Sales Planning & Goaling - Technical System Architect - Anaplan

at  Cisco Systems

WHO WE ARE:

Our vision within Cisco IT is to be admired as the world’s best IT organization! Commerce Engineering, as part of Cisco IT, does this by delivering the technology that powers Cisco Commerce. We build technical expertise within our teams, embrace agile ways of working, drive engineering effectiveness and deliver with Cloud first, shift left, AI powered technology. We have a passion for our craft and value our people & culture.
In Sales Compensation (part of Commerce Engineering), we deliver a simplified and intuitive Seller and Partner experience and world-class digital capabilities that aligns with business strategy and enables growth. The Sales Forecasting and Goaling component is responsible for modeling and defining sales hierarchy, assignments, and sales accounts as part of sales readiness activities, with simplified integration into sales coverage systems to ensure that the planning and transaction systems work in tandem.

WHO YOU ARE:

A hardworking and experienced professional who enjoys digging into complicated problems and exploring details of technical solutions. Someone who has a clear passion solving technical challenges and thrives in bringing clarity to ambiguous situations. A standout colleague capable of influencing within and outside of the team, as well as being an agent for change and transformation. We are looking for an experienced, directly engaged and tech-savvy architect for our organization who is passionate about Cisco’s Sellers, Sales Forecasting, Goaling and Planning. You are a self-starter who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment with a broad group of collaborators.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s in computer science or any related field and 8+ years of professional experience in software development roles or leadership, OR Master’s in computer science or other relevant fields AND 4+ years of professional experience as an Architect, technical lead, software engineer, or other technical role.
• 4+ years of experience working in Anaplan or EPM planning systems software
• Experience with data integration using cloud technologies and SQL/ No SQL Databases
• Experience with data tools and data coding languages including Informatica, Python, Snowflake, and SQL.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• An understanding of selling motions, ideally with experience in a Sales IT organization.
• Understanding of the sales process, preferably with experience in sales forecasting, goaling, and planning
• Superb communication and collaboration skills.
• Experienced in Agile and Waterfall development methodologies.
• Understanding of software development lifecycles and tools, including design and operations.
• Ability to build relationships with on-site and remote colleagues.
• Lead and maintain an agile partnership between business, operations, and IT.
• Experienced in facilitating estimation sessions and value driven decision making.
• Proficiency in understanding business functional areas and processes, and the ability to cleanly articulate them to others.
• Empathy, curiosity, and desire to improve and constantly learn
• Certified Anaplan Solution Architect and Certified Anaplan Modeler.

We have a phenomenal opportunity for a Technical Architect with Anaplan experience that wants to develop their technical skills and functional understanding as they plan, design, and implement new Sales Planning capabilities for our partners in the Sales organizations. You would play a critical role in the team, defining business processes for, and guiding the tactical execution of, our development teams. Responsibilities would include:

• Partnering with business architects, operational teams, and domain specialists to build, refine, and document new Anaplan models, requirements, workflows, and data flows.
• Analyzing complex business problems and collaborating with other Architects and Development Leads to define and document system capabilities and features.
• Building proof of concepts or new models in Anaplan for Cisco’s New Year Readiness processes.
• Working hand in hand with delivery teams to deliver new features and improve existing processes.
• Guide Agile teams on solution architecture, technical design and testing of the application to suit business needs.