Role & responsibilities :

- Design, build, and enhance Anaplan planning solutions for Marketing.
- Modernize marketing planning processes through scalable, agile Anaplan models.
- Collaborate with the Anaplan Center of Excellence (COE) to ensure alignment with enterprise data architecture and governance.
- Independently lead solution design, prototyping, and iterative model development based on evolving business requirements.
- Follow Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and enterprise best practices for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Partner with Marketing stakeholders to gather requirements, improve planning workflows, and provide user training.
- Identify opportunities to incorporate AI/ML capabilities into planning, forecasting, and operational processes.

Preferred candidate profile :

- 7+ years of experience in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A;), or business planning solutions, with at least 3+ years leading enterprise-scale Anaplan implementations.
- Extensive hands-on experience designing, developing, and optimizing complex Anaplan models for Marketing, Sales, or Financial Planning use cases.
- Anaplan Certified Solution Architect (preferred) or Anaplan Level 3 Model Builder with a clear path to Solution Architect certification.
- Proven expertise in leading discovery workshops,



gathering business requirements, defining solution architecture, and delivering scalable Anaplan solutions.
- Strong understanding of Anaplan Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), model optimization, data integration, security, and enterprise governance best practices.
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments, managing sprint cycles, user stories, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Marketing leaders, business stakeholders, IT teams, and Anaplan Center of Excellence (COE) teams.
- Robust knowledge of planning, budgeting, forecasting, demand planning, campaign planning, or marketing performance management processes.
- Experience integrating Anaplan with enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Workday, Snowflake, or other cloud data platforms using APIs or ETL tools.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills with the ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Exposure to AI/ML-driven planning, predictive forecasting, or advanced analytics is highly desirable.
- Self-driven, consultative professional capable of independently owning solution design, stakeholder engagement, and end-user enablement.

📌 Anaplan Solution Architecture (Karnataka)
🏢 Quess
📍 Karnataka