Deployment Strategist - Japan Forward Deployed

Palantir; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Supportive leave for military service and medical events

Job summary

Palantir is seeking a Deployment Strategist to work in Tokyo, Japan. This role involves leveraging data to solve complex problems, working closely with customer teams to transform data into actionable insights.

Key responsibilities include identifying relevant datasets, leading customer training sessions, and ensuring effective use of Palantir's products. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills, adaptability, and an active Top Secret Clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience with data-driven decision making.
• Ability to engage with customers and understand their needs.
• Adaptable and willing to tackle open-ended problems.

Responsibilities

• Identify datasets to solve customer problems.
• Work with engineers to integrate data into processes.
• Lead customer training sessions on products.

Skills

Problem-solving

Data analysis

Programming/Scripting (Python, SQL)

User empathy

Education

Active Top Secret Clearance

Tools

Python

R

Matlab

SQL

Job description

NOTE: Although this position is in support of our US Government work, this role is located in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

What We're About

At its core, the Deployment Strategist role centers around leveraging data in operational and real-world action. Our customers come to us with a hunch that the only way to protect their troops, manufacture high-quality products, structure effective healthcare policies, or deliver aid to refugees safely is to make better use of their data. Deployment Strategists are responsible for turning that hunch into reality.

What We Do

As a Deployment Strategist, you'll work as part of a driven and creative team of Engineers, Product Designers, and other Deployment Strategists to deploy software against the most challenging problems our world faces. Your mission is to synthesize disconnected streams of thought into a cohesive understanding of what the most important problem is, what the data means, what the product needs, what users are motivated by, and where the impact could be.

Deployment Strategists are do-ers who immerse themselves in our customers' most intricate workflows, partner with customer teams and explore the data, and dive into the product landscape to enable us to scale. A select number of Deployments Strategists may also be deployed to Palantir internal teams and problems. In this role, the problems you'll tackle will require a curious and analytical mindset, a sharp intuition for product, and a strong degree of user empathy to ultimately empower our customers to make better decisions.

• Go onsite and meet with customer analysts to understand the critical questions they need to answer and locate their biggest pain points.
• Identify relevant datasets through deep engagement with customer problems and workflows, and work with Forward Deployed Engineers to integrate the data into a stable and extensible pipeline.
• Work with the customer to build bespoke workflows for new user groups.
• Lead training sessions to ensure that the product is meeting user needs, and to ensure it is being used widely enough to have concrete impact on our partners' operations.
• Present the results of our work and proposals for future work to audiences ranging from analysts to C-suite executives.
• Embed with our Software Engineering and Product Design teams to incorporate what you saw in the field into cross-Palantir product offerings.
• Build and deliver demos to new and existing customers.
• Scope out potential engagements in new industries and in increasingly expanding locations around the world.
• We value team members who aren’t satisfied with surface-level answers. We value the desire to dive into the details of the data because that’s the core of our work. And we value low ego because the outcome matters more than who gets the credit.
• Extraordinary ability to take on open-ended problems in unstructured environments.
• Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, teach, lead and follow.
• Ability to travel 25 – 75% within country required. Varies by location and team.
• Experience with programming, scripting or statistical packages (e.g. Python, R, Matlab, SQL) is a plus.
• Active Top Secret Clearance with eligibility and willingness to obtain SCI.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $110,000 - $170,000/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.

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.
• If hired to deploy via SOFA to Japan, you will be eligible for the standard new hire relocation benefit if you need to relocate > 50 miles for the job.
• 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 built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs).
• 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 including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation.
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child.
• Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan.

Life at Palantir

We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.