Global Deal Desk Senior Manager

Planetlabs · Washington D.C · Other

Posted 2026-07-30

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The Global Deal Desk Senior Manager is the key strategic partner between Sales, FP&A, Product, and Legal, acting as mission control for our most complex, strategic customer deals, as well as providing key leadership on emergent pricing and packaging. This role will provide responsive, proactive advisory to the Sales organization, ensuring deals are structured for customer success, while adhering to company objectives, margins, regulatory compliance and corporate policies. This role is a key driver of scale for our Pricing and Packaging, Proposals, and Services organizations, overseeing the development and execution of optimized, repeatable deal playbooks.

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

Impact You'll Own:

Leadership: Serve as a strategic advisor through management of a multi-sector, multi-industry, global Deal Desk function

Deal Structure: Architect standard deal structures for emerging capabilities, in close partnership with Product, Engineering, and FP&A teams

Optimization: Optimize nonstandard sales for ASC 606 compliance

Simplicity: Analyze deal trends; provide recommendations on pricing, packaging, and business rules through a continuous improvement cycle

Consistency: Develop and standardize business rules

Velocity: Drive formal, fast-paced Deal Committees for large, complex deal reviews, within tight time frames, for emergent needs

Strategic Partner: Facilitate the launch of new pricing rollouts, with a key role in customer migrations

Automation: Integrate seamless nonstandard content development across Proposals, as well as simplify deliverable forecasts for Finance and Accounting

What You Bring:

6+ years of direct Deal Desk experience, more desired

Expert in revenue recognition (ASC 606) and common SaaS metrics

High proficiency in Salesforce and CPQ

Track record of deal structuring and pricing analysis

Experience with contract management

Expert stakeholder management and communication skills

Expert collaborator and negotiator

Experience challenging and influencing an Executive audience

Industry AI trends in Deal Desk Management

Experience and knowledge interpreting government contracts

What Makes You Stand Out:

8+ years in Deal Desk functions, or advanced negotiation experience

Solid FP&A background

Experience launching a Deal Desk

Experience in government contracting or large Prime contracting motions

Experience with both SaaS and hardware sales

Application Deadline:

October 29, 2026 at 11:59p 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.

New York City + California Salary Range

$153,000—$191,300 USD

San Francisco Salary Range

$162,600—$203,200 USD

US National Salary Range

$142,800—$178,500 USD

US National Salary Range

$142,800—$178,500 USD

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