Product Owner

Summary

Join Anaplan's Modeling & Applications group as a Product Owner and contribute to building a scalable and resilient platform infrastructure. You will define and prioritize the platform roadmap, collaborate with engineering and architecture teams, translate customer needs into technical requirements, and act as a liaison between stakeholders and end-users. This role involves facilitating sprint planning, driving alignment across teams, delivering reusable services and tooling, and supporting documentation and enablement. The position is based in York, UK, and reports to the Senior Director, Product Management for Modeling. You will help shape the strategy and execution of platform capabilities such as model access, performance, and tooling. Anaplan offers a Winning Culture that champions diversity and provides opportunities for growth and development.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in SaaS or enterprise environments
• Deep understanding of platform management, multi-tenant architecture, and infrastructure sizing
• Strong knowledge of product lifecycle management and Agile practices
• Skilled at gathering customer insights and transforming them into product features
• Familiarity with Anaplan or planning/modeling tools
• Proficient with product management tools like Jira and Confluence
• Ability to lead cross-functional discussions and make data-informed decisions
• Strong organizational skills for managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Define and prioritize the platform roadmap to support scalability, performance, and reliability goals
• Collaborate with Engineering and Architecture to deliver platform capabilities like resource management and migration tooling
• Translate customer and business needs into detailed technical product requirements
• Act as a conduit between internal stakeholders, engineering teams, and end users
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and architectural trade-offs
• Drive alignment across teams on core platform investments and technical direction
• Deliver reusable services and tooling for internal and external developers
• Support documentation and enablement for technical features across go-to-market functions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with performance optimization and consistency tooling
• Familiarity with migration tools and model access platform concepts
• Strong troubleshooting and system design capabilities
• Ability to balance long-term vision with short-term delivery needs