Legal Counsel - Contracts

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.

Palantir’s dynamic in-house legal team works to proactively address legal issues so that Palantir can continue to drive and deliver positive impact in the world. As Legal Counsel, you will provide critical support across the company by owning the drafting and negotiating process of a variety of in‑bound third‑party contracts, including vendor agreements, partnership agreements, and non‑disclosure agreements. In this role, you’ll have the unique and exciting opportunity to develop, implement, and run Palantir’s contracting negotiation workflow across multiple internal teams and stakeholders.

You’ll maintain focus on thoughtfully reducing risk across our in‑bound contract requests while also holding the larger vision needed to bring a large and multi‑stepped procurement workflow to completion.

Our ideal candidate proactively and effectively issue spots to streamline the contracting and negotiating process while maintaining meticulously organization to handle a large volume of agreements in a fast‑paced environment. We seek a service‑oriented individual who enjoys working collaboratively across an organization to solve problems and will strive to utilize technology and workflows in order to increase efficiency.

• Draft, review, negotiate, and close various agreements across Palantir – with a focus on vendor agreements, partnership agreements, confidentiality agreements, and infrastructure agreements.
• Develop, implement, and own a contract management workflow that will exist across multiple internal teams and stakeholders.
• Manage and maintain Palantir’s form contract repositories.
• Collaborate with teams across Palantir and work cross‑functionally with internal stakeholders, including Sales, Business Development, Finance, Security, Procurement and other relevant teams.

• Proven ability drafting, negotiating, and managing a variety of contractual agreements, including SaaS, subcontractor, goods, and services agreements.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; aptitude for building strong cross‑functional working relationships across a global organization.
• Experience with data privacy and information security agreements.
• Ability to multitask, problem solve, and balance competing priorities in a rapidly changing environment.
• Proactive self‑starter and willingness to tackle tasks and situations to ensure efficiency in high‑pressure, high‑volume environments.
• Technical acumen to effectively use contract management tools, streamline processes, and creatively enhance procurement efficiency.

• Attorney in good standing with 3+ years experience in commercial contract negotiations.
• Experience with contract life‑cycle management systems, including procure‑to‑pay systems.

The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000 – $200,000/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.

• 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…