Deployment Strategist - Japan Forward Deployed

The role

You will work with a team of engineers, product designers and other strategists to apply Palantir software to complex operational problems. You will go onsite with customers, identify their data needs, build workflows, run training and present results to audiences from analysts to executives.

What you will do

• Go onsite and meet customer analysts to understand their critical questions and biggest pain points.
• Identify relevant datasets and work with Forward Deployed Engineers to integrate them into a data pipeline.
• Work with customers to build bespoke workflows for new user groups.
• Lead training sessions to ensure the product meets user needs and is used widely.
• Present results and proposals for future work to analysts and C-suite executives.
• Embed with Software Engineering and Product Design teams to incorporate field findings into product offerings.
• Build and deliver demos to new and existing customers.
• Scope potential engagements in new industries and locations around the world.

Required qualifications

• Extraordinary ability to take on open-ended problems in unstructured environments.
• Curious and analytical mindset, with a desire to dig into the details of data.
• Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, teach, lead and follow.
• Ability to travel 25 - 75% within country.
• Active Top Secret clearance with eligibility and willingness to obtain SCI.

Nice to have

• Experience with programming, scripting or statistical packages such as Python, R, Matlab or SQL.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus voluntary life insurance, for employees and eligible dependents.
• Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance, automatically covered.
• Commuter benefits.
• Standard new hire relocation benefit if relocating more than 50 miles for a SOFA deployment to Japan.
• Support for home and host tax returns and tax equalization.
• 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 year.
• Leave of absence program including military service and medical events.
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care.
• Fertility and family building benefits, including adoption, surrogacy and preservation.
• Stipend for expenses that come with a new child.

Before you apply

• Requires an active Top Secret clearance, with eligibility and willingness to obtain SCI.
• Role is in support of US Government work, located in Tokyo.
• Hiring includes a deployment via SOFA to Japan if applicable, per the benefits section.

About the company

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