Technical Program Manager (TPM)

The role

As a Technical Program Manager, you will be the engine behind Palantir's engineering teams. You will work with developers to improve the development process and keep projects on track, removing roadblocks and anticipating customer needs.

What you will do

• Partner with software engineers, product managers, quality engineers and business leadership to drive key product deliverables through the full software development cycle.
• Turn product vision into concrete technical goals and team tasks, and triage requests from the field.
• Keep a complete picture of the status of your projects and resolve issues that could take them off course.
• Improve cross-team collaboration and align technical experts around shared objectives.
• Work with customer-facing engineering teams on implementation, roll-out and support of the product.

Required qualifications

• Relevant technical degree or experience in a software-related field (such as Systems Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering).
• 2+ years of project or program management experience, preferably in a fast-paced or dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated success managing complex software development projects for an enterprise software company or startup.
• Ability to engage in technical discussion and invest in learning technical concepts.
• Excellent judgment and composure in high-pressure situations.
• Creative approach to project management built on lightweight frameworks that enable rapid iteration.
• Ability and willingness to obtain a US security clearance at the Secret level or above.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus voluntary life insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• Automatic basic life, AD&D and disability insurance coverage.
• Commuter benefits and relocation assistance.
• Take-what-you-need paid time off, not accrual based.
• 2 weeks paid time off at the end of each year (subject to team and business needs).
• 10 paid holidays per calendar year.
• Leave of absence program, including military service and medical events.
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents.
• Fertility and family building benefits, including adoption, surrogacy and preservation.
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child.
• 401k plan.

Before you apply

• Requires ability and willingness to obtain a US security clearance at the Secret level or above.

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, used by partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions and locate missing children. The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.