Senior Solution Architect

Company: Anaplan
Location: Minneapolis
Posted on: October 19, 2024

Job Description:

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators who are focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.
What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers' success and to our Winning Culture.
Our customers rank among the who's who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies that rely on our best-in-class platform.
Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals and we have fun celebrating our wins.
Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, -based and disciplined in execution, you'll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and be your best self!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.
This role requires you to be in our Minneapolis office twice a week.
Your Impact:

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• 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:
  
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  • 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
    
    #LI-SP1Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusionand Belonging
    Build your career in a place that thrives on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!
    We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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    Anaplan does not:
    
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    • Extend offers to candidates without an extensive interview process with a member of our recruitment team and a hiring manager via video or in person.
      
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