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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 21 days Planet's roles stay open a median of 34 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Planet's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Planet
- high 56 stale, 12 reposted of 127 open
- Hiring momentum
- 156 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Planet's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Planet.
About this role
As a Senior Product Manager for Defense & Intelligence Tasking Solutions at Planet, you will be responsible for bridging the core Tasking platform with defense mission offerings. Your role involves translating complex mission rules into satellite collection strategies, collaborating with engineering teams to develop reusable platform capabilities, and ensuring compliance with security standards. You will also prioritize the roadmap for D&I Tasking Solutions based on inputs from various stakeholders.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Planet as an employer.
What you need
- 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
Nice to have
- 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.
What you get
- 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
Worth weighing
- Hybrid role requiring 3 days in the office, which may not suit all candidates
- Position involves access to export-controlled information, which may limit candidate eligibility
- No specific salary figure provided, only a range based on experience and location
Summarised from Planet's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Planet on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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