Customer Success Manager, Defence & Intelligence

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:

As a Customer Success Manager for Defense & Intelligence you will be mainly responsible for managing and expanding relationships with strategic military and governmental agencies across Asia. Your mission will be to act as our main point of contact for our customers during their time with Planet’s contract life cycle and own your focus on customer value, retention and satisfaction. You will help customers maximize the value of Planet’s imagery and geospatial solutions, ensuring that they can effectively integrate Planet data into their workflows for applications.

The ideal candidate has experience working with military and/ or government agencies, and a great ability to navigate complex government structures, decision-making processes and interagency relationships. The ability to identify and build connections between ministries and stakeholders will be key to driving adoption and impact across government initiatives.

This is a full-time, remote position based in Singapore. If located near an office, you are expected to work from that office 3 days per week.

Impact You’ll Own:

• Strategic Relationship Management: Act as the lead point of contact for high-stakes military and governmental agencies, fostering long-term partnerships built on trust and mission success.
• Workflow Integration: Partner with customers to deeply understand their specific mission requirements. You will guide them in integrating Planet data into their existing geospatial workflows.
• Navigation of Government Structures: Masterfully navigate the complexities of interagency relationships. You will identify key stakeholders across various ministries and build the necessary bridges to drive wide-scale adoption of Planet’s platform.
• Retention & Expansion: Own the renewal process and identify opportunities for growth. By demonstrating consistent value, you will ensure long-term contract stability and advocate for new use cases within your accounts.
• Customer Advocacy: Act as the internal "Voice of the Customer" within Planet, collaborating with Product, Sales, and Engineering teams to influence our roadmap based on regional requirements.
• Value Creation and Success Planning: Analyze and translate specific mission requirements into value creation by navigating complex interagency relationships to integrate Planet’s solutions directly into existing workflows. Develop and execute Success Plans that define clear KPIs for the customer, ensuring their "Mission Success" is quantifiable and visible to their leadership, and achieve value expansion by identifying new customer use cases.

What You Bring:

• 2+ years of experience working directly with Defence Forces and/or National Government agencies. You understand the nuances of the government procurement landscape and bureaucratic decision-making.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Marketing or a relevant field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Mandarin.
• Professional working proficiency in English, the language of the company.
• A solid grasp of GIS, remote sensing, or satellite imagery applications. You don't need to be a developer, but you must be able to speak the language of geospatial analysts.
• Ability to build connections across ministries and maintain relationships with both high-ranking officials and technical end-users.
• Exceptional negotiation and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex technical capabilities into strategic mission outcomes.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while maintaining high levels of engagement with a global team.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset, and ability to multitask and prioritize job requirements.
• Willingness to travel.

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Active armed forces reserve or veteran as a relevant intelligence professional.
• Account Management or Customer Success experience serving military and/or government customers.
• Understanding of government agencies, their procurement processes, and key initiatives related to defense & intelligence, and emergency management.
• Experience with platforms like ArcGIS, QGIS, or Google Earth Engine.

Application Deadline:

11:45p / 23:45 CET on the date stated below. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. This posting may be removed earlier than projected if a suitable pool of applications has been received. For this reason, we recommend applying as soon as you are able to.

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

This role is eligible for commission.

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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