
Senior Product Manager, AI Geo Assistant
planetlabs • San Francisco, CA
Posted: February 26, 2026
Job Description
About the Role:
Planet is seeking an experienced and customer-obsessed Product Manager to lead the productization, launch, and growth of our new AI Geospatial Assistant. This initiative is a strategic bet to further Planet’s leap from data provider to solutions provider for our customers. This role is for an AI-native leader embracing new product management paradigms and passionate about revolutionizing the remote sensing industry using AI.
This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.
Impact You'll Own:
- Lead Product Strategy & Velocity: Take ownership of the high-velocity product development as it transitions from a research effort within our AI research team into a fast-paced product group.
- Customer-Driven Development: Play the primary leadership role in the customer-driven phase of product development. You will work closely with designers and user researchers to nail the launch plan and initial target audience for Planet’s latest AI-driven product.
- Focus on Core Use Cases: Drive the product to solve real, critical customer problems where Planet has a durable competitive advantage, primarily focusing on forensics and large-scale daily change use cases.
- Team Collaboration: Be a core member of the initial product team, collaborating with Executive Sponsors, Engineering Manager, Designer, and Tech Lead.
- Product Launch: You are taking this product from “zero-to-one”. You will lead the team through critical development phases, from early Beta testing to General Availability (GA), to ensure the product successfully meets all stringent criteria for both technology and customer acceptance.
What You Bring:
- 10+ years of product management experience, ideally in Earth Observation or geospatial domain, with a passion for bringing cutting edge concepts to life.
- “Zero-to-one” experience: excellent product management skills honed to bring strategic concepts to reality; build, test, launch and iterate with velocity.
- Knowledgeable about the latest in AI innovation, embeddings and MCP especially at the intersection of these technologies and data challenges of remote sensing
- Obsession for understanding customer needs, what they value and the problems they are setting out to solve
- Expert at internal and external stakeholder management
- 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 launching early stage products that deliver results
What Makes You Stand Out:
- Experience with AI-based products in geospatial and remote sensing applications
- Experience building and scaling strategic product initiatives that serve multiple market segments.
- Experience working closely with operations teams and understanding the realities of satellite or sensor constraints.
Application Deadline:
May 23, 2026 at 11:59p PT
Benefits While Working at Planet:
These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.
- 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
Compensation:
The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location. The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Additional Content
About the Role:
Planet is seeking an experienced and customer-obsessed Product Manager to lead the productization, launch, and growth of our new AI Geospatial Assistant. This initiative is a strategic bet to further Planet’s leap from data provider to solutions provider for our customers. This role is for an AI-native leader embracing new product management paradigms and passionate about revolutionizing the remote sensing industry using AI.
This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.
Impact You'll Own:
- Lead Product Strategy & Velocity: Take ownership of the high-velocity product development as it transitions from a research effort within our AI research team into a fast-paced product group.
- Customer-Driven Development: Play the primary leadership role in the customer-driven phase of product development. You will work closely with designers and user researchers to nail the launch plan and initial target audience for Planet’s latest AI-driven product.
- Focus on Core Use Cases: Drive the product to solve real, critical customer problems where Planet has a durable competitive advantage, primarily focusing on forensics and large-scale daily change use cases.
- Team Collaboration: Be a core member of the initial product team, collaborating with Executive Sponsors, Engineering Manager, Designer, and Tech Lead.
- Product Launch: You are taking this product from “zero-to-one”. You will lead the team through critical development phases, from early Beta testing to General Availability (GA), to ensure the product successfully meets all stringent criteria for both technology and customer acceptance.
What You Bring:
- 10+ years of product management experience, ideally in Earth Observation or geospatial domain, with a passion for bringing cutting edge concepts to life.
- “Zero-to-one” experience: excellent product management skills honed to bring strategic concepts to reality; build, test, launch and iterate with velocity.
- Knowledgeable about the latest in AI innovation, embeddings and MCP especially at the intersection of these technologies and data challenges of remote sensing
- Obsession for understanding customer needs, what they value and the problems they are setting out to solve
- Expert at internal and external stakeholder management
- 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 launching early stage products that deliver results
What Makes You Stand Out:
- Experience with AI-based products in geospatial and remote sensing applications
- Experience building and scaling strategic product initiatives that serve multiple market segments.
- Experience working closely with operations teams and understanding the realities of satellite or sensor constraints.
Application Deadline:
May 23, 2026 at 11:59p PT
Benefits While Working at Planet:
These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.
- 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
Compensation:
The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location. The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.