--- title: 'People Relations Specialist at Palantir Technologies' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/people-relations-specialist-palantir-technologies-washington-rmqrbe17fmxw' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # People Relations Specialist at Palantir Technologies - **Company:** Palantir Technologies - **Location:** Washington, DC - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-05-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/palantir/5eed9e3f-28b6-407f-b0be-ed26bc349895 ## 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 As a People Relations Specialist, you will partner with our Employment Counsel, People Partners, and the business to address, navigate, and productively manage people issues surrounding conduct, performance, and culture. You will be responsible for running workplace investigations end to end and will partner with Employment Counsel, People Partners and Business Leaders on owning outcomes and closing out cases in a manner consistent with our culture and business values. In addition to resolving investigations, complaints and determining appropriate disciplinary actions, you will also provide pragmatic HR advice and assist the broader People Team with other employment issues and cross functional efforts that shape our culture, values, and offerings. Core Responsibilities - Lead all aspects of People Relations cases, including: Partnering with People Partners and Employment Counsel on investigation strategy and risk assessment. Conducting interviews, preparing reports, and owning investigation outcomes and close out. Tracking and preparing status updates, coordinating input from multiple team members; and advising and overseeing disciplinary and remediation actions. - Support sophisticated and/or nuanced people focused discussions around topics like performance, team dynamics, cultural topics, etc. - Develop programs and training and policy content on People Relations issues and host regular training sessions for employees. - Partner with People Team to create data-driven solutions that highlight employee relations trends and advise decision-making. - Partner with People Partners and other internal leaders on people focused programs that ensure our employee population is supported to do their best work. - Contribute to internal and external audits / projects relating to HR and compliance policies and practices. ## What We Value - Ability to operate with empathy and work toward de-escalation of challenging and/or intense conversations. - Ability to navigate nuanced situations, calibrate with stakeholders, and display good judgement. - Ability to model respectful and conscientious behavior in difficult and uncomfortable situations surrounding an investigation. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to deal with critical matters and establish and build trust in cross-functional relationships. - Ability to work independently, stay highly organized, and prioritize a number of matters efficiently. ## What We Require - 3+ years of experience in employee relations in an Employee Relations Specialist, HR Business Partner, or equivalent role. - Validated knowledge of HR processes and US & UK employment laws. Background in other international jurisdictions a plus. - Ability to build trust with a variety of stakeholders, understand business context and strategy, and navigate nuanced org structures. - Experience in conducting workplace concern intake meetings, investigations, and conflict resolution. - Experience in building out Employee Relations processes and best practices. - Excellent written and verbal communication technique and style in the area of workplace concerns and investigation. - Excellent writing, presentation, and training skills. - Strong analytical and problem solving ability. - Background in the tech sector and/or with sales organizations is a plus. - Ability to travel occasionally. ## About Palantir Technologies ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Palantir builds software platforms that empower organizations to integrate their data, decisions, and operations at scale. - **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: PLTR) - **Headquarters**: Miami, Florida, United States - **Founded**: 2003 - **Founders**: Not explicitly listed in provided sources (widely reported as Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, and Stephen Cohen) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Data integration, artificial intelligence, defense & intelligence, commercial analytics - **Target customers**: Government agencies (defense, intelligence, civil), large commercial enterprises, and regulated industries - **Mission or purpose**: “Build foundational software for tomorrow” and design technology that helps institutions protect liberty while making human‑driven analysis of real‑world data possible [palantir.com/about] ## Products & Services - **Palantir Gotham**: Platform for the intelligence and defense community, enabling counterterrorism investigations and operations. - **Palantir Foundry**: Foundational data operations platform providing data management, logic authoring, ontology development, analytics, and workflow building. - **Palantir Apollo**: Continuous delivery platform that orchestrates upgrades and manages the infrastructure hosting other Palantir platforms. - **Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP)**: Generative AI platform with secure connectivity to third‑party LLMs, development toolchain for AI agents, AI‑enabled end‑user applications, and evaluation frameworks for governing AI workflows. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: $100.6 B (as of the search date, approximate) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $4.5 B (latest fiscal year); IPO in 2020 - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Public market investors; major U.S. and allied government agencies, commercial clients across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and logistics - **Growth Signals**: 3,843 employees (+20.2% YoY, +998 people); operations in 12 countries; workforce distributed across 49 countries; continued expansion of AIP and commercial customer base ## Competitive Advantages - **Engineer‑in‑the‑field model**: Palantir sends engineers directly to customers to deploy products, integrate data, and produce operational results in weeks, not years. - **Privacy‑by‑design**: Built‑in privacy‑protective capabilities, governance tools, and a strong track record of working with advocacy groups on responsible data use. - **Platform lock‑in**: Deep integration with customer data and workflows through Ontology and custom applications makes switching costs extremely high. - **Long‑term government contracts**: Decades‑long relationships with U.S. and allied defense/intelligence agencies provide stable revenue and high barriers to entry. ## Strategic Focus - **AI leadership**: Making AIP the standard for secure, governed generative AI deployment in regulated industries. - **Commercial expansion**: Growing the commercial customer base beyond government, especially in supply chain, healthcare, and finance. - **Continuous delivery**: Leveraging Apollo to ensure rapid, safe updates across all deployments, reducing maintenance overhead for customers. ## Why Work Here - **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] ## Sources 1. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/palantir-technologies) 2. [Palantir About Page](https://www.palantir.com/about/) 3. [Palantir Careers – Life at Palantir](https://www.palantir.com/careers/life-at-palantir/) 4. [Palantir Careers – Open Positions](https://www.palantir.com/careers/open-positions/) 5. 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