Product Manager, Tanager

Planet is a company that utilizes space technology to assist life on Earth through its constellation of imaging satellites. The Product Manager for Tanager will oversee product development and strategy for hyperspectral data products, ensuring they deliver actionable insights for various sectors while collaborating cross-functionally within the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the evolution and scaling of our hyperspectral products, setting clear strategy and making principled tradeoffs across competing priorities, constraints, and uncertainty to drive revenue growth as the constellation scales
• Drive commercial growth by growing the foothold in the methane market and strategically evolving the product portfolio into new markets to find product-market fit
• Collaborate with Platform Product teams to ensure customers can task, order, and access our products
• Build and maintain the Product Roadmap for our Hyperspectral Offering, synthesizing inputs from customers and internal stakeholders (Sales, Engineering, Customer Success, etc.) while making clear, accountable prioritization decisions aligned with company strategy
• Work closely with Sales and Product Marketing to clearly articulate value of the hyperspectral derived products for targeted markets
• Lead cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Science, and Commercial teams, ensuring clarity of direction while navigating ambiguity and evolving constraints
• Collaborate with Solutions teams to explore how Tanager data can enhance Planet's internal products

Requirements:

• 5+ years as a power-user of satellite imagery, remote sensing and GIS, preferably with experience using hyperspectral imagery
• Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguity, assess risk, and make high-quality decisions with incomplete data, with strong product judgment and a proven track record of making difficult tradeoffs without relying on consensus
• Experience in an industry where advanced sensing could be applied such as defense, atmospheric sciences, agriculture, energy, environmental conservation or geology
• A solid understanding of the benefits and challenges of processing and analyzing EO data
• Proven capacity for delighting customers
• Experience working in a fast paced, high growth environment
• Outstanding executive communication (speaking and writing), interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and creative thinking skills
• Ability to collaborate well across a wide variety of stakeholders