Hybrid Senior Product Manager, High Resolution Imagery

at Planet

• Job title: Senior Product Manager, High Resolution Imagery
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $142,800 - $178,500 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Remote Sensing
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Senior Product Manager defining product strategy for high resolution imagery at Planet. Bridging satellite operations, engineering, and commercial teams to deliver maximum customer value.

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 newly released Pelican mission and strategically make product decisions to ensure a smooth transition to Pelican from SkySat
• Define collection and product requirements for low-latency, high-res systems
• Prioritize improvements in cadence, image quality, coverage, cost, and latency, in support of company priorities
• Partner with image processing, quality, and engineering teams to improve imagery quality and delivery pipelines
• Analyze usage patterns and customer feedback to drive iteration on how we serve specific customer use cases and Planet solutions.
• Interface with Platform and Tasking teams to drive delivery requirements for high-res missions
• Define success metrics and use data-driven insights to guide product decisions and communicate impact
• Champion the voice of the customer to ensure our imagery products enable solutions across industries and use cases

Requirements

• 6+ 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.

Benefits

• 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