Senior Product Owner

Anaplan; York; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

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!

Your Impact:

• Own and maintain the product backlog for the Anaplan Data Orchestrator module.
• Translate high-level product strategy into clear, actionable user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Partner with engineers, architects, and UX designers in daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Prioritize features and technical work to maximize value delivery, balancing customer impact, technical feasibility, and business priorities.
• Represent customer and user perspectives throughout the development lifecycle to ensure strong usability and performance outcomes.
• Collaborate with Product Managers to align deliverables with roadmap objectives, OKRs, and cross-platform initiatives.
• Gather and incorporate feedback from customers, field teams, support, and internal stakeholders to iterate quickly.
• Track progress, identify risks, and help remove blockers to keep delivery on track.

Your Qualifications:

• Strong familiarity with data integration, transformation, and orchestration workflows; experience with tools like Informatica, SnapLogic, Airflow, or DataBricks is a plus.
• Experience with Anaplan, other planning applications, or multi-dimensional modeling tools is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of API-driven architectures, event-driven design, and cloud-native development.
• Experience with agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and a strong understanding of sprint rituals and agile delivery frameworks.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, UX, QA, support, and GTM teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially when articulating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to prioritize ruthlessly with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment where key contributors may report into separate functional areas.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent in Computer Science or a relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Product Owner, ideally within a software company.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Build your career in a place that thrives on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.