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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 Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s 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:
The Sustainability and Impact Team at Planet is seeking a new Impact Engagement Manager. This role will have frontline responsibilities to work with Planet’s Impact, Commercial, and other teams, as well as external partners in areas like food security, disaster response, conservation, climate, and humanitarian action, to help us fulfill our mission to Use Space to Help Life on Earth.
The Impact Engagement Manager will ensure exceptional outcomes in every part of the lifecycle of an engagement, from conception and enablement to impact measurement. Your mission will be to become a trusted collaborator, with a strong understanding of our product suite and its application in impact-oriented use cases. You will need to establish and maintain trust with important partners and coordinate closely with many internal groups, including our Commercial, Product, Customer Success, and Marketing teams. Ideal candidates will be excited to partner with leading universities, NGOs and nonprofits, intergovernmental bodies, and companies across cultures and countries on implementing and scaling innovative technologies.
This is a full-time, remote position based in Nairobi, Kenya. It requires some travel within the region, as well as to Europe and North America.
Impact You’ll Own:
- Coordinate Impact programs and special projects while making sure they are delivered with excellence, particularly those involving Planet’s digital public goods, sponsored programs, and expanding Planet’s impact throughout Africa.
- Demonstrate the potential of Planet products to have significant beneficial impact for potential customers, partners, and stakeholders.
- Onboard and orient new Impact partners and customers; support product provisioning with Global Customer Success and Technical Support teams.
- Build and maintain long-lasting, trusted relationships with Impact partners and customers, acting as a key point of contact.
- Communicate clearly and consistently with Impact partners and customers throughout the relationship and project lifecycle, elevating and resolving important issues when needed.
- Assist Impact partners and customers to expand their usage and adoption of our products, particularly in the areas of food security and resilient agriculture, digital inclusion, population change and migration, land tenure and management, and nature restoration and conservation.
- Work directly with internal stakeholder groups to make sure that Planet Impact projects are appropriately scoped and feasible, properly contracted, and set up for success, as well as unblock issues if and as they arise.
What You Bring:
- 4+ years of experience in customer support and engagement or a related field.
- Bachelors’ degree or equivalent.
- Good working knowledge of satellite remote sensing, GIS and geospatial products.
- Ability to successfully communicate and coordinate with international partners and customers, and across internal teams.
- Solid problem-solving skills, proactive work style, and ability to work independently as well as with a team.
- Experience and interest in environmental stewardship, food security and livelihood improvement initiatives.
- Professional working proficiency in English, the language of the company.
- Ability to travel.
What Makes You Stand Out:
- Proficiency in French or Arabic.
- Extensive experience working in the region, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Demonstrated experience analyzing satellite remote sensing to support environmental conservation, humanitarian assistance, and/or climate change.
- A delivery-oriented mindset.
- Ability to thrive in a learning-by-doing environment.
Application Deadline:
June 10, 2026 by 11:59p / 23:59 CET (Central European Time)
Benefits While Working at Planet:
These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.
- 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
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Why we care so much about Belonging.
We’re 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. That’s why Planet is guided by an ultimate north star of Belonging—dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work. If this job intrigues you, but you’re 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 don’t just fill positions, we aspire to fulfill people’s 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 you’re excited to come along for the ride.
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Entrepreneurship Development Analyst: Nairobi
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Are you passionate about entrepreneurship, founder communities, and building meaningful learning experiences that help entrepreneurs thrive? Do you enjoy working at the intersection of programme coordination, community engagement, recruitment, and event execution? Are you energised by the opportunity to support founders from the moment they enter the programme through to active participation, milestone completion, and continued engagement?
Do you have strong organisational skills, a bias for action, and the ability to keep multiple moving parts running smoothly? Can you help drive stronger founder recruitment, higher engagement, better retention, and a more vibrant entrepreneurship community experience? Are you excited by the opportunity to work closely with an Entrepreneurship Development Manager to support one of ALX’s most important founder-facing portfolios?
If so, this could be the role for you.
About ALX Africa
ALX Africa, a non-profit organisation under the ALX Foundation, is dedicated to unlocking the potential of Africa's digital future. Formerly part of Sand Tech Holdings, we've embarked on an independent journey to provide world-class tech skills training and career acceleration programmes. Our mission is to bridge the digital divide, upskill and reskill talent, and create a generation of innovative leaders. By 2030, we aim to empower 2 million Africans to secure sustainable tech careers.
With hubs in 8 cities across Africa and counting, we provide safe access to quality learning and a dedicated network of expert instructors. Our innovative programmes equip learners with the practical skills and knowledge needed to succeed in today's rapidly evolving tech industry. Through a combination of rigorous coursework, industry partnerships, and hands-on projects, we prepare our students for in-demand roles in software engineering, data science, and cybersecurity.
We achieve this by:
- Providing young professionals with access to the most in-demand tech skills that will power the future.
- Empowering the next generation of technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders through challenging, real-world coursework.
- Building a lifelong, impactful community of tech professionals that supports them at all stages of their career journey.
Our impact thus far:
- 347k+ graduates since 2020
- 257k youth in work
- 31k youth starting own ventures
- 60k youth in jobs created by entrepreneurs
Visit our website www.alxafrica.com to learn more about our digital revolution.
Role Summary
The Entrepreneurship Development Analyst will support the delivery and growth of ALX’s entrepreneurship programming in Kenya with a strong focus on Founder Academy recruitment, founder engagement, event coordination, retention, and programme operations.
