Engineering Program Manager — Special Projects

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p></div><p><strong>About the Role:</strong></p> <p>The Engineering Program Manager (EPM) for Special Projects will be a fearless organizer and an excellent cross-functional leader. Working directly with the security, engineering, and cross-functional space program teams, you will drive project management efforts specifically focused on space security initiatives. In this tactical, "in-the-weeds" role, you will help establish programmatic strategy, coordinate schedules, and ruthlessly eliminate roadblocks to ensure our constellations remain secure, robust, and compliant.</p> <p>This role demands a solid baseline of technical strength. Some domain experience in cybersecurity or space security is required, along with a healthy technical aptitude is necessary to credibly navigate engineering design discussions, facilitate high-stakes technical tradeoffs, and represent the security team as a critical programmatic stakeholder across multiple concurrent satellite missions.</p> <p><strong>This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.</strong></p> <p><strong>Impact You'll Own:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Drive end-to-end project management workflows specifically for Satellite Security, translating security milestones into actionable engineering sprints.</li> <li>Partner shoulder-to-shoulder with the SatSec Manager to architect, baseline, and meticulously maintain the overall SatSec programmatic schedul