Deployment Strategist, New Grad, Warp Speed
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About the Role
The Deployment Strategist role centers around using data in operational and real-world action. The Warp Speed Deployment role centers around using data in operational and real-world action. Deployment Strategists are responsible for turning customer hunches into reality. As a Deployment Strategist, you'll work as part of a driven and creative team to deploy software against the most exciting problems our world faces. Your mission is to synthesize disconnected streams of thought into an understanding of what the most important problem is, what the data means, what the product needs, what users are motivated by, and where the impact could be. You'll immerse yourself in our customers' most intricate workflows, partner with customer teams, explore data, and plunge into the product landscape to enable scaling. A select number of Deployment Strategists may also be deployed to Palantir internal teams and problems. The problems you'll seek will require a curious and analytical approach, a sharp intuition for product, and a strong degree of user insight to ultimately empower our customers to improve decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Go onsite and meet with customer analysts to understand critical questions and locate biggest problems.
- Identify relevant datasets through deep engagement with customer problems and workflows.
- Work with Forward Deployed Engineers to integrate data into a stable and extensible pipeline.
- Work with the customer to build customized workflows for new user groups.
- Lead training sessions to ensure the product is meeting user needs and having concrete impact on operations.
- Present the results of work 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 observations into cross-Palantir product offerings.
- Build and deliver demos to new and existing customers.
- Scope out potential engagements in new industries and expanding locations around the world.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Experience with programming, scripting, or statistical packages (e.g., Python, R, Matlab, SQL).
Qualifications
- U.S. Person Required.
- Must be graduating in December 2026 or Spring 2027.
- Ability to travel 25% – 75% required.
- Team members who aren’t satisfied with surface-level answers and will dive into the details of the data.
- Low ego because the outcome matters more than who gets the credit.
- Extraordinary ability to confront open-ended problems in unstructured environments.
- Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, guide, lead, and follow.