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Anaplan

Cloud-based SaaS planning and performance management

Vice President Technology Partnerships

Business Development & PartnershipsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSan Francisco, CA, USA$271k - $366kRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • Deep, verifiable experience identifying, structuring, and expanding strategic partnerships with independent software vendors, Data Cloud and AI platforms, and major Cloud Service Providers.
  • Proven success establishing, scaling, or commercializing a Partner Apps program, ISV marketplace, or platform extension ecosystem.
  • A demonstrated track record of converting technical product integrations into active, revenue-generating go-to-market motions that deliver measurable annual contract value.
  • Outstanding communication, negotiation, and relationship-building capabilities, with demonstrated success influencing C-suite executives and product leaders internally and externally.
  • A strong understanding of enterprise software-as-a-service architectures, application programming interfaces, data pipelines, and cloud platform topologies to credibly lead joint solution development with product and engineering counterparts.
  • Extensive experience building, leading, and mentoring high-performing global alliance teams, with clear accountability for execution and pipeline results.

Responsibilities

  • Define, build, and execute the strategic roadmap for next-generation technology partnerships, including Cloud Service Providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure; Data Cloud and AI platforms such as Snowflake and Databricks; and strategic enterprise independent software vendors.
  • Identify emerging technological trends, particularly in Data Cloud, AI, and enterprise planning architectures, to design, incubate, and pilot joint technology partner initiatives and adapt the organization to market shifts and customer requirements.
  • Lead the end-to-end strategy, governance, technical enablement, and commercial execution of Anaplan’s Partner Apps program to accelerate platform extensibility, marketplace growth, and recurring revenue.
  • Partner with technology partners’ product and engineering teams to identify high-value integration use cases, co-create architectural blueprints, and bring differentiated joint solutions to market.
  • Translate technical integrations and strategic alliance agreements into structured, repeatable go-to-market plays for regional partner sales and direct sales teams.
  • Curate and champion high-impact Power of Three motions, aligning Anaplan, Cloud and Data technology partners, and Global Systems Integrators to deliver complete industry solutions.
  • Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Alliances, and Regional Theater Leaders across AMER, EMEA, and APAC to align technical roadmaps and drive commercial throughput of technology partnership plays.
  • Design the organizational structure and take accountability for hiring and mentoring a global team of technology partner directors, alliance managers, and partner app specialists.
  • Balance strategic alliance design with hands-on operational execution, foster a high-performance culture, manage partner milestones to plan, and measure partner-sourced and partner-influenced impact.
  • Serve as an executive sponsor and thought leader for Anaplan’s technology alliances and Partner Apps ecosystem, representing the company at industry conferences, partner summits, and executive advisory boards.

Desired Qualifications

  • Strong familiarity with Global Systems Integrators and proven experience curating tripartite Power of Three motions combining technology partners, systems integrators, and software platforms to win large enterprise transformations.
  • 10+ years of progressive leadership in technology alliances, strategic business development, or partner ecosystems within high-growth enterprise software companies.

About the Company

Anaplan

Cloud-based SaaS planning and performance management

Anaplan provides a cloud-based SaaS platform for enterprise-wide planning and performance management that helps finance, supply chain, sales, marketing, and HR teams improve planning and decision making. Users connect data sources, build models and scenarios, run forecasts, and collaborate in real time within a scalable subscription model, with optional professional services for training and implementation. Unlike tools that tackle planning in silos, Anaplan offers a single connected platform that links data, people, and plans across multiple business functions. Its goal is to help organizations optimize operations and make data-driven decisions at scale.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2006

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