Senior Manager, Technical Delivery

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

This position can be performed in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, or Sunnyvale, depending upon which location the applicant chosen for the role is currently residing. 

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

This opportunity welcomes candidates that are excited to digitally transform the GTM landscape with bespoke, scalable, and resilient technical solutions across Anaplan and Power Platforms.

The Senior Manager of SaaS GTM Systems and Tools owns the end-to-end software development lifecycle for GTM applications focused on Forecasting, Territory Planning, and Workflow Automation.  The Senior Manager will function as the gateway for development across Anaplan and Power Platform environments.  Accordingly, qualified candidates will have a 3+ years of experience leading medium-sized technical delivery teams sized 10+ as well as the ability to manage through people managers.  Qualified candidates will be expected to set the technical vision for the team, including capability development and solution architecture, as well as application reliability standards.

Candidates must have direct experience developing enterprise applications in Anaplan as well as Power Platforms.  Ideally, candidates will have documented expertise in technical areas via certification or past experience.  As the focal point for technical delivery, strong interpersonal and charismatic communication skills will be required as work will cross organizational boundaries and involve technical and non-technical stakeholders (e.g., platform engineering and end-users).  Successful individuals will possess an adaptable management style and be able to adjust as needed to meet staff and stakeholders where they are.

Responsibilities: 

• Lead, mentor, and manage solution architects and developers​

• Foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment​

• Lead team through the design and deployment of scalable, robust, and innovative solutions​

• Manage project timelines, resources, and budgets​

• Develop and maintain release standards, best practices, and guidelines​

• Ensure solutions align with business objectives and integrate seamlessly with existing systems​

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., engineering) to ensure timely and successful delivery​

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all technical aspects of Anaplan or Power Platforms projects​

• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in Anaplan, Power Platforms, and related technologies​

• Provide technical guidance and support to the development team​

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications  

• Bachelor's degree in related field or related practical experience

• Demonstrated track record of application development, system integration, and data management​

• 10+ years of experience in solution design/delivery with a focus on Anaplan or Power Platforms​

• 3+ years of experience managing technical people managers

• 2+ years of experience managing medium-sized (10+) technical delivery teams

• 5+ years of experience with one or more programming languages (e.g., SQL, PowerFX,  Python)​

Preferred Qualifications  

• Master’s degree or Advanced Degree in related field

• Experience presenting data or other technical concepts to senior stakeholders

• Proven experience managing a large group of stakeholders and independently driving global projects

• Strong problem-solving and project management skills

• Experience with Sales Operations processes and CRM systems (e.g., SFDC and Dynamics)

• 5+ years of experience managing medium-sized (10+) technical delivery teams

• Comfortable consuming data from a heterogeneous set of sources (e.g., Dataverse, HDFS, flat files, and APIs)

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