Description
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
As a Technical Program Manager (TPM), you serve as a technical, external-facing program lead responsible for connecting our internal teams with government program offices, implementation teams, and industry partners. You act as a trusted representative with the customer, ensuring our capabilities, priorities, and business interests are clearly understood and appropriately prioritized across the broader program.
This position requires a combination of project management, process optimization, technical proficiency, and execution skills. You are a person who loves fixing problems, scaling technical solutions, and always embraces the best idea, even when it is not your own.
Core Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and drive execution against integrated master scheduled, requirements documentation, capability briefs, and other core program artifacts
- Translate technical capabilities and implementation progress into concise, decision-oriented briefs for customers, partners, and senior leaders
- Synthesize concrete technical goals from product vision, mapping global product strategy to granular team tasks and issues
- Keep broad and complete state of everything involving or related to your projects
- Enhance cross-team collaboration
- Navigate complex, multi-party program dynamics and proactively identify opportunities to strengthen our position and increase impact with the customer
What We Value
- Demonstrated success managing complex software development projects for an enterprise software company or startup
- Prior missile or missile defense experience, with experience supporting the Missile Defense Agency strongly preferred
- An ability to engage in technical discussions and invest in learning technical concepts
- Excellent judgment and composure in high-pressure situations
- A creative approach to project management centered around lightweight frameworks that enable rapid iteration
- An ability to develop strong relationships with customer-facing teams and a high level of empathy with our end-users’ needs
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to travel up to 75% based on program and customer needs
What We Require
- 2+ years of relevant industry experience, preferably supporting complex government, defense, aerospace, or national security programs
- Active Secret clearance at minimum, TS/SCI strongly preferred
Salary
The salary range for this position is estimated to be $93,000 - $160,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus, and other potential future incentives.
Benefits
- Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
- Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Relocation assistance
- Take what you need paid time off, not accrual-based
- 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year
- 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
- Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
- Fertility and family building benefits
- Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
- Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan