Regional Partner, Technical Success Architect

Appian Corporation; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Tuition reimbursement

Family‑forming benefits

Job summary

Appian is seeking a Regional Partner, Technical Success Architect to support EMEA, including London and Madrid. You will guide partner delivery, review enterprise designs for scalability and security, and mentor technical teams to deliver mission-critical solutions leveraging Appian.

This senior role requires strong communication, architecture discipline, and the ability to travel up to 30% to meet partner teams and conduct masterclasses across the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline.
• 7+ years in enterprise software architecture.
• Experience with GSIs and enterprise delivery teams across EMEA.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Guide partner delivery teams across EMEA to align with Appian’s architectural standards.
• Review complex enterprise designs for scalability, security, performance, maintainability.
• Mentor partner leads, solution architects, and developers to build capable teams.
• Collaborate with regional partners, Customer Success, and Support to resolve architecture challenges.
• Create reusable design patterns and integration blueprints for Appian AI tooling.
• Provide technical enablement through forums, Q&A sessions, and training assets.
• Vet alternate channel designs with Product Engineering for robustness and repeatability.

Skills

Enterprise software architecture

Database design

API integrations

Security frameworks

Performance tuning

Cloud deployment

Stakeholder communication

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Software Engineering

Tools

Appian

Cloud platforms

Job description

Regional Partner, Technical Success Architect

London, United Kingdom; Madrid, Spain

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, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Global Alliances and Channels team at Appian is a fast-paced, dynamic organization that plays an integral role in driving Appian's growth globally. We are establishing an elite, high‑impact technical group to elevate our partner ecosystem's technical abilities and expertise to deliver market‑leading solutions. Your work directly impacts partner capability, customer satisfaction, and Appian's market expansion through channel revenue.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As a Partner Technical Success Architect supporting EMEA, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to top‑tier GSIs and enterprise delivery partners. This is a high‑visibility, force‑multiplier role where your architectural guidance directly impacts complex, mission‑critical transformations for major enterprise clients. If you want to scale your technical influence by helping partners architect and deliver top‑quality solutions using Appian, this opportunity offers unmatched scope and impact.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Guide partner delivery teams across EMEA to ensure their engineering practices and technical implementations consistently align with Appian’s highest architectural standards.
• Review complex enterprise application designs to ensure platform scalability, security frameworks, performance tuning, and long‑term maintainability for mission‑critical client deployments.
• Mentor partner technical leads, solution architects, and developers, building high‑performing partner teams capable of delivering complex applications independently.
• Collaborate with EMEA partner leads, Appian Customer Success, and Technical Support to diagnose and resolve architecture and performance challenges on high‑stakes, strategic accounts.
• Help create and curate reusable design patterns, integration blueprints, and fixes that directly feed into and enhance Appian’s AI tooling for partners.
• Provide technical subject matter expertise and support technical enablement across the global partner community by participating in live technical forums, Q&A sessions, and contributing to practical training and certification assets.
• Work alongside Appian’s Customer Success and Product Engineering teams to vet alternate channel solution architecture designs to ensure they are commercially robust, supportable, and repeatable.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of hands‑on experience in Enterprise Software Architecture, with a proven track record of designing, building, and deploying large‑scale, enterprise‑grade systems.
• Deep proficiency in Database Design, API Integrations, Security Frameworks, Performance Tuning, and Cloud Deployment Models.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with GSIs, regional systems integrators, and enterprise delivery teams across EMEA.
• Proven experience conducting architecture reviews, code reviews, and establishing engineering best practices for scalable enterprise platforms.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to command technical respect from partner executives and developer teams.
• Comfortable traveling up to 30% to visit key partner delivery teams, host technical masterclasses, and support critical on‑site project discovery.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Senior or Lead Appian Certification is strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of defining commercially robust, repeatable architecture patterns alongside Product Engineering and Customer Success teams.
• We value experience with enterprise platforms as these skills translate well into our Enterprise‑Grade Orchestration environment.

The base salary range per provided represents a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant work experience, qualifications, internal peer equity, and market and business conditions that exist when extending an offer. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.

Appian offers a comprehensive benefits package, which may include health coverage, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support, an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), lifestyle allowance, tuition reimbursement, and family‑forming benefits. Benefits may vary by country. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Specialist for details on the benefits available in the location you are applying to.

Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation, commission, bonus, or benefit plans.

Base Salary Range

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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 country—please ask your Talent Acquisition contact for details specific to the location you are applying to.

About Appian

Appian provides AI automation for the most important business processes at the world’s largest organizations. Our platform is known for its unique power, reliability, and scale. We’ve been automating processes for more than 25 years and have proven expertise in enterprise operations. For more information, visit appian.com .

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