Launch Manager

Here at Appian our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian youll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things together.

We are seeking a highly organized and cross-functional Launch Manager to drive the planning coordination and execution of both product launches and strategic go-to-market initiatives across the role serves as the central orchestrator of marketing activities across Product and Solutions Marketing Field Marketing Digital Marketing and Communications. The Launch Manager ensures that segment-specific strategies regional plans and business initiatives are unified into a cohesive insight-driven go-to-market execution plan.

This role goes beyond traditional product launchesowning the rollout of key business initiatives such as new solutions market expansions and GTM transformations.

While we would prefer that this role be based out of our HQ in McLean VA we will evaluate qualified remote candidates. Regardless working hours will be Eastern Time so as to align with core Marketing and Product Management teams.

In this role you will:

• Own the end-to-end launch strategy and execution for new product and services releases solution launches and strategic initiatives such as new GTM motions pricing and packaging updates domain expansion and rebranding efforts.

• Establish a consistent launch framework that can scale across both product and non-product initiatives.

• Define launch tiers success criteria and governance models based on initiative complexity business impact and cross-functional dependencies.

• Consolidate segment plans from Product Marketing and Solutions Marketing into a unified launch plan.

• Integrate global launch strategy with regional execution plans in partnership with Field Marketing.

• Act as the primary liaison between Marketing and the Product Launch team within Product Management.

• Partner with Field Marketing to align launches with regional plans targets market dynamics localization needs and activation strategies.

• Coordinate across key stakeholders including Product and Solutions Marketing Field Marketing Digital Marketing Marketing Operations Communications and Product Launch.

• Build and maintain comprehensive launch plans timelines dependency trackers and readiness plans.

• Run launch governance including regular cross-functional syncs executive updates readiness reviews and risk mitigation discussions.

• Identify risks dependencies and gaps and proactively drive resolution to keep launches on track.

• Drive end-to-end readiness across all channels and regions ensuring consistent execution while allowing for regional flexibility.

• Define and track KPIs for product launches and strategic initiatives.

• Build and deliver performance reporting using tools such as Marketo Tableau and Salesforce.

• Analyze launch performance across segments regions campaigns and pipeline contribution.

• Provide actionable insights to Product Marketing and Solutions Marketing leads on segment performance geographic trends initiative effectiveness pipeline contribution and conversion trends.

• Partner with Field Marketing to evaluate regional performance against targets and optimize future execution.

• Lead post-launch and post-initiative retrospectives to identify opportunities to improve launch processes cross-functional alignment regional activation and measurement frameworks.

• Build scalable best practices for repeatable high-impact launches and strategic initiative rollouts.

Qualifications:

• 712 years of experience in product marketing program management launch management go-to-market operations or related GTM leadership roles.

• Experience managing both product launches and cross-functional business initiatives or transformations.

• Strong experience working with Field Marketing in a global organization.

• Hands-on experience with marketing automation and analytics tools such as Marketo Tableau and Salesforce.

• Exceptional program and portfolio management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent launches and initiatives.

• Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills.

• Ability to synthesize complex inputs into clear actionable plans.

• Analytical mindset with strong reporting and insight-generation capabilities.

• Experience connecting strategy to execution to performance measurement.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced evolving environments.

What success looks like:

• Product launches and strategic initiatives are consistently delivered on time and with high quality.

• Product Marketing Field and regional teams are aligned on launch plans dependencies timelines and success metrics.

• Leadership has clear visibility into launch readiness risks performance and regional execution.

• Data-driven insights inform continuous improvement and future planning.

• The organization operates with a repeatable scalable launch and initiative framework.

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Tools and Resources

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Benefits

Appian offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health wellbeing and financial future. Benefits may include health coverage Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support life and disability insurance an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) a retirement/pension plan wellness dollars tuition reimbursement family-forming benefits and more. Benefits vary by countryplease ask your Talent Acquisition contact for details specific to the location you are applying to.

About Appian

Appian provides process automation technology. We automate complex processes in large enterprises and governments. Our platform is known for its unique reliability and scale. Weve been automating processes for 25 years and understand enterprise operations like no one else. For more information visit . Nasdaq: APPN

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