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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.\nAs 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.\nOn-site in Irvine, CA.\nHow you’ll make an impact:\nStrategic Planning & Business Partnership\nPartner with business leaders to understand strategic objectives, planning challenges, and transformation opportunities. \nFacilitate planning process reviews, solution workshops, and future-state design sessions. \nTranslate business requirements into solution concepts, roadmaps, and implementation priorities. \nDrive adoption of connected planning principles across business functions.\nServe as a trusted advisor for planning transformation initiatives. \nHelp business teams balance process improvements, user experience, governance, and operational needs. \nSolution Architecture & Design Leadership\nDefine end-to-end solution blueprints that align business objectives with platform capabilities. \nEstablish solution design standards and best practices across planning applications. \nLead solution design discussions and challenge assumptions to achieve optimal outcomes. \nEnsure consistency of planning processes, user experience, and solution approaches across business domains. \nProvide architectural guidance to developers, analysts, and implementation partners. \nReview solution designs and major enhancements to ensure scalability, maintainability, and business alignment. \nDelivery Leadership & Team Enablement\nGuide teams in translating business requirements into actionable solution designs. \nProvide day-to-day architectural direction and support during project delivery. Help developers and analysts prioritize work based on business value and strategic objectives. \nFacilitate decision-making and resolution of complex business and solution challenges. \nMentor team members on planning processes, solution design principles, and Anaplan best practices. \nBuild organizational capability through coaching, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives. \nPlatform Governance & Solution Quality\nPromote consistency, standardization, and governance across planning solutions. \nEstablish and maintain solution design principles, reusable frameworks, and delivery standards. \nSupport roadmap planning and prioritization decisions across the Anaplan portfolio. \nEnsure planning solutions align with organizational governance, compliance, and operational requirements. \nIdentify and mitigate solution risks throughout project and operational lifecycles. \nDrive simplification and continuous improvement across planning processes and applications. \nCross-Functional Collaboration\nPartner with data, integration, security, and enterprise architecture teams to support successful solution delivery. \nDefine business and functional requirements for supporting data and integration capabilities. \nEnsure planning solutions are aligned with enterprise data, reporting, and technology strategies. \nAct as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams. \nCoordinate across teams to remove barriers and maintain alignment on shared objectives. \nInnovation & Continuous Improvement\nEvaluate emerging Anaplan capabilities, AI features, and planning technologies. \nIdentify opportunities to improve planning effectiveness, user adoption, and business insight. \nDrive innovation by introducing new approaches, methodologies, and best practices. \nSupport organizational change management and successful adoption of new capabilities. \nInfluence the future direction of Edwards' enterprise planning ecosystem. \nGeneral & Administrative\nMaintain up-to-date architecture documentation, including integration flow diagrams, RACI matrices, and configuration records \nSupport audit, compliance, and security review processes as they relate to the Anaplan platform and connected systems \nContribute to vendor relationship management and contract/SOW reviews where architectural scope is involved \nWhat you'll need (Required):\nBachelor's Degree in related field\nA minimum of twelve years experience in IT (Or ten years with a Masters)\nAdvanced degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Natural Sciences & Mathematics or a related discipline; professional certifications (e.g. TOGAF, COBIT, ITIL, CDMP, OCP)\nA minimum of thee years experience of demonstrably solid performance in an architect role working with cross-functional teams (within IT and/or within the business) on enterprise-level or complex/novel system implementations\nWhat else we look for (Preferred):\nProven experience delivering enterprise-level, complex, or novel system implementations, including use cases in FP&A, Sales and Supply Chain - highly preferred \nCertified Master Anaplanner (CMA) and/or Certified Anaplan Solution Architect (Professional) - highly preferred \nAdditional architecture or IT governance certifications such as TOGAF, COBIT, ITIL, OCP, CDMP, or similar - a strong plus \nExperience with Anaplan ADO (Anaplan Data Orchestrator), Anaplan AI, and PlanIQ - highly preferred \nStrong business acumen with the ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions \nStrong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and guide stakeholders \nPeople leadership experience, including indirect leadership or matrix leadership, is highly preferred \nAligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.\nFor California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $159,000 to $226,000 (highly experienced).\nThe pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). 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