Technical Program Manager - US Government

A World-Changing Company

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.

The Role 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. This means triaging requests from the field to create maximum focus for the team, while escalating items that need immediate attention.

Keep broad and complete state of everything involving or related to your projects. Pre-empt and resolve any issues that may steer projects off-course.

Enhance cross-team collaboration. Read a room of technical experts to align them around shared objectives. Improve efficiency where you see miscommunication or lack of coordination.

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 discussion 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, while operating in harmony with a larger development organization

An ability to develop strong relationship with customer-facing teams and a high level of empathy with our end-users’ needs

Meticulous attention to detail, including holding tightly to your team’s vision and maintaining a high product quality bar

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. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual's relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.

Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an emplo …