This is a highly execution-oriented role for someone who enjoys working directly with founders, coordinating events and experiences, driving engagement, and ensuring strong operational follow-through.
This individual will work closely with the Entrepreneurship Development Manager to strengthen founder pipeline conversion, maintain a high-quality cohort experience, improve retention and participation rates, and ensure entrepreneurship programmes are delivered with excellence and consistency across markets.
Specific Responsibilities
Founder Academy Recruitment and Pipeline Support
- Support recruitment and outreach efforts for the Founder Academy in Kenya to help achieve enrolment targets.
- Assist with lead generation, founder outreach, follow-up, screening coordination, and conversion activities across the recruitment funnel.
- Track prospective founder journeys from initial interest through application, onboarding, and enrolment to support stronger pipeline visibility and follow-through.
- Work closely with the Entrepreneurship Development Manager and relevant internal teams to ensure timely communication with prospective founders.
- Support the execution of recruitment campaigns, information sessions, outreach events, and other market activation activities that build programme awareness and attract strong candidates.
Founder Engagement and Cohort Experience
- Support the day-to-day engagement of founders throughout the Founder Academy journey to encourage participation, accountability, and programme completion.
- Help create a strong, responsive, and motivating founder experience from onboarding through active programme participation.
- Monitor founder attendance, engagement levels, milestone completion, and participation trends to identify risks early and support stronger retention.
- Conduct regular check-ins and follow-ups with founders to encourage consistency, resolve barriers to participation, and maintain momentum.
- Support the Entrepreneurship Development Manager in implementing engagement strategies that improve completion rates, learner satisfaction, and founder outcomes.
Events and Community Activation
- Coordinate and support entrepreneurship events designed to increase founder engagement, strengthen community, and maintain high retention across the cohort.
- Organise and execute community touchpoints such as onboarding sessions, founder meetups, fireside chats, office hours, networking events, pitch events, and ecosystem conversations.
- Manage logistics for in-person and virtual events, including planning, scheduling, communications, attendance tracking, and post-event follow-up.
- Help create engaging founder-facing experiences that build belonging, accountability, and excitement within the entrepreneurship community.
- Support the Entrepreneurship Development Manager in ensuring events are well-run, valuable to participants, and aligned with broader entrepreneurship goals.
Programme Coordination and Operational Support
- Support the smooth coordination and administration of entrepreneurship programmes in Kenya.
- Maintain accurate records related to recruitment, founder participation, attendance, progress tracking, and programme engagement.
- Assist with onboarding processes, scheduling, founder communications, session coordination, and operational preparation for programme delivery.
- Ensure timely follow-up on action items, founder needs, and operational requirements that contribute to a seamless programme experience.
- Provide executional support to the Entrepreneurship Development Manager across Founder Academy, incubator-related activities, and community initiatives as needed.
Monitoring, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement
- Track founder engagement, participation, retention, and progression data to support performance management and programme improvement.
- Help compile weekly and monthly updates on recruitment performance, cohort engagement, event participation, and founder progress.
- Identify emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities related to founder engagement and retention, and escalate them appropriately.
- Gather participant feedback and support analysis of founder experience to improve future programme delivery.
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by helping refine processes, communication flows, and engagement approaches over time.
Cross-Functional and Ecosystem Support
- Work closely with the Entrepreneurship Development Manager and internal teams to ensure strong coordination across entrepreneurship activities.
- Support relationship-building with local ecosystem players, mentors, speakers, and partners by assisting with communication, scheduling, and event coordination.
- Represent ALX professionally in founder-facing engagements and community touchpoints.
- Contribute to building a founder community that is active, connected, and aligned with ALX’s mission and values.
Skill Requirements - Essential
- 2 to 4 years of professional experience in programme coordination, community engagement, entrepreneurship support, events, partnerships, or a related role.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Entrepreneurship, Communications, Project Management, Education, or a related field.
- Strong interest in entrepreneurship, startups, founder support, and ecosystem-building.
- Experience supporting recruitment, engagement, programme operations, or community-building initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple activities and manage operational details with a high level of organisation and follow-through.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage participants professionally and clearly.
- Experience planning or supporting events, workshops, community sessions, or participant-facing experiences.
- Strong attention to detail and comfort with tracking data, participation, and progress across a programme or cohort.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Candidates must be based in Nairobi.
- This is an in-person role, and the successful candidate will be expected to work onsite as part of the Nairobi team.
- Legal authorisation to work in Kenya.
Skill Requirements - Preferable
- Experience working in an entrepreneurship hub, accelerator, incubator, learning community, youth programme, or startup support environment.
- Familiarity with cohort-based programme delivery and participant engagement models.
- Experience supporting CRM, pipeline tracking, or applicant conversion processes.
- Exposure to founder engagement, startup ecosystems, or innovation-focused programming.
- Experience supporting virtual communities or multi-country programme coordination.
- Strong event hosting or event coordination experience.
- Comfort using spreadsheets, reporting tools, and programme tracking systems.
Person Specification/Attributes
- Courage: Willingness to speak up, challenge the status quo, and embrace new challenges.
- Humility: Openness to learning, seeking help when needed, and a focus on serving others.
- Adventure: A passion for setting ambitious goals, tackling difficult tasks, and finding joy in the journey.
- Initiative: Proactive problem-solving, a sense of ownership, and a willingness to go above and beyond.
- Resilience: The ability to bounce back from setbacks, persevere through challenges, and emerge stronger.
Employment Type
This role is a full-time position
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