Senior Product Manager, Platform Engineering

Job overview

The Senior Product Manager, Platform Engineering role is onsite in Arlington, Virginia, and the posting states that employees are expected in the office five days a week. Compensation is $125,000–$250,000 per year. The role supports Appian’s self-managed distribution and Appian on Kubernetes offering. The product manager sets the roadmap and prioritizes features based on customer use cases, business impact, and technical strategy. By partnering with engineering and enterprise customers, the role guides product development and adoption while supporting reliable, high-performance customer-managed deployments.

What you'll do

• Define and execute the Appian on Kubernetes roadmap
• prioritize investments using customer feedback, business impact, and technical strategy
• partner with engineering on requirements and backlog
• collaborate on scalable cloud-native capabilities
• define product boundaries
• write product specifications
• track adoption and success
• manage the product lifecycle
• support go-to-market work
• build enterprise customer relationships.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior product manager

platform engineering

kubernetes

cloud-native

enterprise software

product roadmap

customer-managed deployments

arlington va

appian

five days in office

$125k–$250k per year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• 401(k) plan with company match
• flexible time off
• paid parental leave
• medical, dental, and vision plans
• life and disability insurance
• wellness programs
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings account contributions
• learning and development resources.

Why this role

The role focuses on Kubernetes-based customer-managed deployments and requires five days per week in the office. The posting lists a discretionary bonus and benefits including retirement match, flexible time off, paid parental leave, health coverage, and learning resources.

About the employer

Appian Corporation is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.