Principal Application Architect

Anaplan•San Francisco, CA

4d•Remote

About The Position

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused 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 who 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 love celebrating our wins – big and small. Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values -based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together! Anaplan is hiring a Princiapl Application Architect. This is a business-critical position within our professional services function, responsible for shaping the future of how Anaplan's applications are implemented. You will be part of the Innovation Readiness team , focusing on creating scalable, repeatable, and successful implementation frameworks. You will operate as a strategic expert, blending deep technical and functional architecture knowledge with a passion for creating best-in-class delivery methodologies. This requires you to combine your extensive experience in solution design, business process, and technology to develop the foundational assets and practices that enable our customers, partners, and internal teams to achieve world-class outcomes with Anaplan.

Requirements

You must possess a successful track record as a Senior or Principal-level Architect, with at least 4 years of experience designing and implementing complex EPM solutions like Anaplan.
Deep passion for and expertise in solution design, creating delivery best practices, and mentoring team members.
A strong background in enterprise software, professional services, and multi-dimensional modeling (Anaplan platform expertise is strongly preferred).
Experience with Agile or other modern software development methodologies.
Ability to scope complex client engagements and guide teams through the process.
Strong facilitation, negotiation, and client leadership skills with executive-level communication experience.

Nice To Haves

Leadership
Solution Design
Business/Technical Acumen
Persuasiveness
Organization
Resilience
Calmness
Methodical
Innovative
Resourceful
Articulate
Active listener
Passion for Learning and constant improvement.

Responsibilities

Provide deep expertise in the functional and application architecture for a specific domain or application set.
Own the end-to-end solution design and deployment for Beta application implementations, establishing the gold standard for future projects.
Partner with the Delivery Methodology team to develop, refine, and validate the implementation methodology for new applications through Beta implementations.
Develop, refine, and scale implementation best practices by application to ensure consistently successful customer outcomes.
Align with Product & Engineering to shape application direction, build application knowledge, and share field results from Beta implementations to improve application capabilities.
Create and contribute reusable assets, such as templates, tools, and reference architectures, to empower the entire services ecosystem.
Support instructional design and product learning content to scale application knowledge and implementation best practices.
Contribute your knowledge, best practices, and associated assets to the Anaplan Community.