Senior Product Designer

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p></div><p><strong>About the Role:</strong></p> <p>We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to design, prototype, and launch CivGov and Commercial Solutions and define how users interact with and derive insights from Planet’s satellite Earth Observation (EO) data.</p> <p>In this role, you will bridge the gap between Planet’s platform capabilities and valuable customer outcomes. With a relentless focus on the user, you will define user profiles, establish jobs-to-be-done, and design end-to-end user flows for high-value market opportunities. You will collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to decompose these workflows into scalable, reusable UX building blocks, ultimately crafting cohesive, customer-centric solutions.</p> <p><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Berlin or Haarlem office 3 days per week.</span></p> <p><strong>Impact You’ll Own:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Product Design Leadership: Drive the end-to-end design process, from initial discovery and user research to prototyping and high-fidelity execution.</li> <li>Discovery &amp; Validation: Lead user research and prototype testing to validate high-value use cases within CivGov and Commercial ensuring all development is grounded in validated user needs.</li> <li>User-Centric Goal Setting: Define clear objectives based on user discovery (e.g., identifying success criteria for a CivGov compliance officer) to drive meaningful outcomes.</li> <li>Design &amp; Architecture: Architect intuitive interfaces that translate complex geospatial data into actionable insights, establishing reusable interaction patterns and components for Planet’s solutions.</li> <li>Cross-Functional Strategy: Partner with product and engineering to ensure top-tier design quality; facilitate cross-team collaboration to align on ambiguous problem spaces and bridge the gap between technical capability and customer value.</li> <li>Design Culture: Actively contribute to building and elevating Planet’s design culture.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What You Bring:</strong></p> <ul> <li>6+ years designing complex SaaS or B2B products, taking projects from early ideation to launch.</li> <li>Bachelor’s degree in design or an equivalent field.</li> <li>End-to-end experience, in terms of taking projects from early ideation to live software, and iterating based on feedback.</li> <li>A solid portfolio displaying complex professional projects, your process, and the resulting impact.</li> <li>Experience conducting user research and usability testing, synthesizing findings into actionable improvements.</li> <li>A track record of designing sophisticated, data-heavy a

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