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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Technical Program Manager - **Company:** Planet Labs - **Location:** Arlington, VA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $142,800.0 - $178,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Data Driven Tests, Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Search Engines - **Published:** August 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/use1bc2987ffd366b564d25433214cb370/eaa ## About the Role * 6+ years of software development or program management experience in the areas of SaaS, complex data lifecycles, discovery/search engines, or cloud-based content delivery. * Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. * Experience leading cross-functional projects across a broad organization. * Experience with the product lifecycle: concept through development, launch preparation, go-to-market, deprecations, and end-of-life. * Experience optimizing cross-team delivery cycles and establishing predictable execution patterns within a matrixed engineering organization. * Experience coordinating high-stakes technical programs across global timezones, with a focus on building asynchronous workflows and healthy decision-making cultures. * Track record of managing system migrations or service consolidations, specifically moving from fragmented legacy tools to unified platform endpoints. * Analytical, problem-solving, and creative thinking skills paired with the ability to communicate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Ability to balance the tactical day-to-day with forward-looking improvements to scale operational efficiencies. * Actively explores AI technologies to automate workflows, improve data, or enhance team productivity. What Makes You Stand Out: * Experience with remote sensing, earth observation data, or geospatial systems. * Experience working with remote, worldwide teams. * A desire to improve processes, tools, and ways of working to scale development cycles. * A growth mindset and a desire to learn quickly. ## Description As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) at Planet, you will drive Planet's largest, complex efforts that cross many teams and organizational boundaries. You will act as an accelerant, focusing on illuminating the path for teams and owning the predictability of execution through the product lifecycle. 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. This role is focused on Planet's Insights Platform development. This includes leading the technical programs that power how customers find, process, and stream our data. You will focus on building new experiences to discover what is in our catalog and scaling the high-performance services that deliver data and insights directly to user applications. This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Arlington, VA office 3 days per week. Impact You'll Own: * Work with functions such as Product Managers, Tech Leads, Engineering Managers, Design, Data Science, and other Technical Program Managers. * Drive product and engineering roadmap execution and delivery. * Translate Product and Engineering inputs into realistic, capacity-checked timelines and reconcile commitments across teams to surface and resolve conflicts. * Work closely with engineering to ensure product and design requirements are implemented to scope. * Create and manage program schedules and break those into incremental, visible milestones with definitions of done. * Manage relationship, scope and approve work for external contract integration software developers. * Continuously identify dependencies and risks, and work with stakeholders to make them actionable while still small. * Facilitate decision making and healthy escalation through data-driven analysis and constructive debate. * Communicate vertically & horizontally across business and technical teams 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., Planet is an inclusive community and we know that everyone has their own needs. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the hiring process, please reach out to accommodations@planet.com or contact your recruiter with your request. Your message will be confidential and we will be happy to assist you. Privacy Policy: By clicking "Apply Now" at the top of this job posting, I acknowledge that I have read the , and hereby consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of my personal information as described therein. Privacy Policy (European Applicants): By clicking "Apply Now" at the top of this job posting, I acknowledge that I have read the , and hereby consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of my personal information as described therein. AI in Our Interviewing Process: Planet is committed to providing an exceptional interview experience for all candidates. We currently use to better focus on candidates and less on trying to capture notes. As such, with the candidate's consent, select interviews may be recorded and include a "Planet AI Notetaker" for transcription and summarization purposes. Should an interview involve use of AI interview technologies, the candidate will receive notification and have the ability to opt out both in advance and/or real-time. Opting out will not affect one's candidacy. Candidate AI Policy: Planet embraces Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, and we encourage its responsible use. We understand that candidates may use various resources, including AI tools, to prepare for interviews and assessments. However, during any live interview stage or when actively completing assessments for this position, the use of AI tools-e.g. Large Language Models (LLMs), deep fake technology, etc.-is strictly prohibited unless explicitly prompted by an interviewer or assessment instructions. If you are unsure about acceptable use, please contact your recruiter for clarification. 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