Associate Product Manager – Modeling & Applications Platform (Fixed-Term Contract)

at Anaplan

York, United Kingdom

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!

Anaplan is looking for a passionate Associate Product Manager to help drive the development of our next generation Modeling and Applications platform. This person will be based in our York office and be instrumental in the execution of our product strategy, with data-driven and customer-oriented focus.

Applicants should have a Product Management background and ideally relevant experience with Anaplan or other equivalent solutions. Applicants would bring experience working with engineering teams to deliver products and solutions to the market, they would have to demonstrate that they will be able to learn a new market and understand the needs of our customers related to all things planning, modelling and analytics.

Your Impact

Work with the existing product team to define and drive the vision and roadmap for Anaplan’s Modeling and Applications platform pillar.
Understand the market and our customers. Be the voice of the customer while having an ear to the market. Be able to define and segment users of the Anaplan platform qualitatively and quantitatively.
Work with the Product leadership, UX, Engineering and other cross-functional teams on roadmap and capacity planning
Drive end-to-end experiences: writing user stories with clear acceptance criteria, working with UX to create prototypes for usability testing and research, working with engineering, documentation, support, and marketing to deliver quality experiences.
Creating enablement material including technical & support documents, and video walk throughs.
Effectively collaborate across global teams to create alignment between engineering teams and other product stakeholders.
Train sales, customer success and support on new features and messaging.
Work closely with engineering teams to execute on day-to-day development.
Meet with customers, users, prospects, and partners to communicate Anaplan’s product vision, product roadmap, and competitive differentiation.

Required Skills

Proven experience working as a Product Manager in a technology-driven environment, preferably with experience in SaaS or enterprise software companies.
Domain knowledge of Anaplan solutions, or implementation experience with Planning and modelling tools
Strong understanding of the product management lifecycle and launching new products
Proficiency in gathering and analysing market and customer insights.
Ability to translate customer needs into actionable product requirements.
Experience working in an Agile development environment and familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, etc.
Excellent leadership skills – understand how to balance inputs, lead teams, prioritise, and make data-driven decisions
Experience in creating and managing product roadmaps.
Experience in creating enablement documentation including technical & support style documents
Excellent organizational skills and experience in managing projects with multiple stakeholders to ensure successful product delivery
Highly analytical and able to troubleshoot issues quickly; candidates should be able to go from high level to low level very easily
A passion for building communities and enabling people
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Team player with the ability to work autonomously
Able and willing to work in a fast paced, quickly changing environment

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

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. 

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