Senior Software Manager, QA
Anaplan
| Company | Anaplan |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Manchester |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Manager |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 19 Jun 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
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.
What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.
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.
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 our wins – big and small.
Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values -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! Team Description
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.
Your Impact
Team Leadership & Development
Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team based on actual demand and delivery needs
Provide hands-on coaching and guidance to Principal Engineers and team members, fostering technical excellence and career growth
Quickly establish trust with team members, peers, and stakeholders through authentic engagement and delivery
Champion an engineering culture that balances pragmatic delivery with sustainable practices
Delivery Excellence
Drive fast-paced, continuous delivery practices—leading the transformation from monthly to daily release cycles
Balance process rigor with delivery velocity; know when documentation adds value and when it creates friction
Apply and evangelize proper use of DORA metrics to measure and improve team performance
Ensure platform capabilities for data processing, AI, and developer acceleration ship reliably and on schedule
Take ownership of delivery outcomes; work proactively with Product Management without waiting for perfect requirements
Technical Strategy & Collaboration
Partner closely with architects to align implementation patterns with long-term technical direction
Create clear, compelling strategy papers, roadmaps, and presentations for technical and executive audiences
Collaborate across globally distributed teams with awareness of time zone considerations and asynchronous work patterns
Guide teams in embedding AI/ML features—prompt engineering, model inference, feature pipelines—into platform services
Contribute to technical planning, architecture decisions, and incident retrospectives
Platform & Product Mindset
Apply product thinking to platform solutions, ensuring they meet real business and customer needs
Champion innovation in performance, tooling, and platform capabilities
Oversee design and delivery of full stack solutions spanning React, Java, and Python
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across engineering, product, and architecture
Your Qualifications
Leadership & Management
10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in engineering management or technical leadership
Proven track record managing teams through significant process transformations (e.g., monthly to daily re
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