Palantir

Commercial Contracts Specialist

Palantir$90K — $130K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of commercial contracting experience
  • Experience drafting and negotiating software and SaaS agreements
  • Strong writing and communication skills
  • Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Demonstrated experience in creating processes and trainings for efficiency

Responsibilities

  • Optimize deal support by scaling processes, forms, and resources
  • Collaborate with attorneys to negotiate and close large commercial contracts
  • Manage communications with customers during the contracting process
  • Advise internal partners on contract-related questions
  • Support special projects that arise in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
  • Automatic coverage by basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
  • Commuter benefits offered
  • Unlimited paid time off with 2 weeks paid at year-end
  • 10 paid holidays per year
  • Supportive leave for military service and medical events
  • Paid leave for new parents with subsidized backup care
  • Fertility and family building benefits
  • 401k plan enrollment available
Full Job Description
The Role

Palantir's in-house legal team works to proactively address legal issues so that Palantir can continue to drive positive impact in the world. As a Commercial Contracts Specialist, you will be a non-attorney partnering closely with Commercial Counsel to effectively support our rapidly growing portfolio of commercial customers. In this role, you will also work closely with Palantir's Sales, Legal, Finance, and Engineering teams, while owning the drafting, administration, and negotiation of commercial customer contracts, and building infrastructure to support our commercial customers at scale.

As you develop expertise with our commercial contracts and build relationships with our internal partners, you will become adept at quickly researching and answering factual and interpretive contractual questions as needed. You will also support various special projects that arise at our fast-paced, mission-focused company.

We're a team that values both creativity and teamwork - whether operating solo or collaboratively, we seek to achieve great results on challenging, time-sensitive projects. You'll be given open ended objectives and will find ways to turn them into outcomes. By focusing on the broad vision without losing sight of the details, you'll bring large and multi-phase projects to successful completion while prioritizing team outcomes over individual wins. You are able to deliver complex information in an understandable way, and can manage high touch stakeholders in a constantly shifting landscape. You are ready to become an expert on the intricate details of the contracts that enable Palantir to implement its cutting-edge technology to solve real-world problems. You are passionate about conceiving and implementing scalable systems that increase your impact, and that of the Commercial Contracting team, over time.

Core Responsibilities

  • Optimize deal support by scaling Palantir's processes, forms, and resources
  • Collaborate with attorneys to structure, negotiate, and close large commercial customer contracts and complex commercial transactions
  • Manage communications with prospective and existing customers during the contracting process and collaborate with internal Sales, Finance, and Engineering teams to drive deals to execution
  • Advise internal partners on contract-related questions, tasks and best practices, using discretion and priority setting skills to escalate as necessary


What We Value

  • Ability to maintain accurate records, report project metrics and track contractual terms, using meticulous attention to detail and organization
  • Demonstrated experience approaching problems creatively and analytically, remaining adaptable to a changing business landscape
  • Ability to collaborate with a cross-functional team, leveraging effective communication, strong writing and customer service skills
  • Demonstrated experience developing processes and trainings that drive team efficiency and transparency
  • Willingness and ability to work outside of standard business hours as needed


What We Require

  • 3+ years of commercial contracting experience
  • Experience drafting and negotiating software and SaaS agreements


Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $90,000 - $130,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual's relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.

Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians' lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.

Benefits
• Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
• Employees are automatically covered by Palantir's basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
• 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 including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
• Employees can enroll in Palantir's 401k plan

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.

About Palantir

Palantir Technologies is a software and services company that specializes in big data analytics. The company was founded in 2003 by a group of PayPal alumni, including Peter Thiel, and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Palantir's software is used by government agencies, financial institutions, and other organizations to analyze large amounts of data and make better decisions. The company has been the subject of controversy due to its work with government agencies, including the CIA and ICE.
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