Principal Product Manager

Anaplan; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Principal Product Manager for their Application Framework. This role involves ensuring the delivery of scalable applications and leading technical enablement initiatives. Candidates should have a deep understanding of the Anaplan product, experience in enterprise software implementations, and strong communication skills. The firm values diversity and inclusion, welcoming all qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of the Anaplan product and its capabilities.
• Experience in leading enterprise software implementations.
• Proven ability to drive product adoption across teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert for building Applications.
• Lead technical enablement initiatives and training programs.
• Ensure development content aligns with Anaplan delivery standards.

Skills

Understanding of Anaplan product

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

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!

As a Principal Product Manager Outbound, Application Framework within Anaplan’s Product Organization, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of Applications on the Anaplan Application Framework capabilities, particularly to ensure that Applications built on the framework are scalable, consistent, and aligned with Anaplan’s high standards of quality.

You’ll define implementation standards, support ecosystem enablement, resolve complex escalations, and turn field insights into product evolution. This role blends deep Anaplan platform expertise with a passion for business-user enablement, scalability, and edge innovation.

Your Impact

• Serve as the subject matter and technical expert for building Applications with the Application Framework, advising on effective implementation strategies.
• Lead technical enablement initiatives, training programs, documentation, demo environments, and best-practice libraries for internal teams and partners.
• Ensure that demos and development content reflect the latest capabilities and align with Anaplan’s delivery standards.
• Partner with Application development teams to embed innovations into applications ensuring scalability and consistency.
• Empower partners with technical guidance that enables them to confidently develop Applications across varied use cases.
• Support late-stage sales opportunities as an expert in Applications, helping customers understand how to deliver intuitive, intelligent planning.
• Deliver actionable insights from the field and partners to product and engineering to continuously improve usability, performance, and extensibility.
• Present Anaplan’s vision for Applications to customers, partners, and internal stakeholders, both virtually and at key events.

Your Qualifications

• Deep understanding of the Anaplan product and end-to-end capabilities including model building, data integration, user experience, workflow design, etc.
• Experience in leading enterprise software implementations.
• Practical knowledge of how Applications are beneficial in the enterprise.
• Strong stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a proven ability to drive product adoption across technical and business teams.

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of how Anaplan Applications can drive planning agility and user productivity.
• Enthusiasm for innovation and how to drive business value from it.
• Experience scaling delivery through partners via standards, enablement content, and technical advisory services.
• Understanding of business-user needs across planning scenarios, with a focus on simplicity and adoption.

Anaplan is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!

Anaplan is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background, and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.