Solution Implementation Manager

Anaplan; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan, a leader in connected planning, is seeking a motivated delivery expert to cover the UKI market. You will orchestrate end-to-end Anaplan deployments, align with customer executives, and ensure governance, scoping and risk management.

In this hands-on leadership role, you will influence decisions, manage escalations, and partner with internal and external teams to deliver scalable, value-driven solutions that keep projects on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder programs.
• Strong Agile delivery experience across large deployments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, including C-level engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Anaplan deployments with internal teams and partners.
• Establish governance, scoping, and risk management for projects.
• Negotiate, manage escalations, and drive decisions with senior stakeholders.
• Deliver transparent reporting on portfolio health and progress.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile delivery

Executive influence

Vendor management

Job description

You will bring a proven track record of leading complex, high-stakes implementations-ideally within Supply Chain, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), or Workforce Planning. Thriving at the intersection of delivery and strategic advisory, you will scope, negotiate, manage escalations, and serve as an indispensable partner to both customer and internal stakeholders. From C-level executives to daily end-users, you will excel at influencing decisions and cementing your status as a trusted advisor. This is a hands‑on leadership position tailor-made for a delivery expert who can seamlessly orchestrate multiple enterprise programs, ensure strict adherence to budget and scope, and expertly pivot to recover projects that have drifted off track. Your Impact

• Drive Delivery Excellence: Lead end-to-end Anaplan deployments alongside internal teams and external partners, establishing robust governance, ensuring precise scoping, and proactively uncovering hidden assumptions.
• Commercial Acumen Required: Must possess a deep understanding of project finance fundamentals-specifically budgeting, forecasting, and billing-which are critical to successful project delivery but frequently misunderstood or overlooked in standard project management roles.
• Be the Strategic Anchor: Serve as the primary point of contact for delivery, building alignment with customer stakeholders ranging from operational leads up to the C-suite.
• Master Complex Programs: Navigate intricate, multi-faceted programs, ensuring flawless delivery while expertly balancing scope, risk, budget, and resourcing.
• Accelerate Decision‑Making: Anticipate bottlenecks and drive critical project decisions across design, testing, timelines, and organizational change management.
• Build Consensus: Leverage top‑tier negotiation skills to resolve conflicts, maintain project momentum, and unite diverse teams behind a shared goal.
• Champion Excellence: Advocate for and implement the "Anaplan Way" methodology, ensuring the delivery of scalable, highly intuitive, and user-friendly solutions.
• Deliver Transparency: Provide clear, actionable reporting on project status and overall portfolio health to both internal leadership and external stakeholders., We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren't just words on paper - this is what drives our innovation, it's how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. 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.

• Agile Mastery: Deep, hands‑on experience in Agile project delivery methodologies-this is essential for driving our fast‑paced implementations.
• Turnaround Architect: Proven ability to recover and realign complex projects led by partners or vendors. We are looking for a track record of delivering-and rescuing-large‑scale projects under tight timelines and budgets.
• Executive Influence: Exceptional customer engagement and communication skills, characterized by the ability to negotiate, influence senior leadership, and confidently act as a trusted strategic advisor.

Domain Knowledge (Bonus): While not strictly essential, domain expertise in Supply Chain, FP&A, or Workforce Planning will highly differentiate your application.

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!

We are seeking a highly driven self‑starter with exceptional program‑level delivery experience to join Anaplan covering UKI market as Solution Implementation Manager. At Anaplan, we are redefining how businesses plan and make decisions through our cutting‑edge Connected Planning platform, powered by our unique deterministic calculation engine and advanced AI capabilities. In this role, you will be at the forefront of this transformation.