Senior Solution Architect

Do you have rock-star analytical and solution architecting skills? Do you thrive on understanding what inefficiencies exist and helping people solve those with technology that works? Do you want to be first in line to use the latest and greatest product functionality?  Do you want to impact a company’s top-line revenue directly? 

At Anaplan, we are looking for a  Senior COE Architect/Senior Solution Architect who will serve as a key player in Anaplan’s growth. After learning our revolutionary planning solution, you will support our Global Presales Team in two ways: 1) Supporting Revenue and 2) Increasing Presales Productivity and Scalability.  The COE Architect owns model-building efforts for critical sales opportunities, leads tech architecture discussions, and is an expert on new Anaplan features. This is an excellent opportunity to grow and develop skills with exposure to many different use cases and industries. 

Your Impact:  

• Build domain and industry-specific models in Anaplan, collaborating with presales and solution development teams 

• Leverage domain (supply chain, finance, or sales) knowledge and technical skills to build and advise on complex proof of concept models that are tailored to solve prospects’ pain points 

• Model Architecture — design principles, list hierarchies, action/process automation best practices 

• Model optimization — benchmark model performance (leveraging the Technical Presales team) 

• Advise on the broader Anaplan Connected Planning ecosystem on how the data hub and other models move data around 

• Serve as SME for new Anaplan functionality (e.g., Polaris, Plan IQ, Optimizer, Workflow, Cloudworks) 

• Respond to functional and technical questions on prospect RFPs (Requests for Proposals) explaining how Anaplan works and the value it provides 

• Prepare models with prospect or customer data to be used during workshops 

• Quickly learn the latest Anaplan product features and assist in developing training materials for the global presales team 

• Advise product development by providing feedback and suggest ways to develop future features 

• Serve as subject matter expert on integration technologies (Cloudworks, Anaplan Connect, APIs) 

• Lead Anaplan projects to ensure deliverables are met on time and with excellent quality 

• Facilitate requirements gathering and project planning sessions 

• Lead sprint reviews and backlog of build requirements 

• Interface with process experts in Finance, Supply Chain, and Sales lines of business and Solution Consultants to translate requirements into Anaplan models 

• Provide technical model build direction to project team 

• Coach and train Presales COE Consultants 

 Your Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, supply chain, data science or a related field 

• Analytical Expertise: Strong analytical skills, with the ability to understand and solve complex business challenges 

• Relevant Experience: At least 5 years of experience in finance, supply chain, and/or sales performance management, with advanced understanding of business processes 

• SAAS Implementation Experience: 3-4 years of hands-on experience in several SAAS implementation projects as a developer and/or architect 

• Structured Thinking: Ability to think systematically and translate customer challenges into effective Anaplan solutions 

• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, paired with strong listening abilities 

• Structured Thinking: Ability to think systematically and translate customer challenges into effective Anaplan solutions 

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