Technical Program Manager — Government & Defense Programs

Palantir; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Relocation assistance

2 weeks paid time off increased end of

401k plan

Job summary

Palantir is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex government software programs. You will align internal teams with government offices, implement partners and industry collaborators, and serve as a trusted customer representative.

The role emphasizes problem-solving, scalable technical solutions, and a bias for action. Responsibilities include creating execution plans, delivering concise briefings, and maintaining program artifacts across multi-party environments.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant industry experience, preferably supporting complex government, defense, aerospace or national security programs.
• Active Secret clearance at minimum, TS/SCI strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and drive execution against integrated master schedule, requirements documentation, capability briefs and other core program artifacts.
• Translate technical capabilities and implementation progress into concise, decision-oriented briefs for customers, partners and senior leaders.
• Synthesize concrete technical goals from product vision, mapping global product strategy to granular team tasks and issues.
• Keep broad and complete state of everything involving or related to your projects. Pre-empt and resolve any issues that may steer projects off-course.
• Enhance cross-team collaboration. Read a room of technical experts to align them around shared objectives.
• Navigate complex, multi-party program dynamics and proactively identify opportunities to strengthen our position and increase impact with the customer

Skills

Program management

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Adaptability

Job description

Palantir is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex government software programs. You will align internal teams with government offices, implement partners and industry collaborators, and serve as a trusted customer representative.

The role emphasizes problem-solving, scalable technical solutions, and a bias for action. Responsibilities include creating execution plans, delivering concise briefings, and maintaining program artifacts across multi-party environments.