VP of Innovation Readiness & Excellence

<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>We are seeking an experienced, customer-obsessed leader to own the creation and evolution of the end-to-end implementation methodology for our software portfolio (core platform + domain-specific applications) and to own the implementation outcomes for Beta implementations. This leader will build, continuously refine, and govern a repeatable, scalable, and predictable implementation approach that becomes a genuine competitive advantage and key driver of customer adoption, retention, and expansion.</p> <p><strong>This position will ideally be a hybrid role based out of an Anaplan location.</strong></p> <p>This is an exciting opportunity for a visionary leader to make a significant impact by setting the foundation for implementing and scaling repeatable implementations of all products.  </p> <p><strong>Your Impact:</strong></p> <p><strong>   Methodology Ownership & Evolution</strong></p> <ul> <li>Design, document, and maintain the company’s official implementation methodology & best practices for all products (playbooks, phase-gate model, artifacts, tools, templates, success metrics).</li> <li>Develop and execute to an 80/20 principle where the overarching methodology supports all products, with specific best practices and assets for each product.</li> <li>Continuously improve the methodology by incorporating field feedback, implementation analysis, industry best practices, and customer feedback.</li> <li>Establish clear methodology governance (versioning, certification, change control).</li> </ul> <p><strong>  Cross-Functional Partnership with Product</strong></p> <ul> <li>Act as the primary bridge between Product/Engineering and the Services eco-system for all new and existing products.</li> <li>Partner with Product by translating real-world implementation complexity in Beta and EA deployments into actionable product needs and “implementability” criteria.</li> <li>Co-develop reference architectures, design patterns, and configuration standards that reduce time-to-value</li> </ul> <p><strong>  Beta & Early Adopter (EA) Program Leadership</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own the technical and programmatic success of all beta deployments.</li> <li>Personally engage in high-risk or strategic beta customers when needed.</li> <li>Systematica ... (truncated, view full listing at source)