Senior Solution Implementation Manager

Role overview

Impact and responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Anaplan deployments with internal teams and external partners; establish governance, precise scoping, and uncover hidden assumptions.
• Act as the primary delivery contact and align customer stakeholders from operational leads to C-suite executives.
• Orchestrate complex programs while balancing scope, risk, budget, and resourcing.
• Anticipate bottlenecks and drive decisions across design, testing, timelines, and organizational change management.
• Use negotiation to resolve conflicts, maintain momentum, and align diverse teams.
• Implement the Anaplan Way methodology and promote scalable, intuitive, user-friendly solutions.
• Provide clear project-status and portfolio-health reporting to internal leadership and external stakeholders.

Experience and requirements

• Demonstrable program or project management experience across complex, large-scale enterprise initiatives.
• Deep, hands-on experience in Agile project delivery methodologies is essential.
• Proven ability to recover and realign complex projects led by partners or vendors, delivering under tight timelines and budgets.
• Strong customer engagement and communication skills, including negotiation, influencing senior leaders, and serving as a trusted advisor.
• English is required; Arabic is preferred but not essential.
• Supply Chain, FP&A, or Workforce Planning expertise is a differentiator, not essential.

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