Contract Operations

Palantir
Washington +1 more
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in legal and contract administration with cross-functional project management skills.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with legal/contract administrative experience and a track record of managing cross-functional projects
    — “Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects”
  • Individuals who can work autonomously and maintain high urgency in fast-paced environments
    — “Ability to pivot quickly, anticipate needs and execute autonomously, with a high sense of urgency”
  • Proficient users of Microsoft Office and contract lifecycle management tools
    — “Proficiency in using Microsoft Office suite”

Things to consider

  • Initial commitment to 4 days per week in-office, with potential reduction to 2-3 days over time
    — “Initially 4 days per week in-office which can be reduced to 2-3 days longer term.”
  • No remote work options unless exceptional circumstances are met
    — “If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to identify and resolve business process inefficiencies in your resume
    — “Demonstrated ability to identify business process inefficiencies and drive process improvements”
  • Emphasize your experience with contract lifecycle management tools in your application materials
    — “Experience with contract lifecycle management tooling”
  • Showcase your ownership of tasks and meticulous attention to detail in your interview responses
    — “Meticulous attention to detail and organization and a strong sense of ownership”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • accurate records and reporting
  • effective collaboration with cross-functional teams
Typical background
3+ years of legal and/or contract administrative support experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Contract ManagementProject CoordinationCustomer Service

Preferred

Process ImprovementLegal And Contract Administrative Support

Stack & domain

Contract ManagementLegal SupportProject ManagementContract Lifecycle ManagementCustomer OnboardingCommunicationCollaborationLeadershipProblem-solvingCustomer ServiceLegalContract AdministrationFinanceSales

About the role

Original posting from Palantir via Lever

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.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Steer contracts through internal systems and coordinate input from various teams across Palantir for expertise, review and negotiation
  • Document drafting, processing, including formatting, clean-up, filing and executing agreements
  • Pilot the completion of customer onboarding forms
  • Ensure alignment on deals and forecasting expectations across a variety of teams at Palantir including legal, finance, deal team and sales
  • Maintain accurate records, report project metrics and track contractual terms
  • Manage business-specific strategic project work to enable the effective growth and scale of deal execution across the legal team

What We Value:

  • Ability to pivot quickly, anticipate needs and execute autonomously, with a high sense of urgency
  • Ability to collaborate with a cross-functional team, leveraging effective communication, strong writing and customer service skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail and organization and a strong sense of ownership
  • Demonstrated ability to identify business process inefficiencies and drive process improvements
  • A “no task too big, no task too small” mentality. Willingness and ability to work outside of standard business hours as needed

What We Require:

  • 3+ years of previous legal and/or contract administrative support experience, preferably in a fast-paced legal environment
  • Proficiency in using Microsoft Office suite
  • Experience with contract lifecycle management tooling
  • Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects
  • Initially 4 days per week in-office which can be reduced to 2-3 days longer term.

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.

If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.

Please note that you will never be asked to submit a payment or share financial information to participate in our interview process. If you suspect that you've been contacted by a scammer, we recommend you cease all communication with the individual and consider reporting them to the relevant authorities, such as the US FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

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Source: Palantir careers (Lever)

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