Senior Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

About the Role:

As a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) at Planet, you will drive Planet’s largest, complex efforts that cross many teams and organizational boundaries. You will focus on execution of programs through the product life cycle. You will work closely with team leads to develop and manage end to end program plans. This includes establishing and managing internal processes, schedules, metrics, risks, and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You will work with cross-functional teams, both technical and non-technical.

This role is focused on Infrastructure and Operations, including compute and storage infrastructure, org-wide technology migrations, and compliance to regulatory standards. This role will regularly partner with Infrastructure leadership and engage stakeholders in Software Engineering, Product, Security, and Corporate Engineering. The ideal candidate is excited by the opportunity to foster the long-term maturity of the technical foundation that powers Planet’s products and services.

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.

Impact You'll Own:

• Manage internal technology releases and migrations, focusing on Planet’s high-scale infrastructure systems.
• Scope and manage program schedules and break those into incremental milestones.
• Facilitate development of product requirements with software teams.
• Translate requirements across business and technical stakeholders with communication clarity.
• Identify dependencies and risks and proactively mitigate them.
• Facilitate decision making through data-driven analysis and healthy debate.
• Communicate vertically and horizontally across Planet to keep stakeholders informed of progress, priorities, risks, and changes to requirements or plans.
• Drive for results by continuously improving ways of working and processes, now and for the future.

What You Bring:

• 6+ years of software development or program management experience in the areas of platform engineering or cloud-based infrastructure.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and migrations across a broad organization.
• Experience partnering with engineers to develop and execute change management plans.
• Experience with the product life cycle: concept through development, launch, deprecation, and end-of-life.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and creative thinking skills paired with the ability to communicate findings and recommendations.
• Equally comfortable explaining your analyses and recommendations to business leaders as you are discussing technical trade-offs with engineers.
• Ability to balance the tactical day-to-day with forward-looking improvements to scale operational efficiencies.

What Makes You Stand Out: 

• Experience with high-scale compute and storage infrastructure in public clouds, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience with managing an organization’s alignment to ISO 27001, 9001, or 42001 standards.
• Experience with remote sensing, earth observation data, or geospatial systems.
• Experience working with remote, worldwide teams.
• Ability to improve processes, tools, and ways of working to scale development cycles.

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Application Deadline:

April 30, 2026 by 11:59 PM PT

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