Director Global Partner Success

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators who are focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

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 that rely on our best-in-class platform.

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 have fun celebrating our wins.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and be your best self!

Anaplan is scaling quickly, and we are expanding our Partner Ecosystem team to put additional focus on the overall success of our consulting and technology partners. Anaplan is seeking a Director, Global Partner Success to join our Channels & Alliances team, reporting to the VP, Global Partner Growth at Anaplan. Anaplan Partner Success team is on a mission to enable Partners on Anaplan Apps, platform & decision excellence framework to accelerate business success and outcomes.

As a leader of Partner Success team, you will play a pivotal role in building, enabling, and scaling the partner ecosystem. This is a role that will collaborate across PS, CS, products, Apps CoEs, marketing, alliances and sales to ensure partners are equipped with the tools, resources, and strategies to successfully market, sell, and implement our Apps-led strategy. This role is key to accelerating our growth and scaling our business through our partner network. The Partner Success team is seen as a strategic driver for increasing Partner adoption and success. 
 

Your Impact 

• Partner Enablement Execution: Lead the execution of a comprehensive partner enablement strategy that aligns with Anaplan’s growth objectives and partner needs. This strategy includes the entire SIs, ISVs, and Cloud partner ecosystem.
• Partner-led Delivery Excellence Execution: Lead and improve the partner delivery excellence program to ensure high-quality partner-led implementations and best practices, helping Anaplan customers get the most value from Anaplan Apps and Platform.
• Manage a team of Partner Success specialists: Lead, mentor, and empower a professional team focusing on their career growth and develop a strong workforce that contributes to the winning culture and core values of Anaplan. 
• Joint Operating Model: Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Product, Apps CoEs, PS, CS, and other internal teams to define and execute a joint operating model for the success of the programs that lead to accelerated GTM outcomes.  Design innovative delivery mechanisms in collaboration with PS to ensure effective knowledge transfer and skill development.
• Outcome-Based Enablement: Develop and track key performance indicators to measure the impact of enablement programs, assess partner readiness, and identify opportunities for continuous optimization.
• You’ll interact with senior leadership internally and externally and play an important role in overall partner advocacy. 

 

Your qualifications, your influence 

 

• A proven track record of building & scaling enablement programs in a high-growth, mid-stage Enterprise SaaS company.
• Experience in managing implementation projects, mitigating project risks and coordinating with internal stakeholders to help partners deliver customer value.
• 10+ years of experience in high-growth SaaS companies, leading teams focused on enabling partners across go-to-market and application/solution development
• Deep understanding of SaaS and Enterprise Sales business model with an understanding of partner & customer lifecycle measures and SaaS revenue streams. 
• Data-driven with a dedication to process improvement 
• Strong reputation working with inter-disciplinary teams as being innovative, accountable, reliable, and able to thrive in a constantly changing environment 
• Passion for process and experience scaling processes  
• You are a visionary in service with a passion for creating partner value and the ability to lead transformational change
• 5+ years of management experience. 7+ years industry experience in partner management, solution engineering, delivery consulting, product management type roles
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