Anaplan is hiring a VP of Technology Partnerships and four Strategic Alliances Directors to build co-sell with Data Cloud and AI platforms, naming Snowflake and Databricks. The homepage already puts Databricks in a band headed "The world's leaders in AI trust Anaplan", and Anaplan's help center and Community show a working Snowflake connection and new Snowflake writeback in Data Orchestrator. Yet the partners page lists 12 technology partners without either, and the data integrations page names neither. A data leader searching "Anaplan Snowflake" finds third-party connector vendors first, and the new alliance team has no page to send partner sellers to.
First action
Draft the Snowflake page from the help-center guide and the writeback announcement.
How to measure it
Opportunities tagged Snowflake or Databricks
- Now
- –
- Target
- 25 a quarter
- By
- 2 quarters
Steps
Confirm capability
What works today with each platform, with product.
Strategic Alliances Director, ISV & Strategic Growth 3 days
Write the pages
Use cases, architecture, how to connect.
Solutions Marketing Manager 1 week
Diagram
One architecture image per platform.
Solutions Marketing Manager 3 days
Add to partners
Tech partner list and integrations page.
Web Marketing Manager 1 day
Route the form
Leads to alliances and the account team.
Director of ABM 2 days
Share with partners
Co-sell links for partner sellers.
Strategic Alliances Director, ISV & Strategic Growth 1 week
Track
Search impressions and tagged opportunities.
Account Based Marketing Specialist monthly
Why it works
Publish two pages, "Anaplan + Snowflake" and "Anaplan + Databricks": what connects today (Data Orchestrator import, Snowflake writeback in Pipelines, APIs), the architecture in one diagram, three planning use cases (demand plans fed from the data cloud, actuals for FP&A, writing plans back for analytics), a customer quote where approved, and a "talk to our data cloud team" form that routes to alliances. Add both to the partners page and the integrations page, and give partner sellers the links for co-sell.
Data teams now choose planning tools by how they fit the data cloud. Clear pages turn existing capability into pipeline, rank for the integration searches third parties own today, and give the alliance hires a first asset on day one.
Ready to use
CopyAnaplan + Snowflake page
H1: Plan on your Snowflake data with Anaplan 1. What connects today: Data Orchestrator import, Snowflake writeback in Pipelines, APIs 2. Architecture diagram 3. Use cases: demand planning, FP&A actuals, plans back to analytics 4. Security and governance 5. Customer proof 6. Talk to our data cloud team (routes to alliances)
Risks and how to handle them
Overstating a partnership
Describe the integration, and add partner logos only with approval.
Databricks capability is thinner
Start with Snowflake and publish Databricks when the connection is ready.
Evidence
- HiringVP, Technology Partnerships (San Francisco, open since June 2026): define the roadmap for partnerships with "Cloud Service Providers (CSPs such as AWS, GCP, Azure), Data Cloud/AI platforms (such as Snowflake, Databricks), and strategic enterprise ISVs"; lead the "Partner Apps program to accelerate platform extensibility, marketplace growth, and new recurring revenue streams"; curate "Power of 3" motions aligning Anaplan, technology partners and systems integrators.Source
- HiringStrategic Alliances Director, ISV & Strategic Growth (Minneapolis, New York, Miami, San Francisco; posted September 12, 2026): build partnerships "across the Data, Cloud, AI, and ISV ecosystems", run "Co-Sell programs", create joint assets with "Deloitte, Accenture, EY", and strengthen Anaplan's position "as the leading xP&A platform within the cloud ecosystem".Source
- Your websiteHomepage: title "Decision Infrastructure for Agentic Enterprises | Anaplan"; a logo band headed "The world's leaders in AI trust Anaplan" with NVIDIA, ServiceNow, AWS, Databricks, OpenAI and Google; "Over 2,800 of the world's biggest brands trust Anaplan"; "48% of the Fortune 50 are Anaplan customers"; "250+ accomplished partners"; a 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader badge for Sales Performance Management; stories such as Coca-Cola ("95% less cost for trade promotion management") and LinkedIn ("75%+ faster territory planning"); a language switch for English, Japanese, French, German, Italian and Spanish.Source
- Your websitePartners page: title "How Can You Join Our Global Partner Program? | Anaplan" over the H1 "Anaplan Partners"; the PartnerAccelerate program with badges; technology partners listed are Adobe, AWS, Dell Boomi, DocuSign, Google Cloud, Informatica, Microsoft, MuleSoft, Salesforce, SnapLogic, Tableau and Workiva (no Snowflake or Databricks); marketplace links to AWS, Google Cloud, Azure and Salesforce AppExchange; a "Find a partner" link.Source
- Your websiteData management and integrations page: Anaplan Data Orchestrator, CloudWorks ("No-code data integration with cloud storage platforms"), Anaplan Connect, HyperConnect ("Pre-built Informatica connector") and third-party connectors; neither Snowflake nor Databricks is named.Source
- Anaplan CommunityAnaplan's own help center has a guide to "Create a connection in Anaplan Data Orchestrator to import data from Snowflake", and an Anaplan product owner announced on the Community that "Snowflake Writeback is now available", "the first of several planned writeback connectors", part of Pipelines in Anaplan Data Orchestrator.Source