GRC Program Manager

Palantir Technologies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Commuter benefits

PTO

Job summary

Palantir Technologies is seeking a GRC Program Manager to lead governance, risk, and compliance initiatives across Commercial, International, and USG environments. You will design scalable processes, coordinate FedRAMP/SOC 2/ISO 27001 audits, and translate regulatory requirements into actionable workflows for engineering, legal, and customer‑facing teams.

The role emphasizes proactive risk management, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to manage complex program milestones in a dynamic

Qualifications

• Experience building and scaling GRC programs for complex software environments.
• Familiarity with multiple regulatory frameworks and audit cycles.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into actionable workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, document, and improve compliance processes and frameworks.
• Coordinate internal and external audit cycles (FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.).
• Track audit timelines, control status, and monitoring obligations.
• Foster cross‑team collaboration to deliver GRC outcomes across product lifecycles.
• Synthesize regulatory goals into concrete team tasks and priorities.
• Support customer‑facing engineering teams on compliance features and certifications.
• Maintain a transparent, up‑to‑date view of all project state and risks.

Skills

GRC frameworks

SOC 2

ISO 27001

FedRAMP

NIST 800-53

Audit coordination

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Job description

GRC Program Manager

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.

Role Overview

As a GRC Program Manager, you are the engine behind Palantir’s Governance, Risk, and Compliance programs. You partner with compliance engineers, security teams, and developers to design and scale the processes that keep our Commercial, International, and US Government businesses operating at the highest regulatory standards. You track and stabilize projects, remove roadblocks, and anticipate stakeholder needs to free up our specialists to focus on the problems they are best equipped to solve.

Core Responsibilities

• Design, document, and continuously improve compliance processes and frameworks to scale GRC operations across Commercial, IG, and USG environments.
• Serve as connective tissue across teams, translating regulatory requirements into actionable workflows and ensuring accountability at every stage of the compliance lifecycle.
• Coordinate across internal and external audit cycles (FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.), ensuring evidence collection, remediation tracking, and stakeholder communication stay on schedule.
• Keep broad and complete state of everything involving or related to your projects, including audit timelines, control implementation status, and continuous monitoring obligations. Pre‑empt and resolve any issues that may steer projects off‑course.
• Enhance cross‑team collaboration across engineering, legal, and customer‑facing teams to drive key GRC deliverables through the entire software development and compliance lifecycle.
• Synthesize concrete compliance goals from product and regulatory vision, mapping global 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.
• Work with customer‑facing engineering teams on adoption, roll‑out, and support of compliance‑related product features and certifications.

What We Value

• Demonstrated success managing compliance programs for an enterprise software company, startup or other company.
• Experience with multiple GRC frameworks and standards, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, IRAP or ENS. Experience in USG‑specific frameworks is particularly valuable: FedRAMP, NIST 800‑53, DoD CC SRG, FISMA, or CMMC.
• Excellent judgment and composure in high‑pressure situations, including during active audits or compliance incidents.
• A creative approach to project management centered around lightweight frameworks that enable rapid iteration, while operating in harmony with a larger development and compliance organization.
• An ability to develop strong relationships with key internal stakeholders (including customer‑facing teams), auditors, and regulators, with a high level of empathy for our end‑users’ needs.
• Meticulous attention to detail, including holding tightly to your team’s compliance and product quality bar.
• A proven track record of building and scaling compliance processes from the ground up, particularly in USG‑regulated environments.
• Experience with risk management methodologies, including maintaining risk registers, conducting risk assessments, and managing third‑party or vendor risk programs.

What We Require

• This role requires that you work from the country listed on this job posting and that you are based within a commutable distance of your local Palantir office.
• Willingness and eligibility to obtain a U.S. security clearance preferred.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is $90,000 – $160,000/year. Total compensation may also include Restricted Stock units, sign‑on bonus, and other potential future incentives. The estimate excludes the value of any potential sign‑on bonus, 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.
• 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 401(k) plan.

We are 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.