Senior Software Manager, QA

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.</p> <p>What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;">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 who rely on our best-in-class platform.</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;">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 love celebrating<em> </em>our wins – big and small.</p> <p>Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, <a href="https://www.anaplan.com/careers/">values</a>-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!</p></div><h3><strong><span data-markdown-start-index="99">Team Description</span></strong></h3> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="117">As part of the ADO team under GPTO Engineering, you’ll report to the Sr. Director of Engineering. This team is accountable for Performance test automation, configuration, and verification delivering repeatable performance comparison testing and diagnosis across a range of ADO operations at enterprise scale, enabling high-performance AI-driven workloads, and acting as a technical bridge between engineering and architecture.</span></p> <h3><strong><span data-markdown-start-index="550">Your Impact</span></strong></h3> <p><strong><span data-markdown-start-index="565">Team Leadership & Development</span></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="600">Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team based on actual demand and delivery needs</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="705">Provide hands-on coaching and guidance to Principal Engineers and team members, fostering technical excellence and career growth</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="837">Quickly establish trust with team members, peers, and stakeholders through authentic engagement and delivery</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="949">Champion an engineering culture that balances pragmatic delivery with sustainable practices</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-markdown-start-index="1043">Delivery Excellence</span></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="1068">Drive fast-paced, continuous delivery practices—leading the transformation from monthly to daily release cycles</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="1183">Balance process rigor with delivery velocity; know when documentation adds value and when it creates friction</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="1296">Apply and evangelize proper use of DORA metrics to measure and improve team performance</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="1387">Ensure platform capabilities for data processing, AI, and developer acceleration ship reliably and on schedule</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="1501">Take ownership of delivery outcomes; work proactively with Product Management without waiting for perfect requirements</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-markdown-start-index="1622">Technical Strategy & Collaboration</span></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="1662">Partner closely with architects to align implementation patterns with long-term technical direction</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="1765">Create clear, compelling strategy papers, roadmaps, and presentations for technical and executive audiences</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="1876">Collaborate across globally distributed teams with awareness of time zone considerations and asynchronous work patterns</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="1999">Guide teams in embedding AI/ML features—prompt engineering, model inference, feature pipelines—into platform services</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="2120">Contribute to technical planning, architecture decisions, and incident retrospectives</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-markdown-start-index="2208">Platform & Product Mindset</span></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><span data-markdown-start-index="2240">Apply product thinking to platform solutions, ensuring they…