Application Developer

Anaplan; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 137,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan is seeking an Application Developer to design and deliver Workforce Applications that support workforce planning across industries. In this role, you will collaborate with Product Management, Application Solutions Architects, and more to develop innovative planning solutions on the Anaplan platform.

Your responsibilities include building user-friendly applications, ensuring high-quality delivery, and acting as a knowledge expert for your applications. A Bachelor’s degree in a related field and Level 3 Certification as an Anaplan Model Builder are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as Anaplan Model Builder.
• Level 3 Certification required, Master Anaplanner preferred.
• Experience with Workforce, Finance, or Operational use cases.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver Workforce Applications on the Anaplan platform.
• Partner with teams to ensure application requirements are met.
• Participate in quality assurance and delivery processes.

Skills

Collaboration skills

Anaplan platform expertise

Model Builder expertise

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Computer Science, Business or related field

Tools

Anaplan platform components

Job description

As an Application Developer within Anaplan's Workforce Center of Excellence, you will design and deliver out-of-the-box and extensible applications on the Anaplan platform that support workforce planning, forecasting, and analysis across industries. This includes position, role, and skill‑based planning, as well as resource supply, demand, gap, and capacity planning at both operational and strategic levels. Working closely with Workforce Product Management, Application Solutions Architects, and cross‑functional application teams—including Finance and Supply Chain—you will develop integrated planning solutions that leverage Anaplan Intelligence and the latest platform innovations. You will also partner with Go‑to‑Market and Professional Services teams to ensure customers and partners fully realize the value and capabilities of these applications.

This role combines excellent collaboration skills, deep understanding of workforce use cases, the Anaplan platform, Model Builder expertise, and an innovative mindset combined with strong attention to detail and deadlines.

Your Impact

• Build and deliver Workforce Applications by leveraging the suite of Anaplan platform components (including model and UX building, user management, data integration, reporting, etc.) by:
  • Partnering with Workforce Product Management to ensure application requirements are understood and documented, updating as required.
  • Designing and building the application and UX to meet requirements, working with Solution Architects where the requirements are complex.
  • Ensuring the user experience developed meets UX standards, is intuitive, and easy to use.
  • Participating in quality assurance, updating and refining as needed, through successful delivery.
  • Upgrading applications with new Anaplan platform capabilities and features, as driven by prospects, customers and partner feedback.
• Partner with Center of Excellence Advisors, Product Management, Professional Services and GTM Enablement Teams to ensure the Workforce COE delivers:
  • Compelling conceptual demos and all supporting content including training and guides.
  • Full configuration and implementation of content, documentation, and best practices to Anaplan's delivery Teams.
  • Ongoing Workforce Application improvements and optimizations.
• Act as a trusted internal and external knowledge expert for your Workforce Applications.
• Potentially support Sales and Customer success with prospect and customer opportunities and escalations, including enabling Anaplan partners.

Key Metrics

• Meet the new release and upgrade project deadlines for Workforce Applications.
• Adoption and successful deployment of Workforce Applications from enablement by Anaplan Teams through Customer implementations.

Your Qualifications

• 3+ years of diverse experience as an Anaplan Model Builder, deploying Workforce, Finance, or Operational use cases. At least Level 3 Certification. Master Anaplanner preferred.
• Able to bring an engineering discipline to Anaplan applications—ensuring scalability, configurable functionality and the ability to manage your application build activities through to completion and delivery.
• Ideal but not required:
  • Experience with some of the wider facets of the Anaplan platform (Workflow and Polaris, etc.).
  • Understanding of product management, GTM operations, and enablement.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and knowledge‑sharing skills, with a results‑driven perspective, able to collaborate across teams, with a focus on contributing deliverables of the highest possible quality and impact.
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Computer Science, Business, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.

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Base Salary Range: $137,000 – $197,000 USD

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