Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition

About the role

Planet's mission is to image the entire Earth every day and make global change visible, accessible, and actionable. Delivering on that mission depends on our ability to attract exceptional people across engineering, manufacturing, commercial, and corporate teams. This role leads the strategy, operating model, and team behind how Planet finds, attracts, and hires that talent.

Responsibilities

• Own Planet's global talent acquisition strategy, and build, lead, and develop a high-performing Talent Team distributed across multiple regions.
• Own the recruiting operating model — capacity planning, forecasting, process design, and analytics — so that hiring delivers predictably against the company's growth plan.
• Partner with executive leadership and hiring managers across the company to translate headcount plans into hiring outcomes.
• Own talent acquisition operations, systems, and reporting, ensuring the function runs on clean data and clear, consistent process.
• Build and manage the external partner ecosystem that extends Planet's reach into specialized and global talent markets.
• Champion an outstanding candidate experience, a compelling employer brand, and inclusive, equitable hiring practices.
• Use data to measure hiring outcomes, continuously improve them, and report progress and forecasts to senior leadership.

Requirements

10+ years of experience leading talent acquisition at scale in a high-growth organization, including building and managing geographically distributed teams.

8+ years of people-leadership experience: hiring, coaching, and developing recruiters, sourcers, coordinators, and recruiting managers.

A track record of designing and operating a recruiting model built on capacity planning, forecasting, process, and analytics — not reactive, req-by-req execution.

Experience hiring for technical and specialized roles, ideally in engineering, hardware, or other complex disciplines.

Ability to partner with, advise, and influence executives and senior hiring leaders.

Experience selecting and managing external staffing partners and vendor relationships.

Fluency with recruiting systems and data — applicant tracking, reporting, and analytics — and a habit of using metrics to guide decisions.

Experience hiring across multiple regions, including outside the United States.

Qualifications

Experience scaling a talent acquisition function in aerospace, hardware, deep tech, or other complex engineering environments.

Experience building or maturing recruiting operations, analytics, or capacity-planning capabilities.

Familiarity with global employment considerations across EMEA and APAC.

Experience integrating AI or automation into recruiting workflows.

Skills

Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Excellent organizational and project management skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution

Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off

16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave

Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Home Office Reimbursement

Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning

Equity

Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)

Volunteering Paid Time Off Compensation

Pay

The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity).

San Francisco Salary Range $231,500—$289,400 USD

Schedule

This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.

Application Deadline

October 29, 2026 by 11:59p / 23:59 CET (Central European Time)

EEO Statement

Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply. Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.