Senior Product Manager, Platform Engineering

Define and execute the product roadmap for Appian on Kubernetes.

Prioritize product investments based on customer feedback, business impact, and technical strategy.

Partner closely with Engineering to define requirements, refine backlog priorities, and guide implementation.

Collaborate with architects and engineers to design scalable, cloud-native platform capabilities.

Establish clear product boundaries between customer-managed infrastructure and Appian-managed functionality.

Write detailed product requirements and specifications for engineering teams.

Track feature adoption and success through customer feedback, product metrics, and usage analytics.

Own the product lifecycle from ideation through documentation, launch, and ongoing enhancements.

Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to support go-to-market initiatives and product positioning.

Build strong relationships with enterprise customers to understand complex deployment challenges and influence future product direction.

5+ years of experience in Product Management or Software Engineering within an enterprise software organization.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Experience managing products supporting both SaaS and customer-managed deployments.

Strong understanding of cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes.

Experience working with containerized applications throughout the deployment and operational lifecycle.

Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure concepts including scalability, availability, resiliency, and security.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and executive audiences.

Experience partnering directly with enterprise customers to influence product strategy.

Experience with Kubernetes platforms such as Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, Red Hat OpenShift, Rancher, or VMware Kubernetes Service.

Experience building or supporting Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).

Familiarity with software deployments in denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) environments.

Understanding of enterprise data sovereignty and regulatory requirements, including frameworks such as DORA.

Experience supporting customers in highly regulated industries, including government, financial services, healthcare, or life sciences.

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The base salary range represents a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant work experience, qualifications, internal peer equity, and market and business conditions that exist when extending an offer. A discretionary bonus may be awarded in recognition of individual and company performance.

In addition, Appian provides generous benefits offerings that include a 401(k) plan with company match, flexible time off, paid parental leave, medical, dental, and vision plans, life insurance, disability insurance, wellness programs, flexible spending accounts, health savings account contributions, an employee referral bonus program, and learning and development resources. Certain positions may be eligible for equity awards.

Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation, commission, bonus, or benefit plans.

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