Technical Program Manager (TPM) - Defense

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

Relocation assistance

401k plan

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Technical Program Manager to optimize development processes within its defense product vertical. This role involves working with engineering teams to manage projects, resolve roadblocks, and ensure high-quality product delivery. The ideal candidate should possess a relevant technical degree, experience in project management, and a passion for solving complex problems in high-pressure situations. Comprehensive benefits are provided, including medical insurance and generous paid time off.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of project/program management experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with customer-facing teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with software engineers and product managers to drive product deliverables.
• Synthesize technical goals from product vision.
• Resolve project-related issues proactively.
• Enhance cross-team collaboration for efficiency.
• Work with customer-facing teams on product adoption.

Skills

Project management

Process optimization

Technical aptitude

Excellent judgment

Detail orientation

Education

Relevant technical degree or experience in a software-related field

Job description

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.

The Role

Palantir's defense product vertical builds mission-critical products for the modern warfighter. We provide a complete ecosystem where customers can securely integrate and visualize their data, and build sophisticated, full‑fledged programs such as common operating pictures, alert‑triaging inboxes, and resource allocation planning tools driven by rich‑ML models. Our customers use our defense offering to perform rich analyses that drive core operations within their organizations – these programs are relied upon for daily operations in the command centers and battlefronts of militaries across the world.

As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) focused on our defense product offering, you are the engine behind Palantir’s engineering teams. You partner with developers to optimize our development process and make sure we’re shipping high quality products every day. You track and stabilize projects, remove roadblocks, and anticipate stakeholder needs to free up our engineers to focus their time and attention on the technical problems they are best equipped to solve.

This position requires a combination of project management, process optimization, technical aptitude and execution skills. You are a person who loves fixing problems and always embraces the best idea, even when it is not your own.

Core Responsibilities

• Partner with Palantir software engineers, product managers, quality engineers, and designers to drive key product deliverables through the entire software development cycle.
• Synthesize concrete technical goals from product vision, mapping global product 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.
• 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. Improve efficiency where you see miscommunication or lack of coordination.
• Work with customer‑facing engineering teams on adoption, roll out, and support of your product.

What We Value

• Demonstrated success managing complex software development projects for an enterprise software company or startup.
• An ability to engage in technical discussion and invest in learning technical concepts.
• Excellent judgment and composure in high‑pressure situations.
• A creative approach to project management centered around lightweight frameworks that enable rapid iteration, while operating in harmony with a larger development organization.
• An ability to develop strong relationship with customer‑facing teams and a high level of empathy with our end‑users’ needs.
• Meticulous attention to detail, including holding tightly to your team’s vision and maintaining a high product quality bar.
• Ability and willingness to obtain a US security clearance at the Secret designation or above.

What We Require

• Relevant technical degree or experience in a software‑related field (Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, etc.).
• 2+ years of project/program management experience, preferably in a fast‑paced or dynamic environment.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $93,000 - $160,000/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.

Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.

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
• Relocation assistance
• 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.

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