Anaplan Product Owner, Manager
About The Position
The Anaplan Product Owner advances the strategic focus of Markel’s Anaplan ecosystem. The role uses leadership, communication, and critical-thinking skills to motivate diverse teams, challenge conventional processes, assess and mitigate risk, and manage resources in support of business objectives. The position works with stakeholders to drive the Anaplan roadmap and collaborate on strategic objectives and key results. The role contributes to Markel’s long-term Anaplan strategy, advances business objectives by creating and prioritizing the Anaplan backlog and identifying optimization opportunities, and leads managerial responsibilities for the Anaplan Center of Excellence (COE), including staff development, goal setting, and resource capacity planning.
Requirements
- Anaplan technical knowledge and model builder experience.
- Strong leadership, communication, and critical-thinking skills.
- Ability to manage and develop a team and balance competing priorities.
- US work authorization is required; Markel does not provide visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Nice To Haves
- Experience administering an application.
- Experience in financial planning and budgeting.
Responsibilities
- Plan and direct COE activities so competing priorities are completed accurately and on time.
- Develop and manage staff through growth opportunities, education, hands-on experience, clear performance goals, and support for high performance.
- Continuously evaluate staffing needs and participate actively in recruiting.
- Liaise with business leads and present key information clearly and efficiently to stakeholders.
- Translate business needs and outcomes into usability requirements that guide solution development and model enhancements.
- Maintain and prioritize the enhancement backlog based on business objectives, weighing the cost of implementing and maintaining each solution.
- Maintain and enhance upstream and downstream integrations to support data integrity and reliability across the Anaplan ecosystem.
- Oversee production support, including day-to-day operations and activities that keep Anaplan stable, available, and performing as expected.
- Maintain and enhance a security framework that provides end users with appropriate access and visibility.
- Identify, assess, and remove barriers within the Anaplan ecosystem and address risk through mitigation plans.
- Contribute to Markel’s long-term Anaplan strategy and deliver Anaplan-centric solutions that advance business objectives.
Benefits
- Multiple health insurance plan options.
- Multiple dental insurance plan options.
- Multiple vision insurance plan options.
- Optional life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- AD&D insurance.
- 401(k) with employer match contributions.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- PTO.
- Corporate holidays and floating holidays.
- Parental leave.
- Possible eligibility to participate in the Company’s annual incentive plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
