Senior Technical Program Manager, Insights and Solutions

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

About the Role:  

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 focus on execution of programs through the product life cycle. This role is focused on Planet’s Insights and Solutions offerings, such as Planetary Variables and analytic feeds. You will work with cross-functional teams, both technical and non-technical, to steer programs through go-to-market launches.

Impact You’ll Own:

• Partner with cross-functional teams such as engineering, product, marketing, and customer support for major releases
• Identify and translate business and technical requirements across stakeholders with communication clarity
• Scope and manage program dependencies; identify risks and proactively mitigate them; facilitate decision making through data-driven analysis and healthy debate
• Identify, design, implement, and refine processes for collaboration and communication; own change management across teams
• Drive for results by continuously improving ways of working and processes, now and for the future
• Be collaborative by aligning stakeholders to common goals

What You Bring:

• 8+ years of scientific or engineering experience
• Experience leading cross-functional projects with stakeholders across a broad organization and managing tight timelines
• Experience with the product life cycle: concept through development, launch preparation, and go-to-market, plus deprecations and end-of-life
• Solid analytical, problem-solving, and creative thinking skills paired with the ability to communicate findings and recommendations
• Equally comfortable and confident explaining your analyses and recommendations to business leaders as you are discussing technical trade-offs with engineers
• Experience with organizational change management, listening to your audience and meeting their current state with a plan for incremental change
• Ability to balance the tactical day-to-day with forward-looking improvements to scale operational efficiencies

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience with remote sensing, EO data, or imaging
• Experience in cloud computing, platform development and integrations, APIs, Analytics, or UX
• Demonstrated self-starter who initiates efforts and augments existing programs with new ideas
• Experience working with remote, distributed, 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

Benefits While Working at Planet:

• Additional company winter holidays and regular global days off
• Remote friendly work environment and flexible working hours
• Contribution to our growth by offering equity options for employees
• Giving back to the community – one day per quarter for charitable work
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Regular hack-weeks and meetup events to exchange knowledge
• Home office budget
• Employee Resource Groups providing empowering spaces for connection and mentorship

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Why we care so much about Belonging. 

We’re dedicated to helping the whole Planet, and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. That’s why Planet is guided by an ultimate  north star of Belonging, dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work with diversity, equity and inclusion.  If this job intrigues you, but you’re thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please… do apply!  At Planet, we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description.  We don’t just fill positions, we aspire to fulfill people’s careers, most excited about folks who are motivated by our underlying humanitarian efforts.  We are a few orbits around the sun before we get to where we want to be, so we hope you’re excited to come along for the ride. 

EEO statement:

Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply. Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Know Your Rights.

Accommodations:

Planet is an inclusive community and we know that everyone has their own needs. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the hiring process, please reach out to accommodations@planet.com or contact your recruiter with your request. Your message will be confidential and we will be happy to assist you.

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