Solution Implementation Manager

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p> <p>What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;">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.</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;">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<em> </em>our wins – big and small.</p> <p>Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, <a href="https://www.anaplan.com/careers/">values</a>-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!</p></div><p>Strategic Consulting Meets Expert Delivery: Lead Anaplan's Largest Implementations</p> <p>Are you a seasoned consultant with a passion for seeing strategy through to flawless execution? We are looking for a Principal Solution Implementation Manager to lead Anaplan’s most complex and strategic customer engagements across the Middle East.</p> <p>This role is a unique hybrid of high-end consulting and hands-on program leadership. You will be the senior-most delivery advisor for our most important enterprise accounts, acting as the bridge between the customer’s strategic vision and the technical reality of implementation.</p> <p>You won’t just manage projects; you’ll serve as a trusted partner to C-level stakeholders, guiding them through large-scale business transformation. Based in our Abu Dhabi office with hybrid flexibility, you will be instrumental in shaping the success of iconic brands by delivering sophisticated, high-impact planning solutions.</p> <p><strong>Your Impact</strong></p> <p>· Act as the lead strategic advisor for a portfolio of enterprise-level Anaplan deployments, translating complex business challenges into scalable solutions.</p> <p>· Provide expert counsel to customer executives on governance, change management, project scoping, and long-term value realisation.</p> <p>· Build and maintain C-suite relationships, operating as a trusted, non-sales partner focused entirely on the customer’s success.</p> <p>· Orchestrate the end-to-end program, steering internal teams, partner consultants, and customer stakeholders toward delivery excellence.</p> <p>· Command complex programs, mastering scope, risk, and budget to ensure predictable, high-quality outcomes.</p> <p>· Intervene and recover at-risk projects, applying your advisory and leadership skills to navigate challenges and bring deployments back on track.</p> <p><strong>Your Qualifications</strong></p> <p>· A background in management consulting, technology consulting, or a client-facing professional services role is essential.</p> <p>· 10+ years of experience leading large-scale enterprise programs, ideally from within a consultancy or a SaaS professional services organization.</p> <p>· Deep domain expertise in at least one of the following: Supply Chain, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), or Workforce Planning.</p> <p>· Demonstrated ability to operate as a strategic advisor, with outsta ... (truncated, view full listing at source)