Commercial Administrative Business Partner at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Palantir Technologies· New York, NY·
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Job description
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.
The Role
Our team of Administrative Business Partners does more than just support our leaders: we’re the backbone of the busiest people at Palantir. We build positive relationships with the people we support and anticipate their needs without being asked. Our passion for helping others makes us an invaluable resource at Palantir!
As an Administrative Business Partner, you will be handling a variety of professional responsibilities, including calendaring, travel, and expenses. You are very organized and thrive off of enabling the people you support to be as productive and impactful as possible. You’ll demonstrate your excellent communication skills, and exercise tact and diplomacy in helping to manage relationships with internal and external senior team members at Palantir. In this role you'll also demonstrate good judgment and critical thinking by understanding competing priorities and actioning accordingly.
Core Responsibilities
- Provide administrative support to a portfolio of individuals/teams across the business.
- Handle sophisticated calendars in a fast-paced environment, and prioritize commitments to enhance time and productivity.
- Ability to manage and coordinate travel arrangements (domestic and international), which may occasionally be last minute and require flexibility and quick turnaround
- Track and process expense reports.
- Help plan, support, and complete office events and external gatherings.
- Work both autonomously and in collaboration with teammates, colleagues, and external contacts.
What We Value
- Ability to adjust quickly, anticipate needs, and implement autonomously, with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize and have a high sense of urgency.
- Excellent communication skills and perceptiveness.
- Ability to interact with a wide range of teams internally and externally with thoughtfulness and tact.
- High level of integrity, confidentiality, and discretion in both internal and external interactions.
What We Require
- At least three years of previous administrative or personal support experience, preferably in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent digital literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft products (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Experience with scheduling sophisticated international and domestic travel itineraries.
- Familiarity with travel booking and expense reporting software.
Why work at Palantir Technologies
- Culture: Mission‑driven engineering environment where engineers work directly on the hardest problems for critical institutions. “We’re engineers, not academics.”
- Autonomy and impact: New hires are trusted with responsibility from day one and are paired with a mentor. “Palantir trusts our early talent engineers to make an impact from day one.”
- Flexibility: Take‑what‑you‑need time‑off policy; offices closed for two weeks in December; flexible working arrangements including remote work when appropriate.
- Benefits: Generous paid parental leave, fertility services, adoption assistance, equity programs, mental health support (virtual therapy, meditation), and robust healthcare coverage.
- Diversity & inclusion: Equal Employment Opportunity employer; publishes UK Gender Pay Gap Report; strives for “many pathways to success” beyond traditional career ladders. [palantir.com/careers/life-at-palantir]