Impact Engagement Manager

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:  

The Sustainability and Impact Team at Planet is seeking a new Impact Engagement Manager. This role will have frontline responsibilities to work with external partners in areas like conservation, climate, nature, public health, and humanitarian action, to help us fulfill our mission to Use Space to Help Life on Earth. 

The Impact Engagement Manager will ensure exceptional outcomes in every part of the lifecycle of an engagement, from conception and enablement to impact measurement. Your mission will be to become a trusted collaborator, with a strong understanding of our product suite and its application in impact-oriented use cases. You will need to establish and maintain trust with important partners and coordinate closely with many internal groups, including our Legal, Marketing, Product, Customer Success, and Product teams. Ideal candidates will be excited to partner with leading universities, NGOs and nonprofits, intergovernmental bodies, and companies across cultures and countries on implementing and scaling innovative technologies.

This is a full-time, remote position based in Europe. If located near one of our offices, you will be expected to work from that office at least three days per week.

Impact You’ll Own:

• Coordinate Impact programs and special projects while making sure they are delivered with excellence, particularly those involving Planet’s digital public goods and response to natural disasters and crisis events. 
• Build and maintain long-lasting, trusted relationships with Impact partners and customers, acting as a principal point-of-contact.
• Onboard and orient new Impact partners and customers; support product provisioning with Global Customer Success team.
• Communicate clearly and consistently with Impact partners and customers throughout the relationship and project lifecycle, elevating and resolving important issues when needed.
• Assist Impact partners and customers to expand their usage and adoption of our products, particularly in the areas of nature conservation and sustainability, forest health, food security and resilient agriculture, and peace and human security.
• Work directly with internal stakeholder groups to make sure that Planet Impact projects are appropriately scoped and feasible, properly contracted, and set up for success, as well as unblock issues if and as they arise.

What You Bring:

• 4+ years of experience in project management  or a related field
• Bachelors’ degree or equivalent
• Good working knowledge   of remote sensing, GIS and geospatial products. 
• Ability to successfully communicate and coordinate with international partners and customers, and across internal teams
• Strong problem-solving skills, proactive work style, and ability to work independently.
• Experience and interest in sustainability and environmental stewardship, food security and regenerative agriculture, and/or peace and security
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, 
• Ability to travel

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, and/or French 
• Program management expertise
• 4+ years of technical experience working in GIS or remote sensing
• A delivery-oriented mindset
• Ability to thrive in a learning-by-doing environment

Application Deadline: January 15, 2026, 11:59pm PST

Benefits While Working at Planet:

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

• Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off 
• Employee Wellness Program 
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity 
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

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Why we care so much about Belonging. 
We’re dedicated to helping the whole Planet, and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. That’s why Planet is guided by an ultimate north star of Belonging—dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work.  If this job intrigues you, but you’re thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please... do apply!  At Planet, we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description.  We don’t just fill positions, we aspire to fulfill people’s careers, most excited about folks who are motivated by our underlying humanitarian efforts.  We are a few orbits around the sun before we get to where we want to be, so we hope you’re excited to come along for the ride. 

EEO statement:
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Accommodations: 
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