Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect (R6366)

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit [](https://shield.ai/). Follow Shield AI on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/shield-ai), [X](https://x.com/shieldaitech), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/shield_ai), and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@Shield_AI). ### Job Description: Shield AI is seeking a Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect to set technical direction and lead connected planning for Corporate FP&A. In our lean team, you will be both architect and hands-on builder, independently guiding complex design decisions while coaching FP&A colleagues toward greater self-sufficiency. You will help advance an autonomous, continuously updated forecast grounded in business drivers, robust data, and validated machine-learning inputs, freeing Finance partners to advise the business and giving leaders timely projections. ### What you'll do: - Architect and build connected models for financial statements, workforce, allocations, annual planning, and long-range scenarios. - Shape the planning architecture and roadmap with Finance leaders, balancing business value, scalability, and delivery capacity. - Establish design standards and resolve cross-model dependencies to keep planning solutions intuitive, performant, and maintainable. - Coach FP&A users and builders to own more of their analysis, scenarios, and model development. - Integrate trusted enterprise data and predictive outputs into Anaplan, partnering with data and analytics engineers. - Advance continuously refreshed, driver-based forecasting with clear reconciliation, review, and override controls. - Provide technical leadership to builders and implementation partners, owning solution quality, acceptance, and knowledge transfer. - Required qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, master’s degree with 6+ years, or PhD with 3+ years, including hands-on Anaplan - Extensive hands-on Anaplan experience with a record of architecting and delivering complex connected planning solutions. - Deep understanding of Corporate FP&A and the judgment to translate Finance priorities into architectural decisions. - Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex delivery while building directly in a lean team. - Experience with integrations, model performance, reconciliation, and controlled deployment. - Experience mentoring builders, developing Finance users, and advising senior stakeholders on design and delivery tradeoffs. - Anaplan Solution Architect certification or Master Anaplanner designation. - Experience with integrated three-statement planning and driver-based forecasting. - Experience integrating predictive models or enterprise data platforms with planning applications.