Senior Product Manager, Monitoring Imagery

Planet

93d • $142,800 - $203,200

About The Position

Monitoring Imagery is at the heart of our mission to deliver timely, reliable, and actionable views of the Earth. As the Senior Product Manager for Monitoring Imagery Products, you will own the strategy and roadmap for how we collect, process, and deliver global monitoring imagery. This role bridges satellite operations, engineering, and commercial teams to ensure our core imagery product delivers maximum value to customers who rely on broad-area monitoring for insights and decision-making. The ideal candidate has a passion for applying Earth Observation to solve global challenges. This is a full-time, remote position based in the United States. If located near an office, you are expected to work from that office 3 days per week.

Requirements

• 6+ years of product management experience, ideally in Earth Observation, geospatial, or related technical domains
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Experience with monitoring-focused EO 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

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the end-to-end product strategy for monitoring imagery, aligning with company priorities and customer needs
• Define product requirements for Planet’s newly announced New Generation Monitoring (NGM) mission and strategically make product decisions to ensure a smooth transition to that new product line
• Define collection and product requirements for persistent, medium-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 to drive delivery requirements for monitoring 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

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees