Senior Solution Architect, Anaplan

Innovation starts from the heart. At Edwards Lifesciences, we’re dedicated to developing ground-breaking technologies with a genuine impact on patients’ lives. At the core of this commitment is our investment in cutting-edge information technology. This supports our innovation and collaboration on a global scale, enabling our diverse teams to optimize both efficiency and success. As part of our IT team, your expertise and commitment will help facilitate our patient-focused mission by developing and enhancing technological solutions.

As a Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect at Edwards Lifesciences, you will own the end-to-end technical architecture of our Anaplan platform and its surrounding integration ecosystem. You will establish and maintain architectural standards across the full planning technology domain — spanning model design, data integrations, and platform governance — while serving as the primary technical authority for strategic decisions and project-level guidance.

Your work directly enables scalable, reliable, and business-aligned connected planning capabilities across Edwards.

• Define and maintain the enterprise-level Anaplan architecture, including model structure, sparsity management, module design, and Polaris/Classic engine strategy

• Develop and enforce architectural standards, design patterns, and best practices across all Anaplan work spaces and models

• Own the ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) framework, ensuring disciplined promotion of changes across DEV, UAT, and PROD environments

• Maintain a design and metadata repository covering all established architectural models, data flows, and integration configurations

• Provide oversight and compliance review across planning, execution, and operational phases of Anaplan initiatives

• Architect and govern all Anaplan integration patterns, including Cloud Works-based automation, API-driven connections, and file-based data flows (CSV/TXT for automated pipelines; XLS/XLSX for governed manual uploads)

• Define data flow specifications, interface contracts, and exception handling/monitoring standards for all inbound and outbound integrations (e.g., Workday HR data via AWS S3, ERP source systems

• Lead the evaluation and selection of integration tooling and patterns (publish-subscribe, REST API design, scheduled Cloud Works actions) and ensure alignment with enterprise IT standard

• Collaborate with IT, Security, and data owners to maintain integration reliability, auditability, and access controls including MINT security configuration

• Define data modeling standards within Anaplan, including hierarchy design, dimension management, and master data alignment with upstream source systems

• Ensure data quality, lineage, and governance practices are embedded across all Anaplan data flows

• Partner with Data Management and Analytics teams to align Anaplan data structures with broader enterprise data architecture (data warehouse, data lake, MDM)

• Drive improvements in data accuracy, consistency, and load performance across automated and manual upload processes

• Serve as the primary technical advisor on Anaplan-related decisions for project teams, business stakeholders, and implementation partners

• Evaluate emerging Anaplan platform capabilities, third-party tools, and industry trends; translate findings into actionable architectural recommendations

• Develop and deliver training, coaching, and knowledge transfer to Anaplan developers and functional team members

• Lead architecture reviews and design sessions for new initiatives, ensuring alignment with established standards before project execution begins

• Manage and mitigate architectural risk, including transition planning during key personnel changes (e.g., architect offboarding, partner transitions)

• Maintain up-to-date architecture documentation, including integration flow diagrams, RACI matrices, and configuration records

• Support audit, compliance, and security review processes as they relate to the Anaplan platform and connected systems

• Contribute…