Program Manager

Summary

Join Anaplan as a highly skilled Program Manager to lead the development and delivery of software applications in the planning sector. Oversee multiple projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and driving innovation in digital planning solutions. Responsibilities include program leadership, operations, stakeholder engagement, planning and roadmapping, strategic execution, cross-functional collaboration, risk management, and compliance. The ideal candidate possesses proven experience as a Program Manager, strong technical acumen, excellent stakeholder management skills, and outstanding communication and leadership abilities. Project management certifications are advantageous. Anaplan offers competitive salary, performance-based bonuses, flexible working options, professional development opportunities, and a company pension scheme.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Program Manager, leading large-scale software application programs, preferably within the Sales Performance, Workforce Planning, Financial Planning, or Supply Chain domains
• Strong technical acumen, with an understanding of Agile delivery at scale. Exposure to Scrum and Kanban as well as the ability to create, edit and update Jira issues and roadmaps
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, clients, and cross-functional teams
• Outstanding communication and leadership abilities, with a track record of delivering high-impact software solutions

Responsibilities

• Program Leadership: Oversee the end-to-end management of multiple App releases within the Supply Chain domain, ensuring timely delivery and adhering to our SDLC and GTM Launch criteria
• Program Operations- Monitoring application development progress and routine status reporting to various internal stakeholders
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with platform application engineering teams, customers, finance, GTM Launch leadership, and third-party vendors to align the program objectives with other departments
• Planning and Roadmapping- Lead the creation and maintenance of application development plans, ensuring that they are set up for success through resourcing, dependency management, and risk/issue identification
• Strategic Execution: update and align program roadmaps, ensuring initiatives support our company and team objectives
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, software engineers, UX designers, and GTM Launch to ensure smooth execution of projects
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential risks in program execution, ensuring proactive problem-solving and issue resolution
• Compliance & Standards: Help teams adopt our engineering SDLC to drive consistency and quality

Preferred Qualifications

Project management certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe) are advantageous

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
• Flexible working options, including remote and hybrid work
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Company pension scheme and other UK-standard benefits
• Opportunity to work on innovative digital solutions shaping the future of planning in the UK