Technical Program Manager (TPM) - Defense
Technical Program Manager drives defense product development by partnering with engineers and product teams to deliver high-quality software, manage projects, resolve issues, and ensure cross-team alignment in fast-paced environments. Requires 2+ years experience and technical aptitude.
About the job
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.
Skills
Project Management, Software Development, Agile Methodologies, Technical Communication, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Jira, Confluence, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Process Optimization
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