Senior Project Manager Palantir--Houston, TX

Position: Senior Project Manager – Palantir Foundry Platform

Location: Houston, TX

Duration: 6+ months

Work Model : Hybrid – 4 days onsite and 1 day remote per week

Start date: ASAP

Job Description:

Position: Senior Project Manager – Palantir Foundry Platform

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead end-to-end delivery of Palantir Foundry initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and quality expectations.
2. Partner with Product Owners, Palantir Foundry Developers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and business stakeholders to define project scope, priorities, and delivery roadmaps.
3. Manage Agile project execution, including backlog planning, sprint coordination, release planning, dependency management, and stakeholder communications.
4. Coordinate cross-functional teams across Data & Analytics, Enterprise Applications, Infrastructure, Cloud, Integration, Security, and business organizations.
5. Support development and deployment of Palantir Foundry data pipelines, applications, workflows, and operational use cases by coordinating technical and business teams.
6. Track project schedules, milestones, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies while maintaining executive dashboards and status reporting.
7. Facilitate governance meetings, steering committee reviews, and executive presentations to ensure timely decision-making and project alignment.
8. Collaborate with enterprise architecture and platform teams to ensure Palantir Foundry solutions align with enterprise standards, security, and data governance requirements.
9. Coordinate testing, user acceptance, production deployments, and post-implementation stabilization activities.
10. Manage vendor coordination, resource planning, and cross-team collaboration to ensure successful platform delivery.
11. Drive continuous improvement by identifying delivery efficiencies, process enhancements, and Agile best practices across the product team.
12. Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and technical leadership while providing proactive communication, risk management, and delivery oversight.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of Project/Program Management experience delivering enterprise technology or Data & Analytics initiatives.
• Hands-on experience managing Palantir Foundry implementations or product teams is required. Candidates with prior Palantir Foundry development experience are highly preferred.
• Strong experience managing Agile delivery using Scrum, Kanban, or Hybrid methodologies, including backlog management, sprint planning, and release coordination.
• Experience working with enterprise Data Engineering, Data Integration, Cloud platforms, APIs, analytics solutions, and large-scale data transformation programs.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, and/or Primavera P6, with excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.