Senior Delivery Manager at Appian

London, England, United Kingdom

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£60,000 – £80,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
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Cloud Computing, Consulting, Government, Financial ServicesIndustries

Requirements

  • Passionate about new technology and automation
  • Experienced in leading an Engineering Team in Agile and DevOps best practices
  • Knowledge of continuous integration, deployment practices and platform engineering principles
  • Ability to collaborate with people of all levels of technical ability
  • Understanding of industry best practices
  • Project Management experience
  • Fantastic people skills, including the ability to motivate a team towards a common goal
  • Strong background and extensive experience delivering cloud platforms and migrations
  • Certification in relevant cloud technologies (AWS, Azure) is highly desirable, e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, AWS Certified: Solutions Architect Associate

Responsibilities

  • Leading agile ceremonies including stand-ups, backlog refinement, planning and retrospectives
  • Ensuring the DevOps team is self-organising, engaged, motivated and part of the agile delivery process
  • Engaging with technical architects, tech leads and peripheral delivery teams to facilitate solutions definitions for our clients
  • Ensuring the detailed capture of technical work items on the product backlog and ensuring they are estimated with agreed acceptance criteria
  • Working with internal and client leads to prioritise backlog and communicate the progress of these items as applicable
  • Ensuring appropriate technical documentation is created and shared with the relevant people
  • Fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing between the engineering team and client teams, such as scheduling and managing show & tells
  • Engaging with project and GTM teams on the progress of deliverables and communicating cloud platform dependencies to our clients as necessary
  • Producing and distributing regular updates on delivery, impediments and issues

Skills

Azure
Cloud Migration
Platform Engineering
DevOps
Stakeholder Management
Project Delivery
Risk Management

Appian

Low-code automation platform for businesses

About Appian

Appian offers a low-code automation platform that allows businesses to create custom applications quickly without needing extensive coding knowledge. This platform is designed to help organizations in various industries, such as finance and healthcare, improve customer experience and streamline operations. Appian stands out from competitors by providing a subscription-based model along with professional services for implementation and support. The company's goal is to empower businesses to enhance their operations through accessible software solutions.

McLean, VirginiaHeadquarters
1999Year Founded
$46.7MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consulting, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Private Health Insurance
Comprehensive Global Wellness Program
Fully-covered Global Milk Stork Benefit
Global Wellness Reimbursement
Quarterly Awards and Recognition
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
401(k) or Pension Plans with Employer Matching
Company Paid Life Insurance and Disability
Employee Assistance Program
Global Parental Leave
Charitable Giving Program
Paid Time-Off and Paid Holidays
Tuition reimbursement for job-related continuing education
Professional Development Courses

Risks

Emerging low-code platforms offer similar capabilities at lower costs, threatening market share.
Departure of key personnel like Suvajit Gupta may impact innovation.
Reliance on large enterprise clients poses revenue risks if they switch providers.

Differentiation

Appian's low-code platform enables rapid application development without extensive coding knowledge.
The platform supports diverse industries, including finance, healthcare, and government.
Appian's Autoscale feature allows scaling of six million processes per hour.

Upsides

Growing demand for low-code platforms boosts Appian's market potential.
AI-driven process automation aligns with Appian's recent platform enhancements.
Cloud-native platform benefits from the shift to remote and hybrid work models.

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