[Hiring] Anaplan Systems Architect @Dataiku

Role Description

Dataiku is seeking a Senior Manager, Anaplan & Sales Compensation Systems to lead our Anaplan platform strategy within Strategic Finance. This is a net-new, high-visibility role responsible for owning the end-to-end architecture, governance, and roadmap of our Anaplan environment — spanning sales compensation, headcount planning, and forecasting. Beyond platform administration, this person will be a driving force in modernizing how Dataiku's FP&A function operates.

• Identify where manual, spreadsheet-driven processes should give way to systematized, scalable workflows.
• Set the technical and process direction for how Anaplan supports the business.
• Manage relationships with implementation partners and consultants.
• Act as the senior escalation point when data doesn't tie out.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the strategic roadmap and architecture for Anaplan across sales compensation, headcount planning, and forecasting modules.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for data integrity issues, leading root-cause investigation when Anaplan doesn't reconcile to source-of-truth systems (Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, Greenhouse).
• Manage relationships with external Anaplan consultants and implementation partners — scoping statements of work, vetting proposals, and holding vendors accountable to timelines and quality.
• Partner directly with Sales Finance, RevOps, Sales Compensation, and Accounting leadership to translate evolving commission plans, ASC 606 accrual methodology, and org changes into scalable model design.
• Drive FP&A finance transformation — identify opportunities to modernize planning, forecasting, and reporting processes across the broader FP&A org.
• Champion automation and systematization over manual, offline workarounds.
• Lead process and controls improvements to catch data issues before payroll processing and month-end close.
• Present recommendations and platform strategy to finance leadership, including trade-offs between build-vs-buy, technical debt, and long-term maintainability.
• Act as a strategic thought partner to FP&A leadership on where finance technology and AI-enabled tooling can modernize how the team operates.
• Build and mentor a team (starting as an individual contributor with plans to scale) responsible for day-to-day model builds, integrations, and support.
• Own platform governance: user access, security, environment management, and documentation standards.
• Drive standardization and automation across reporting, reducing reliance on offline spreadsheets and one-off fixes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience building and implementing Anaplan solutions, including 3+ years in a leadership or senior IC capacity managing scope and stakeholders directly.
• Anaplan Certified Model Builder (Level 2+; Master Anaplanner preferred).
• Deep experience designing, developing, and maintaining Anaplan models for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and sales compensation.
• Strong Data Hub integration and design experience.
• Demonstrated track record of leading finance transformation initiatives.
• Track record of managing external consultants/implementation partners, including scoping and vetting proposals.
• Strong understanding of sales compensation structures, ASC 606 commission accounting, and FP&A forecasting concepts.
• Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex, cross-system data reconciliation issues independently.
• Familiarity with system implementation methodologies; Agile experience a plus.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with Workato or similar integration/automation platforms is a plus.
• Comfortable operating with high ownership in an ambiguous, evolving environment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits, including stock options, medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, a 401k company match.
• Paid vacations and sick leave, paid parental leave, employer paid disability coverage.
• Additional health and wellbeing perks and benefits.