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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, 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 be your best self!
At Anaplan, we are looking for a PROGRAM MANAGER to join our diverse Program & Portfolio Management Team (PPM) within the GPTO (Product & Technology) organisation. This role is Full-Time and Hybrid, based in our York office for 2-3 days a week.
Our PPM team members are based in multiple locations across the UK and US and we partner with a wide variety of stakeholders including Engineering & Product, Finance and Go To Market. Our role is to support our Engineering and Product Teams to deliver technical change across software, platform & infrastructure. We pride ourselves on our friendly and approachable style and have an integral part to play in the delivery of value to our customers. As part of our team, you’ll be responsible for managing end to end technical change via programs of work in one or more of our delivery pillars. As an experienced program manager, you’ll be comfortable with taking responsibility for complex programs of work and you’ll be supported every step along the way by our knowledgeable team.
At Anaplan, we’re a team that embraces and respects different perspectives towards our work. We aren’t afraid to try new ideas and are passionate about helping our customers and each other succeed. This is a rewarding career with a company that values diversity and invests in you. You’ll need to be comfortable with multitasking and able to adapt quickly to change. We’re a high-growth company developing best-in-class solutions to planning at an enterprise scale. Our customers rely on Anaplan as an always-on, shared, source of truth, as they navigate the constant change and planning required to stay on top in the marketplace—we're pioneering the Connected Planning discipline to help business make decisions more quickly and decisively than ever before. This role is an immediate full-time position. If you’re ready to help us to solve unique challenges that no one is solving in the tech space yet, keep reading.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Partnering up with engineering teams to help plan, develop, and release value to our customers
- Providing insight by helping your teams to track metrics that align to business outcomes
- Improving our processes, practices, and culture so that we are at the top of our Agile game
- Building and maintaining dashboards in Jira and Confluence that show us where we are at and if we are going to achieve our objectives
- Driving common approaches that make it simpler for the teams and leaders, allowing them to focus on the big picture problems
More About You:
- Practical experience of delivering cross-functional software and infrastructure initiatives in a fast paced setting
- Project or Program Management Qualifications (PRINCE2, PMP, SAFE or other equivalent)
- Experience of partnering with Agile teams in a delivery role
- Passionate about problem solving and making a difference
- Team focused – enthusiastic, approachable, collaborative, knowledgeable and flexible.
- Strong history of using data to drive decisions
- Strong leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to lead via influence, in cross-functional environments.
- Excellent communication skills, in particular communicating technical concepts between audiences of varying backgrounds
- Experience with change management in particular new process definition/rollout
Bonus Points:
- Experience of working with Atlassian suite products; Jira, Jira Align & Confluence
- Formal Scrum or Agile Qualifications
- Experience with managing software delivery, continuous integration and delivery pipelines
What We Offer:
- A rewarding, progressive career with a company that values diversity, flexibility and understands the need for a good work/life balance
- Market-leading salaries combined with generous bonuses and a range of comprehensive benefits
- 3 days of paid leave every year to help support the charity or cause of your choice
- Challenging problems to solve –you will constantly be learning and pushing boundaries, working with some of the most committed people around!
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and 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.
Fraud Recruitment Disclaimer
It has come to our attention that fraudulent and fictitious job opportunities are being circulated on the Internet. Prospective candidates are being contacted by certain individuals, mainly through telephone calls, emails and correspondence, claiming they are representatives of Anaplan. The main purpose of these correspondences and announcements is to obtain privileged information from individuals.
Anaplan does not:
- 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.
- Send job offers via email. All offers are first extended verbally by a member of our internal recruitment team whenever possible, and then followed up via written communication.
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What We Do
Anaplan is building a future where connected leaders and teams are able to constantly adapt, transform and reinvent their businesses. We make it possible to share actionable insights, empower and unleash creativity, and drive innovation. With Anaplan, finance and operational leaders across the organization can model complex scenarios, forecast continuously with added intelligence, and make agile decisions with confidence.
