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Senior Product Manager, Platform Engineering

Appian Corporation · McLean, Virginia

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
80 days
Appian Corporation 's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
1% of Appian Corporation 's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Appian Corporation
high
155 stale, 8 reposted of 158 open
Hiring momentum
257 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

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About this role

As a Senior Product Manager for Platform Engineering at Appian, you will lead the product strategy for Appian on Kubernetes, focusing on enhancing customer adoption and managing the product lifecycle. Your role involves collaborating with engineering teams to define requirements, prioritize features based on customer feedback, and establish clear product boundaries. You will also engage with enterprise customers to understand their deployment challenges and influence product direction.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 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.

Nice to have

  • 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.

What you get

  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible time off
  • Paid parental leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance

Worth weighing

  • The role requires being in the office 5 days a week, which may not suit all candidates.
  • The salary range is broad and dependent on various factors, which might lead to uncertainty in compensation discussions.

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Listed by Appian Corporation on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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