Application Builder - Workforce Applications
Application Builder - Workforce Applications
Anaplan is solving the toughest challenges for workforce planning teams supporting strategy to execution. We have always had world-class flexibility and user adoption, but now, with our out-of-the-box workforce applications and embedded Anaplan Intelligence platform, we are delivering more value than ever, faster. Our solutions drive some of the world's largest companies, provide real-time insights, and enable smarter, data-driven decisions that optimize performance and improve decision-making. Within Anaplan’s Workforce Center of Excellence as an Application Builder you will build out-of-the-box and extendable applications on the Anaplan platform for planning, forecasting and reporting use cases – across industries – including Strategic Workforce Planning, Compensation Modeling, Operational Workforce Planning and Organizational Design, to name a few. As an Application Builder, you will be responsible for delivering applications based on requirements from Application Architects and Workforce Product Management. Additionally, this role will collaborate with our GTM and Professional Services teams to ensure they fully leverage the capabilities of the applications.
This role combines excellent collaboration skills, deep understanding of HR systems, workforce planning use cases, the Anaplan platform, model builder expertise, and an innovative mindset combined with strong attention to detail and deadlines.
Key Responsibilities
Build and deliver Workforce Applications by leveraging the suite of Anaplan platform components (including model and UX building, user management, data integration, reporting, PlanIQ, etc.) by:
Partnering with Product Management to ensure application requirements are understood and documented, updating as required.
Designing and building the application and UX to meet requirements, working with Application Architects where the requirements are complex
Ensuring the user experience developed meets UX standards, is intuitive, and easy to use.
Participating in quality assurance, updating and refining as needed, through successful delivery.
Upgrading applications with new Anaplan platform capabilities and features, as driven by prospects, customers and partner feedback.
Partner with Center of Excellence Advisors, Product Management, Professional Services and GTM Enablement Teams to ensure the Workforce COE delivers:
Compelling conceptual demos and all supporting content including training and guides.
Full configuration and implementation content, documentation, and best practices to Anaplan’s delivery Teams.
Ongoing improvements and optimizations to existing applications
Act as a trusted internal and external knowledge-expert for your applications.
Potentially support Sales and Customer Success with prospect and customer opportunities and escalations, including enabling Anaplan partners.
Key Metrics
Meet the new release and upgrade project deadlines for Workforce applications.
Adoption and successful deployment of applications from enablement of internal Anaplan teams through to Customer implementations.
Qualifications
3+ years of diverse experience as an Anaplan Model Builder, deploying workforce planning use cases. At least Level 3 Certification.
Able to bring an engineering discipline to Anaplan applications - ensuring scalability, configurable functionality and the ability to manage your application build activities through to completion and delivery.
Ideal but not required:
Experience with some of the wider facets of the Anaplan platform (PlanIQ, Optimizer, ADO, Workflow and Polaris, etc).
Experience with headcount planning, strategic workforce planning and skills-based capacity planning
Understanding of product management, GTM operations and enablement.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and knowledge-sharing skills, with a results-driven perspective, able to collaborate across teams, with a focus on contributing deliverables of the highest possible quality and impact.
Bachelor’s degree computer science, business, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
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Application Builder - Workforce Applications
Application Builder - Workforce Applications
Anaplan is solving the toughest challenges for workforce planning teams supporting strategy to execution. We have always had world-class flexibility and user adoption, but now, with our out-of-the-box workforce applications and embedded Anaplan Intelligence platform, we are delivering more value than ever, faster. Our solutions drive some of the world's largest companies, provide real-time insights, and enable smarter, data-driven decisions that optimize performance and improve decision-making. Within Anaplan’s Workforce Center of Excellence as an Application Builder you will build out-of-the-box and extendable applications on the Anaplan platform for planning, forecasting and reporting use cases – across industries – including Strategic Workforce Planning, Compensation Modeling, Operational Workforce Planning and Organizational Design, to name a few. As an Application Builder, you will be responsible for delivering applications based on requirements from Application Architects and Workforce Product Management. Additionally, this role will collaborate with our GTM and Professional Services teams to ensure they fully leverage the capabilities of the applications.
This role combines excellent collaboration skills, deep understanding of HR systems, workforce planning use cases, the Anaplan platform, model builder expertise, and an innovative mindset combined with strong attention to detail and deadlines.
Key Responsibilities
Build and deliver Workforce Applications by leveraging the suite of Anaplan platform components (including model and UX building, user management, data integration, reporting, PlanIQ, etc.) by:
Partnering with Product Management to ensure application requirements are understood and documented, updating as required.
Designing and building the application and UX to meet requirements, working with Application Architects where the requirements are complex
Ensuring the user experience developed meets UX standards, is intuitive, and easy to use.
Participating in quality assurance, updating and refining as needed, through successful delivery.
Upgrading applications with new Anaplan platform capabilities and features, as driven by prospects, customers and partner feedback.
Partner with Center of Excellence Advisors, Product Management, Professional Services and GTM Enablement Teams to ensure the Workforce COE delivers:
Compelling conceptual demos and all supporting content including training and guides.
Full configuration and implementation content, documentation, and best practices to Anaplan’s delivery Teams.
Ongoing improvements and optimizations to existing applications
Act as a trusted internal and external knowledge-expert for your applications.
Potentially support Sales and Customer Success with prospect and customer opportunities and escalations, including enabling Anaplan partners.
Key Metrics
Meet the new release and upgrade project deadlines for Workforce applications.
Adoption and successful deployment of applications from enablement of internal Anaplan teams through to Customer implementations.
Qualifications
3+ years of diverse experience as an Anaplan Model Builder, deploying workforce planning use cases. At least Level 3 Certification.
Able to bring an engineering discipline to Anaplan applications - ensuring scalability, configurable functionality and the ability to manage your application build activities through to completion and delivery.
Ideal but not required:
Experience with some of the wider facets of the Anaplan platform (PlanIQ, Optimizer, ADO, Workflow and Polaris, etc).
Experience with headcount planning, strategic workforce planning and skills-based capacity planning
Understanding of product management, GTM operations and enablement.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and knowledge-sharing skills, with a results-driven perspective, able to collaborate across teams, with a focus on contributing deliverables of the highest possible quality and impact.
Bachelor’s degree computer science, business, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
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