Distinguished Architect, Anaplan Solutions

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 Distinguished Anaplan Solutions Architect at Edwards Lifesciences, you will serve as the strategic solution leader for enterprise planning initiatives, helping business teams transform planning processes into scalable, connected planning solutions. You will partner with stakeholders across Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Commercial, and IT to understand business objectives, define solution direction, and guide delivery teams in implementing effective planning capabilities.   On-site in Irvine, CA. How you’ll make an impact: Strategic Planning & Business Partnership   Partner with business leaders to understand strategic objectives, planning challenges, and transformation opportunities.   Facilitate planning process reviews, solution workshops, and future-state design sessions.   Translate business requirements into solution concepts, roadmaps, and implementation priorities. Drive adoption of connected planning principles across business functions. Serve as a trusted advisor for planning transformation initiatives.   Help business teams balance process improvements, user experience, governance, and operational needs.   Solution Architecture & Design Leadership   Define end-to-end solution blueprints that align business objectives with platform capabilities.   Establish solution design standards and best practices across planning applications.   Lead solution design discussions and challenge assumptions to achieve optimal outcomes.   Ensure consistency of planning processes, user experience, and solution approaches across business domains.   Provide architectural guidance to developers, analysts, and implementation partners.   Review solution designs and major enhancements to ensure scalability, maintainability, and business alignment.   Delivery Leadership & Team Enablement   Guide teams in translating business requirements into actionable solution designs.   Provide day-to-day architectural direction and support during project delivery.   Help developers and analysts prioritize work based on business value and strategic objectives.   Facilitate decision-making and resolution of complex business and solution challenges.   Mentor team members on planning processes, solution design principles, and Anaplan best practices.   Build organizational capability through coaching, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives.   Platform Governance & Solution Quality   Promote consistency, standardization, and governance across planning solutions.   Establish and maintain solution design principles, reusable frameworks, and delivery standards.   Support roadmap planning and prioritization decisions across the Anaplan portfolio.   Ensure planning solutions align with organizational governance, compliance, and operational requirements.   Identify and mitigate solution risks throughout project and operational lifecycles.   Drive simplification and continuous improvement across planning processes and applications.   Cross-Functional Collaboration   Partner with data, integration, security, and enterprise architecture teams to support successful solution delivery.   Define business and functional requirements for supporting data and integration capabilities.   Ensure planning solutions are aligned with enterprise data, reporting, and technology strategies.   Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.   Coordinate across