Principal Project Implementation Delivery Manager
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About the Role
Anaplan is seeking a Principal Project Implementation Delivery Manager to lead complex enterprise implementations in the Middle East. The role involves driving delivery excellence, managing strategic customer programs, and serving as a trusted advisor to C-level stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
- Lead end to end Anaplan deployments alongside internal teams and external partners, establishing robust governance and ensuring precise scoping
- Serve as the primary point of contact for delivery, building alignment with customer stakeholders from operational leads to C suite
- Navigate intricate, multi faceted programs, ensuring flawless delivery while balancing scope, risk, budget, and resourcing
- Anticipate bottlenecks and drive critical project decisions across design, testing, timelines, and organizational change management
- Leverage top tier negotiation skills to resolve conflicts, maintain project momentum, and unite diverse teams behind a shared goal
- Advocate for and implement the 'Anaplan Way' methodology, ensuring delivery of scalable, intuitive solutions
- Provide clear, actionable reporting on project status and overall portfolio health to internal leadership and external stakeholders
Requirements
- Demonstrable history of exemplary program or project management across complex, large scale enterprise initiatives
- Deep, hands on experience in Agile project delivery methodologies
- Proven ability to recover and realign complex projects led by partners or vendors
- Exceptional customer engagement and communication skills, with ability to negotiate and influence senior leadership
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Overview
- At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision making through our leading AI infused scenario planning and analysis platform. We are seeking a highly driven self starter with exceptional program level delivery experience to join Anaplan in UAE. This is a rare, high i
Your Impact (What You’ll Do)
- Drive Delivery Excellence: Lead end to end Anaplan deployments alongside internal teams and external partners, establishing robust governance, ensuring precise scoping, and proactively uncovering hidden assumptions.
- Be the Strategic Anchor: Serve as the primary point of contact for delivery, building alignment with customer stakeholders ranging from operational leads up to the C suite.
- Master Complex Programs: Navigate intricate, multi faceted programs, ensuring flawless delivery while expertly balancing scope, risk, budget, and resourcing.
- Accelerate Decision Making: Anticipate bottlenecks and drive critical project decisions across design, testing, timelines, and organizational change management.
- Build Consensus: Leverage top tier negotiation skills to resolve conflicts, maintain project momentum, and unite diverse teams behind a shared goal.
- Champion Excellence: Advocate for and implement the 'Anaplan Way' methodology, ensuring the delivery of scalable, highly intuitive, and user friendly solutions.
- Deliver Transparency: Provide clear, actionable reporting on project status and overall portfolio health to both internal leadership and external stakeholders.
Your DNA (What You Bring)
- Enterprise Expertise: Demonstrable history of exemplary program or project management across complex, large scale enterprise initiatives.
- Agile Mastery: Deep, hands on experience in Agile project delivery methodologies—this is essential for driving our fast paced implementations.
- Turnaround Architect: Proven ability to recover and realign complex projects led by partners or vendors. We are looking for a track record of delivering—and rescuing—large scale projects under tight timelines and budgets.
- Executive Influence: Exceptional customer engagement and communication skills, characterized by the ability to negotiate, influence senior leadership, and confidently act as a trusted strategic advisor.
- Domain Knowledge (Bonus): While not strictly essential, domain expertise in Supply Chain, FP&A, or Workforce Planning will highly differentiate your application.
Why Join Us?
- As the first Principal Solution Implementation Manager in the region, you won't just be managing projects; you will be building a legacy. You'll work with industry defining AI and planning technology, partner with the world's leading brands, and have a tangible impact on how global enterprises opera
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)
- We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success.
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