Planet

Senior Solutions Architect I, Pre-Sales - South Korea Defense & Intelligence

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4 hours ago
Remote, South AfricaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Architect and deliver technical solution demonstrations and presentations highlighting Planet’s products, services, and capabilities.
  • Build trusted-advisor relationships with customer technical and management stakeholders.
  • Recommend solution architectures aligned with customer business challenges, organizational goals, budgets, and scalability needs.
  • Prepare technical responses to tenders, RFIs, RFPs, and unsolicited proposals.
  • Partner with sales colleagues to develop technical account strategies and support customer and prospect engagements.
  • Collaborate with Customer Success, Product Management, and Business Development on customer needs and proposal submissions.
  • Meet assigned quarterly and annual sales and operational objectives.
  • Communicate forecasts, pipeline opportunities, deal reviews, CRM data, and customer feedback to Sales leadership.
  • Present to South Korean government executive stakeholders and lead technical customer engagements.
  • Mentor team members and lead training, workshops, and user sessions.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of technical experience supporting, working with, or within the South Korean defense and intelligence community.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
  • Experience working with GIS and remote sensing users in the defense industry.
  • Experience with IMINT and ISR is preferred.
  • Experience designing and presenting complex systems and solutions that connect business problems with scalable technology solutions.
  • Experience processing imagery, manipulating geospatial data, interacting with APIs, and building data pipelines.
  • Ability to lead technical customer engagements and run workshops or training sessions.
  • Professional working proficiency in English.
  • Ability to travel, including internationally, up to 50%.
  • Strong verbal and written communication, problem-solving, coordination, prioritization, multitasking, and time-management skills.
  • Eligibility for and ability to maintain a South Korean security clearance is required.
  • Mandarin speaking ability is preferred.

Benefits

  • Full-time remote position based in South Korea with regional travel of up to 50%.
  • 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.
  • Role is eligible for commission.

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Solutions Engineering
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