Technical Writer

York, England, United Kingdom

12/12/2024

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators who are focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading 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 that 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 have fun celebrating our wins.

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 be your best self!

We're looking for a Technical Writer to join the team in either London or York. This role is an immediate full-time position. If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and tackle problems that no one else is solving, keep reading. You will be required to go into our London or York offices a minimum of 2 days a week.

Your impact

We’re looking for a Technical Writer who's smart, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity, and keen to engage with the latest thinking in content development.

The person in this role will quickly understand technical concepts and systems and then write quality copy that follows our style guidelines. You’ll use standard technical writing principles to create clear, unambiguous user documentation in a friendly, conversational style. We need you to write, write, write, and love doing it.

You’ll have a strong interest in content itself — how you write it — ­­how you structure it — and how you deliver it. You’ll be proactive and willing to share your ideas and play an active role in the wider team.

We're also looking for a cultural fit. It’s important that you can work within our values of innovation, accountability, collaboration, transparency, resilience, empathy, authenticity, and a desire to learn.

So, even if you don’t tick all the boxes, if you have a strong interest in creating technical documentation that delivers simplicity in the face of complexity, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Write technical documentation for our software platform. Those solutions might include written documentation, videos, infographics, walkthroughs, or API documentation.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts across our global organization to make sure that your documentation is comprehensive, accurate, and valuable. Attend meetings to gather requirements — ask questions — occasionally, be available to remote teams, across time zones, to gather requirements and feedback.
• Work closely with other members of the technical content team to provide timely delivery of content: we work as a team and help wherever we can.
• Work closely with other members of the technical content team to provide consistent style and tone across all content by reviewing each other’s work.
• Plan and execute content, information requests, and tasks on time, and to the highest standards.
  
  

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Technical Writing, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least three years experience as a technical writer, preferably in a software environment.
• Fluent in English with a wide vocabulary and strong grammar.
• Comfortable working with complex systems.
  
  

Preferred Skills And Technical Familiarity

• Experience working with enterprise business planning or financial data.
• Comfortable with the Agile development process, and basic knowledge of Confluence, JIRA, and GIT.
• Perceptive and empathetic.
• Organized and detail oriented.
  
  

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Build your career in a place that thrives on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day! 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. 

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Anaplan does not: 

• Extend offers to candidates without an extensive interview process with a member of our recruitment team and a hiring manager via video or in person.  
• Send job offers via email. All offers are first extended verbally by a member of our internal recruitment team whenever possible, and then followed up via written communication. 
  
  

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