San Francisco, CA; Washington, D.C. Hybrid Employment

Planet is hiring a Manager, Customer Success - Commercial Markets

Responsibilities

  • Lead a worldwide team of high-touch Customer Success Managers focused on driving product adoption, customer retention, and account growth within major commercial clients.
  • Manage day-to-day operations for the commercial customer portfolio, ensuring teams have the strategic direction and resources to deliver clear business outcomes and measurable ROI.
  • Act as a senior leader and advocate for strategic enterprise clients, serving as the primary escalation contact for critical account health and revenue expansion.
  • Collaborate closely with regional sales leads, account executives, pre-sales teams, and product leaders to execute a cohesive commercial strategy.
  • Enable large commercial enterprises to effectively embed satellite imagery and geospatial data into their core operational workflows.
  • Own regional and segment-level performance KPIs such as Gross Retention, Net Retention Rate (NRR), Net Promoter Score (NPS), account growth, and team hiring and retention goals.
  • Hire, develop, and manage a high-performing global team of Customer Success Managers based in the U.S. and Europe, setting standards for premium customer engagement.
  • Serve as the top escalation point for major commercial accounts, resolving complex stakeholder issues and recovering at-risk relationships.
  • Work hand-in-hand with sales leadership and account executives to align on growth plans, especially during renewal and upsell cycles.
  • Co-lead executive business reviews and define ROI measurement frameworks to help clients demonstrate the tangible value of implemented solutions.
  • Use customer usage patterns, product analytics, and health indicators to uncover expansion potential, reduce churn risk, and refine account strategies.
  • Coordinate with pre-sales, solutions engineering, and professional services teams to ensure seamless handoffs from implementation to long-term adoption.
  • Partner with product management to connect customer needs, feature requests, and industry-specific use cases to the product development roadmap.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid — San Francisco, Washington D.C.

Team

Leads a global team of high-touch Customer Success Managers (CSMs) dedicated to accelerating adoption, retention, and expansion across key commercial accounts.

Other

This is a full-time, hybrid position requiring three days per week in-office at either the San Francisco or Washington D.C. location.

About company
Planet
Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history, delivering an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a cloud-based platform to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. It is both a space company and a data company.
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Job Details
Department Customer Success
Category management
Posted 13 days ago