Talent Operations Partner

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 Planets data to develop new technologies drive revenue power research and solve our worlds 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:

Planet is in the middle of its most ambitious hiring year onboarding hundreds of new team members across San Francisco Washington DC Berlin and remote locations worldwide. Behind every hire is a set of operational workflows that need to run flawlessly: requisition approvals interview coordination offer processing compliance checks onboarding handoffs and program management for specialized hiring tracks like our global intern program. The Talent Operations team is responsible for all of it and we are looking for a Talent Operations Partner to step in and own critical pieces of that work.

As Talent Operations Partner you will serve two primary functions. First you will own and manage Planets intern and early talent program end-to-end from requisition management and candidate coordination through onboarding program programming and offboarding. This is a visible cross-functional program that touches hiring managers across every department and gives early-career candidates their first experience of Planet. Second you will contribute directly to the Talent Operations roadmap a portfolio of process improvement and systems projects that are actively reshaping how Planet manages the hiring lifecycle.

This role sits at the intersection of program management process design and recruiting operations. You will need to be equally comfortable running the logistics of an intern cohort and digging into ATS workflow configuration. The common thread is operational excellence you care about whether things run smoothly you notice when they dont and you fix them before someone has to ask.

You will report to the Senior Manager Talent Operations and work as part of a team that includes Talent Operations Recruiting Coordinators and a Working Student. Together this team ensures that Planets recruiting infrastructure scales in step with the companys growth. This is a full-time hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.

Impact Youll Own:

• Own and manage Planets intern and early talent program end-to-end including requisition intake candidate coordination offer processing onboarding logistics program events and content manager enablement and offboarding workflows.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for hiring managers and interns throughout the program lifecycle ensuring hiring managers know what to expect and interns have a structured high-quality experience from day one through final presentations.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition Partners to coordinate intern recruiting timelines track pipeline progress across departments and ensure all intern offers are processed accurately and on time.
• Contribute to the Talent Operations roadmap by owning or supporting key projects with an immediate focus on the headcount approval workflow redesign documenting the current process mapping the ideal state building automated workflows and creating stakeholder-facing documentation.
• Maintain and improve ATS (Greenhouse) workflows and configurations related to intern hiring offer approvals and operational reporting ensuring data integrity and process consistency across all hiring tracks.
• Support SLA monitoring and compliance by tracking scorecard submission timelines offer approval turnaround and other operational metrics flagging risks early and following up with stakeholders to keep processes on track.
• Create and maintain process documentation in the talent operations knowledge base ensuring that intern program playbooks approval workflows and operational procedures are current clear and accessible to the recruiting team and hiring managers.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with People Operations People Business Partners and the L&D team on intern onboarding compliance requirements and program content that connects interns to Planets mission and culture.
• Support additional recruiting operations projects as capacity allows including AI tool deployment global process standardization interview process documentation and reporting enhancements.
• Identify operational inefficiencies and propose improvements.

What You Bring:

• Bachelors Degree
• 2 years of professional experience in recruiting operations talent operations HR operations or program coordination at a technology company or similarly dynamic environment.
• Experience managing or supporting an intern early talent or campus recruiting program including the logistics stakeholder communication and coordination required to run a multi-department cohort program smoothly.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems including data entry workflow navigation reporting and basic configuration.
• Effective project management skills: you can manage multiple concurrent workstreams track deliverables and deadlines and communicate progress to stakeholders without being micromanaged.
• Effective organizational skills and attention to detail recruiting operations is a high-volume high-precision function where small errors in offer letters approval chains or compliance documentation create real downstream problems.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills you will draft process documentation communicate with hiring managers across the company and correspond with intern candidates who are forming their first impression of Planet.
• A process improvement mindset you dont just run the process you question whether its the right process. You look for bottlenecks redundancies and manual steps that could be automated or eliminated.
• Comfort working in a team that is actively building and improving its own infrastructure the Talent Operations function is evolving and you need to be energized by contributing to that build rather than expecting a fully mature playbook.

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience with headcount planning or approval workflow tools and an understanding of how requisition approval processes connect to HRIS and finance systems.
• Previous experience building or redesigning an operational process from scratch documenting current state proposing improvements and implementing changes with measurable results.
• Familiarity with intern program best practices including cohort programming manager enablement structured feedback cycles and conversion-to-hire tracking.
• Experience working with global hiring operations particularly coordinating intern or early talent programs that span multiple offices or geographies.
• Exposure to recruiting metrics and reporting you have pulled reports from an ATS built tracking spreadsheets or contributed to operational dashboards that inform team decision-making.
• Experience with Greenhouse the applicant tracking system.

Application Deadline:

June 6 2026 by 11:59pm PT

Benefits While Working at Planet:

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

• 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:

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). The final salary range is determined by job related experience skills and location. The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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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.
Were 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. Thats why Planet is guided by an ultimate north star of Belongingdreaming big as we approach our ongoing work. If this job intrigues you but youre 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 dont just fill positions we aspire to fulfill peoples 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 youre excited to come along for the ride.

EEO statement:
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