Senior Director, Product Management - Defense and Intelligence

The role

You will lead the Defense and Intelligence product portfolio by defining strategy and building roadmaps for dual-use products. You will manage a team of product managers and partner with engineering leadership to transform satellite imagery into software solutions.

What you will do

• Oversee the full product lifecycle for the D&I portfolio
• Synthesize market requirements from global defense customers
• Define pricing and packaging for intelligence solutions
• Translate market vision and defense mission requirements into actionable product roadmaps
• Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of product managers
• Work with D&I Engineering leadership, UX researchers, account executives, and product marketing managers
• Align product strategy with engineering execution sprints and system designs
• Build dual-use tools to monitor geopolitical events, marine security, and critical infrastructure

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience
• 6+ years of supervisory/leadership experience in the defense, intelligence, geospatial, or aerospace sectors
• Track record of scaling end-to-end dual-use or defense software applications from concept to launch
• Knowledge of Defense and Intelligence mission frameworks, workflows, and user needs regarding broad area monitoring and Marine Domain Awareness (MDA)
• Experience collaborating with executive engineering leadership to translate market vision into engineering roadmaps
• Familiarity with navigating product development within ITAR and EAR environments
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Active high-level government security clearance, or eligibility to obtain top-secret clearance upon hire

Nice to have

• Direct product experience defining requirements for the integration of advanced machine learning models, analytics, or agentic workflows
• Direct professional experience serving in the intelligence community, military, or a related government agency
• Background in defining product requirements for secure government environments, air-gapped systems, or sovereign cloud deployments
• Experience with multi-sensor data fusion workflows, including optical satellite imagery and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

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

Before you apply

• Employment is contingent upon the ability to access export-controlled information without additional export licensing
• Active high-level government security clearance, or eligibility to obtain top-secret clearance upon hire

About the company

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. The company is both a space company and a data company.