Technical Program Manager (TPM) - Defense

The role

You will act as the program manager for Palantir's engineering teams on the defense software product. You will keep projects on track, remove blockers, and help engineers, product managers, and designers ship high-quality software.

What you will do

• Partner with software engineers, product managers, quality engineers and designers across the full software development cycle.
• Turn product strategy into concrete team tasks and triage requests from the field.
• Track the status of all related projects and resolve issues that could take them off course.
• Improve cross-team collaboration and coordination.
• Work with customer-facing engineering teams on adoption, roll-out and support of the product.

Required qualifications

• Relevant technical degree or experience in a software-related field (Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, etc.).
• 2+ years of project or program management experience.
• Demonstrated success managing complex software development projects for an enterprise software company or startup.
• Ability to engage in technical discussion and learn technical concepts.
• Excellent judgment and composure in high-pressure situations.
• Ability and willingness to obtain a US security clearance at the Secret level or above.

Nice to have

• Experience in a fast-paced or dynamic environment (listed under the 2+ years requirement; not marked as preferred on its own).

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance, with voluntary life insurance for employees and eligible dependents
• Automatic basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Relocation assistance
• Flexible 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 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 for expenses that come with a new child
• 401k plan

Before you apply

• Must be able 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 in areas such as drug development, supply chain forecasting and locating missing children. Its defense product vertical builds mission-critical software for military customers.