Anaplan Architect

Locations: Bangalore | Noida | Kolkata

Work Mode: Work From Office (WFO)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: 3–12 Years

Job Description :

We are hiring experienced Anaplan professionals to join our Enterprise Planning team. We are looking for candidates across experience levels for two key roles — Anaplan L3 Model Builder and Anaplan Solution Architect.

The ideal candidates should have strong hands-on experience in Anaplan implementation, model development, solution design, and Connected Planning. Candidates will be aligned to roles based on their experience, technical expertise, and solution delivery capabilities.

Role 1: Anaplan L3 Model Builder

Experience Range: 3–6Years

Your Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end design, build, and optimization of complex Anaplan models, ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Effectively apply time-based logic to manage, isolate, and streamline calculations across multiple planning periods.
• Design and implement access controls to enhance both usability and data security.
• Build and maintain centralized data structures and integration points to support consistent, scalable planning processes.
• Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve calculation issues to ensure data accuracy and model reliability.
• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of planning models, including version control, updates, and environment migration.
• Configure and manage dynamic data points to support evolving business requirements and data inputs.
• Drive continuous model improvements, documentation, and version control for all Anaplan artifacts.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior model builders and business users.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise:

• 3+ years of hands-on Anaplan experience, with ownership of full-cycle model builds.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Technical Skills:

• Understanding of Connected Planning and cross-functional planning processes in Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, or HR.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, Jira, and project collaboration platforms.

Role 2: Anaplan Solution Architect

Experience Range: 6 –12 Years

Your Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end solution design and implementation of Anaplan models.
• Work closely with business leaders and stakeholders to understand strategic planning needs.
• Define architectural standards, best practices, and governance for Anaplan development.
• Oversee model builders and ensure the quality and scalability of Anaplan models.
• Drive Anaplan roadmap, enhancements, and continuous improvements.
• Integrate Anaplan with other enterprise applications such as ERP and CRM.
• Conduct design reviews, troubleshoot complex issues, and optimize performance.
• Mentor junior team members and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise:

• 4+ years of implementation experience in Anaplan.
• An certification is preferred.
• Expertise in complex model design, scalability, and best practices.
• Experience in large-scale Anaplan implementations across multiple business functions in following industries – Manufacturing, CPG, Retail, Automotive
• Strong understanding of one of the following planning areas – financial planning, incentive compensation, territory & quota management and Sales & Operations Planning
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and drive successful project outcomes.
• Strong problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills.

Preferred Technical Skills:

• Integration – Cloudworks, Anaplan Connect, ADO & API (good to have)
• Modelling Features – Workflow (Custom & Native), Maps, Hierarchy Chart, Network Chart, DCA, Roles & Rights assignment
• Complementary Products – Optimiser, PlanIQ, Predictive Insights, AnaplanXL, Anaplan Consolidation (good to have)

About Polestar:

• As a data analytics and enterprise planning powerhouse, Polestar Solutions helps its customers bring out the most sophisticated insights from their data in a value-oriented manner. From analytics foundation to analytics innovation initiatives, we offer a comprehensive range of services that help businesses succeed with data.

• We have a geographic presence in the United States (Dallas, Manhattan, New York, Delaware), UK(London) & India (Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore & Kolkata) and have 600+ people strong world-class team. We are growing at a rapid pace and plan to double our growth each year. This provides immense growth and learning opportunities to those who are choosing to work with Polestar. We hire from most of the Premier Undergrad and MBA institutes. We are serving customers across 20+ countries. Our expertise and deep passion for what we do has brought us many accolades.

The list includes: -

• Recognized as the Top 50 Companies for Data Scientists in 2023 by AIM.
• Financial Times awarded Polestar as High-Growth Companies across Asia-Pacific for a 5th time in a row in 2023.
• Featured on the Economic Times India's Growth Champions in FY2023.
• Polestar Solutions Selected as a 2022 Red Herring Global Companies.
• Top Data Science Providers in India 2023: Penetration and Maturity (PeMa) Quadrant.
• India's most promising data science companies in 2022 by Analytics Insight.
• Featured on Forrester's Now Tech: Customer Analytics Service Providers Report Q2, 2021.
• Recognized as Anaplan's India RSI Partner of the Year FY21.
• Elite Qlik Partner and a member of the Qlik Partner Advisory Council & Microsoft Gold Partners for Data & Cloud Platforms Culture at Polestar.
• We have one of the most progressive people's practices which are all aimed at enabling fast paced growth for those who deserve it.