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Job Title: Palantir Platform Lead
Location: New York, NY
About Acrisure
A global fintech leader, Acrisure empowers millions of ambitious businesses and individuals with the right solutions to grow boldly forward. Bringing cutting-edge technology and top-tier human support together, we connect clients with customized solutions across a range of insurance, reinsurance, payroll, benefits, cybersecurity, mortgage services – and more.
In the last twelve years, Acrisure has grown in revenue from $38 million to almost $5 billion and employs over 19,000 colleagues in more than 20 countries. Acrisure was built on entrepreneurial spirit. Prioritizing leadership, accountability, and collaboration, we equip our teams to work at the highest levels possible.
Job Summary:
Acrisure is seeking a Palantir Platform Lead — Center of Excellence to lead and scale our enterprise Palantir program from the ground up. Based in Atlanta or Austin, this senior technical leader will own the full Palantir platform—Foundry, AIP, Ontology, integration, and governance—to transform how core insurance-broker workflows operate with data, analytics, and AI.
Responsibilities:
- Own and execute the strategic roadmap for Palantir Foundry AIP across the enterprise.
- Build and lead the internal Palantir Center of Excellence (CoE), including Platform Engineering, Permissions, and Support teams.
- Define enterprise-wide architecture and integration patterns for data ingest, pipeline management, Ontology evolution, and downstream interoperability.
- Implement and maintain a robust identity and permissions model across Foundry and AIP, including Restricted Views, RBAC, and SSO integrations.
- Own Ontology governance: design and evolve canonical data models, manage change processes, and assure business alignment.
- Oversee technical compliance: audit logging, data residency, retention, egress, encryption, and regulatory review (GLBA, CCPA, GDPR, NAIC).
- Monitor and optimize platform costs across compute, storage, and AIP tokens; implement FinOps dashboards and controls.
- Lead platform enablement and adoption: internal training, onboarding, certification, and documentation.
- Stand up and operate platform-level support services, runbooks, and incident response workflows.
- Partner with Palantir Forward Deployed Engineers on delivery, testing, product feedback, and roadmap shaping.
Required Qualifications
- 8 years in technical leadership roles across data platforms, infrastructure, or cloud systems.
- 3 years of direct experience with Palantir Foundry (and preferably AIP), including hands-on configuration of Control Panel, pipelines, Ontology, permissions, and integrations.
- Expertise in Python, PySpark, SQL, distributed data processing, and CI/CD for data workflows.
- Cloud engineering experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including VPC setup, storage/IAM, and networking.
- Track record of delivering secure, scalable identity integrations (SAML/OIDC, Okta, Azure AD).
- Demonstrated success running technical programs in regulated domains (insurance, finance, healthcare).
- Proven leadership of cross-functional teams, vendors, and technical governance processes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct experience with Palantir AIP (model hosting, token management, inference cost optimization).
- Familiarity with insurance domain systems: policy/placement/claims workflows, actuarial data.
- Experience running enablement programs, platform support tiers, and developer onboarding at scale.
- Success partnering with platform vendors on roadmap, contracts, and escalation resolution.
Education and Experience:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Deep platform ownership experience across data pipelines, integration, and governance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree (CS/Data Science or MBA).
- Palantir Foundry / AIP certifications.
- Cloud professional certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Candidates should be comfortable with an on-site presence to support collaboration, team leadership, and cross-functional partnership.
Benefits and Perks:
- Competitive compensation
- Generous vacation policy, paid holidays, and paid sick time
- Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance (employee-paid)
- Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Company-paid Group Life insurance
- Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Calm App subscription
- Employee-paid Pet Insurance and optional supplemental insurance coverage
- Vested 401(k) with company match and financial wellness programs
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA) and commuter benefits options
- Paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, and fertility benefits
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- …and so much more!
Please note: This list is not reflective of all benefits. Enrollment waiting periods or eligibility criteria may apply to certain benefits. Offerings may vary based on subsidiary entity or geographic location.
Making a lasting impact on the communities it serves, Acrisure has pledged more than $22 million through its partnerships with Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, UPMC Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Blythedale Children's Hospital in Valhalla, New York.
At Acrisure, we firmly believe that an inclusive workforce drives innovation, creativity, and ultimately, our collective success.
We recruit, hire, employ, train, promote, and compensate individuals based on job-related qualifications and abilities. Acrisure also has a longstanding policy of providing a work environment that respects the dignity and worth of each individual and is free from all forms of employment discrimination.
Acrisure also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief, in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about an accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email leaves@acrisure.com.
California residents can learn more about our privacy practices for applicants by visiting the Acrisure California Applicant Privacy Policy available at www.Acrisure.com/privacy/caapplicant.
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