Job Description
The Senior Product Manager for High Resolution Imagery Products is responsible for developing and executing the strategy and roadmap for collecting, processing, and delivering high-resolution satellite imagery, ensuring it meets customer needs and supports global Earth Observation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the end-to-end product strategy for high resolution imagery, aligning with company priorities and customer needs
- Evolve product requirements for Planet's Pelican mission and manage the transition from SkySat
- Prioritize improvements in image cadence, quality, coverage, cost, and latency
- Collaborate with image processing, quality, and engineering teams to enhance imagery quality and delivery pipelines
- Analyze usage patterns and customer feedback to improve imagery products and serve specific use cases
- Interface with platform and tasking teams to define delivery requirements for high-resolution missions
- Establish success metrics and use data-driven insights to guide product decisions and communicate impact
Requirements
- Six years of product management experience, ideally in Earth Observation, geospatial, or related technical domains.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
- Excellent understanding of satellite imagery, remote sensing, or large-scale data products.
- Experience balancing technical trade-offs and customer needs in complex product ecosystems.
- Ability to align diverse stakeholders around strategy, priorities, and execution.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into business value.
- Superb analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-informed decision-making approach.
- Experience effectively collaborating with Engineering teams and delivering results.
- Experience working with and meeting the needs of customers.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize appropriately.
- Experience with high-resolution, tasked Earth Observation products.
- Background in remote sensing science, image processing, or geospatial data analysis.
- Experience building and scaling core data or imagery products that serve multiple market segments.
- Experience working closely with operations teams and understanding the realities of satellite or sensor constraints.
- Must have access to export-controlled information and be able 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.
Benefits & Perks
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)
Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives, bonus, and equity
Salary range based on location and experience (e.g., $142,800 - $203,200 USD in US locations)
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