technical field teams (FDE, Solutions Engineering)
- Understanding of geospatial data platforms, cloud architectures, APIs, extension layers, and analytics/ML pipelines
- Ability to separate generalizable platform capabilities from one-off customizations
- Background in geospatial intelligence, satellite tasking/monitoring, remote sensing, and defense technology
- Track record of prioritizing backlogs across competing technical and operational demands
- Ability to articulate technical trade-offs and mission impact to both engineers and executives

Tags: D&I Solutions Delivery