Deployment Strategist - US Government

About the role

At its core, the Deployment Strategist role centers around leveraging data in operational and real‑world action. Customers come with a hunch that better use of data is needed to protect troops, manufacture high‑quality products, structure healthcare policies, or deliver aid to refugees safely. Deployment Strategists turn that hunch into reality by synthesizing disconnected streams of thought into a cohesive understanding of the most important problem, what the data means, what the product needs, user motivations, and potential impact.

Responsibilities

• Go onsite and meet with customer analysts to understand critical questions and locate pain points.
• Identify relevant datasets through deep engagement with customer problems and workflows, and work with Forward Deployed Engineers to integrate data into a stable, extensible pipeline.
• Work with the customer to build bespoke workflows for new user groups.
• Lead training sessions to ensure the product meets user needs and is used widely enough to have concrete impact.
• Present results and proposals for future work to audiences ranging from analysts to C‑suite executives.
• Embed with Software Engineering and Product Design teams to incorporate field insights into cross‑Palantir product offerings.
• Build and deliver demos to new and existing customers.
• Scope out potential engagements in new industries and expanding locations worldwide.

What We Value

• Team members who aren’t satisfied with surface‑level answers and desire to dive into data details.
• Low ego – outcome matters more than credit.
• Extraordinary ability to take on open‑ended problems in unstructured environments.
• Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, teach, lead, and follow.

Requirements

• Active US Security Clearance at or above the Secret level.

Schedule

Ability to travel 25 %–75 % required (varies by location and team).

Skills

• Experience with programming, scripting, or statistical packages (e.g., Python, R, Matlab, SQL) – a plus.

Pay

The estimated salary range for this position is $110,000 – $170,000 per year. Total compensation may also include Restricted Stock Units, sign‑on bonus, and other potential future incentives, determined by individual qualifications, experience, skills, and other factors.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (employees and eligible dependents can enroll); voluntary life insurance.
• Automatic basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Commuter benefits.
• Relocation assistance.
• Take‑what‑you‑need paid time off (not accrual based) plus 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 (adoption, surrogacy, preservation, etc.).
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child.
• Ability to enroll in Palantir’s 401(k) plan.