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Job Description – Senior Technical Program Manager
New York City
Here at Anaplan we have reinvented how companies see, plan, and run their businesses. Our platform allows our customers to uncover new insights, connect their strategy to their plans, and work in ways they had not previously thought possible. We’re growing fast, constantly innovating, and couldn’t be prouder to help our customers move forward with confidence in a sophisticated and changing world.
We are looking for forward-thinking people who put customer experience at the forefront of every decision. Individuals who thrive on challenges and are ready to grasp the opportunity of a lifetime. Because we fundamentally believe every colleague brings outstanding value to our whole. We are a workplace where each person feels seen, heard, and valued, and can contribute their unique talent to our collective effort. We believe that for ourselves and for our customers.
Your Impact
Anaplan, a software company that is part of the Thoma Bravo portfolio, is currently seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join our Product Launch team.
This role will be based in New York City and will report to our Vice President of Product Launch. You will work closely with colleagues across the company to bring our products to market with maximum impact.
You will have the opportunity to lead product launch projects and drive operationalization of best practices to increase revenue and adoption of our products.
- Project manage multiple product launches, Owning the delivery schedule and coordination with dependent teams and ensure there is clarity and alignment across all levels of the organization
- Identify areas for improvement and help drive positive change in key parts of the launch process
- Partner with VP Product Launch to drive adoption of new practices
- Lead implementation of project management and communication tooling
- Drive and automate tracking of key launch metrics
Your Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in a TPM or comparable role at a software company
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary programs involving multiple internal teams
- Exceptional project management and leadership skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to deconstruct a task into actionable steps, capturing dependencies and capacity needs
- Precision in language and attention to detail
- Ability to maintain project velocity by anticipating issues, troubleshooting, and using influence
- Ability to run a highly effective meeting – clear agenda, excellent facilitation, ensuring decisions and actions are noted, shared, and tracked
- Effective change agent. You exhibit strong communication skills. You can build rapport and good working relationships with senior leaders and peers. You can separate facts from opinions and take the perspectives of others and reach a workable solution. You are flexible in how you influence leaders to achieve the right outcomes.
- Understanding of the full product and go-to-market lifecycle
- Rigorous and thorough approach to process creation and change management
- You bring your authentic self to work. You recognize that you have a unique perspective and set of experiences and recognize that diverse teams are more effective
Preferred Skills
- Product Management approach
- Outcome oriented
- Agile – solving problems iteratively with clear success metrics
- Bias to discover root cause before solutioning
- Experience in Enterprise B2B SaaS
- Experience setting up enterprise project management systems
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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.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
Build your career in a place that thrives on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. 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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