(Senior) Earth Observation Data Supplier Manager (f/m/x)

You will develop LiveEO's Earth Observation (EO) data strategy jointly with our product and commercial teams, identifying the right data sources, building strong relationships with EO data suppliers, and ensuring our data procurement decisions support the product roadmap. This includes managing our portfolio of commercial data suppliers, and acting as the key link between internal teams and external partners on sourcing and tasking decisions. It's a role that sits at the intersection of strategy, supplier relationships, and hands-on tasking operations.

Cross functional collaboration:

1. Product & Commercial teams - align data sourcing decisions with product requirements and the roadmap; support tasking planning and monitoring

2. External EO data suppliers & operators - primary point of contact for relationship management, contract negotiation, and SLA tracking

Tech stack and tools:

1. Satellite tasking and ordering platforms/portals from data providers

2. Contract and SLA tracking tools

3. GIS & Map tools

4. Tasking Planning and monitoring tools

5. Internal collaboration tools (Slack, Confluence, Linear, or equivalent) for cross-team coordination

• Collaborate with product and commercial teams to develop and refine LiveEO's EO data strategy.

• Support product and commercial teams with tasking planning and monitoring.

• Screen and recommend data products from existing and new satellite operators based on product and coverage requirements.

• Drive the sourcing strategy for different types of remote sensing data.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with our EO data suppliers.

• Manage data contracts and SLAs, and keep track of costs and usage.

• Act as the connector between product, engineering, commercial, and external data suppliers.

• Experience in commercial EO data, remote sensing, or the geospatial industry.

• Good understanding of satellite imagery products and the commercial EO data landscape and use cases.

• Hands-on experience with or strong interest in satellite tasking workflows and acquisition planning.

• Comfortable working across teams and managing external stakeholder relationships.

• Handle contracts and reporting.

• Fluent in English.

• Strong Project Management and communication skills.

• Fluent in German is a plus.

• The opportunity to create a product that can improve business processes and lives across the globe.

• Flexible working hours and hybrid work model - we trust our employees to get their work done while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

• We empower employees to drive their own career development, take initiative and have the freedom to be creative and bold.

• Not an overtime culture - we take care that overtime is done only as a necessity and always offset with time off and rest.

• A collaborative and learning environment - frequent internal workshops, knowledge sharing sessions, journal clubs and hackathons.

• Office located in the centre of Berlin Kreuzberg with free fruit, nuts and drinks.

• Potential to participate in the employee stock option program.

• Urban Sports membership and BVG subsidy, corporate pension program.

• A diverse and vibrant international environment of 30+ different nationalities

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