Product Manager - Graduate
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Product Manager
Building the cloud infrastructure for the leading enterprise lowcode automation platform requires reliable secure scalable and highly available systems. As a Product Manager in Platform Engineering you will own the strategic vision and roadmap for critical networking infrastructure directly enabling the reliability security and scalability of Appian Cloud. Your decisions will directly impact the performance and experience of thousands of enterprise users.
Were committed to pushing cutting edge trends in cloud infrastructure development in order to create the best possible experience for our customers. As a Product Manager you will be part of an empowered global engineering team drive product strategy and partner closely with crossfunctional teams to define and deliver on the next phase of our cloud services.
About the Job
A Product Manager with Platform Engineering is responsible for the direction and roadmap for one or more components of the core infrastructure on which all Appian Cloud customer sites run. This position is for you if you are deeply interested in cloud infrastructure and services and especially if you have familiarity with modern cloud native architectures and networking. As such we are looking for a person with a strong technical background and a desire to apply that expertise to decisions that have direct customer impact.
Work on an agile team to prioritize define and ensure success of infrastructure features for a highlevel strategic roadmap as well as increments of value continuously delivered at the sprint level.
- Prioritize what we should build and in which order we should build them by analyzing internal and external customer use cases understanding technology trends incorporating information security requirements and collaborating with stakeholders on product vision and strategy.
- Present ideas and progress on new features through departmentwide and internal team reviews to elicit feedback.
- Define how infrastructure features will work through collaboration with engineers in design sessions architecture diagrams InfoSec reviews and usability testing.
- Manage the release and sprint backlog through planning and backlog grooming working with squad coaches engineers and other product managers as needed.
- Write detailed specifications for your peer product managers developers and other stakeholders to review and provide feedback on.
- Track adoption and usage of new features applying appropriate metrics and analytics to evaluate whether they are having the desired impact.
- Guide features through to completion including writing documentation prioritization of bug fixes and enhancements and conducting adoption analysis.
This role is based at our office at Level 42 25 Martin Place Sydney. Appian was built on a culture of inperson collaboration which we believe is a key driver of our mission to be the best. Employees hired for this position are expected to be in the office 5 days a week to foster that culture and ensure we continue to thrive through shared ideas and teamwork. We believe being in the office provides more opportunities to come together and celebrate working with the exceptional people across Appian.
About You:
- You have a strong technical background likely a software engineering or computer science major with experience as a product owner.
- Demonstrated technical background with a deep understanding of key concepts related to availability scalability resiliency and security.
- You are able to define and drive product roadmaps effectively negotiate priorities and deliver impactful results in a fastpaced environment.
- You have examples of your strategic mindset where you have aligned a wide range of customer needs into a cohesive roadmap.
- Believer in the principles of DevOps and Infrastructure as Code.
Nice to Have Experience:
- Relevant experience with cloud infrastructure acting as a product owner ideally acting as a product manager during an internship.
- Demonstrated expertise in core networking principles including advanced understanding of VPNs IP addressing subnetting DNS routing protocols and network security. You should be able to translate complex technical concepts into clear product requirements.
- Experience implementing or managing infrastructure utilizing Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) principles or related technologies.
- Experience managing daytoday technical and design direction for large scale systems and services.
- Experience AWS networking services (e.g. PrivateLink Internet Gateways VPCs Transit Gateways)
- Associate Level AWS Certification or hands on experience designing and launching products that leverage AWS Services (Cloudwatch EC2 ELB Route53 S3 to support missioncritical systems.
- Sound understanding of the value of cutting edge infrastructure technologies like Kubernetes and concepts like Infrastructure as Code.
Preferred Education:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field. Masters degree or relevant certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty) are a plus.
Preferred Experience Level:
- Product management experience with a strong focus on networking. Proven track record of leading technical products from concept to launch.
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About Appian
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