Senior Advisory Solutions Consultant - Department of War

Appian Corporation • McLean, VA

4d

About The Position

Appian's Sales Solutions Consulting team is undergoing a significant transformation, redefining the role of a trusted advisor in today's dynamic, mission-driven environment. Our Solution Consultants (SCs) go beyond feature demonstrations; they craft compelling narratives, collaborate with customers on co-creation, and influence strategy through their technical expertise and business insight. SC 2.0 is the driving force behind this vision. We are seeking individuals who enjoy solutioning with award-winning technology and collaborating with innovative professionals. This role offers an opportunity to advance your career within an exciting and rapidly growing area of Appian that is poised to fuel the company's future growth. The Global Sales Solutions Consulting organization at Appian is a unique team of self-starters passionate about their mission and redefining the pre-sales or sales engineering profession. Whether you are an experienced Solution Consultant or looking to transition into this field, this is the team, company, and movement for you. Appian Solution Consulting begins with understanding the 'Why' behind the mission-critical solutions that drive customer success. Through creative persona-based storytelling, technical solutioning, and business consulting, Appian Solution Consultants demonstrate the business value of Appian's technology during the sales cycle and beyond. They serve as trusted advisors to customers, partners, sales, product, marketing, and company leadership. Join this dynamic team to accelerate your career.

Requirements

• US Citizen
• DC Metro Area located
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• 8+ years as a successful Pre-Sales Engineer OR 10+ years in a Professional Services/Consulting role that is client facing and involves sales scenarios
• Willingness to travel 50% to customer locations throughout the assigned region
• Customer-obsessed mindset with a willingness to travel up to 50% to engage directly with clients, build trusted relationships, and ensure Appian solutions align with their strategic objectives.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to uncover and understand business objectives, engage executives and technical decision makers, lead strategic discussions, and resolve technical concerns to advance customer outcomes.
• Understand customer IT and business landscapes (ERP, CRM, data, workflow, AI, partner solutions).

Nice To Haves

• Able to do custom POCs and demos
• Ability to strategically problem solve by thinking outside of the box is required daily
• Technical depth to respond to all functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs
• Proven success conveying customer requirements to Product Management teams
• Familiarity with Business Process Management Platforms, or Application Development Platforms is a plus
• Recent experience programming within a modern web or enterprise development systems
• Familiarity in production environments (application servers, web servers, databases)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, customer interaction, requirements analysis, presentations, and system design

Responsibilities

• Actively drive and manage the technology evaluation stage of the sales process, serving as the key technical advisor and product advocate in collaboration with the sales team.
• Illustrate the value of Appian's platform through technical creativity and business acumen.
• Engage and articulate product positioning to both business and technical users in competitive scenarios.
• Rapidly identify all technical issues of assigned accounts to ensure complete customer satisfaction throughout the sales process.
• Partner with Account Executives to achieve defined sales goals.
• Lead efforts to ensure the delivery of all technical resources into sales campaigns.
• Propose technical and creative business solutions in support of sales activities.
• Design and deliver high-quality technical Proof of Concepts for prospective customers.
• Present technical and business aspects of proposed solutions to a C-Level audience.
• Represent Appian's product to customers and at field events such as conferences, summits, and seminars.
• Assist with the radiation strategy within target accounts by building customer relationships.
• Manage target accounts that may span multiple Account Executives.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the organization to receive necessary support for technical goals.
• Translate business objectives and requirements into solution designs that demonstrate how Appian addresses strategic challenges.
• Act as a co-seller with Account Executives, sharing accountability for planning, pipeline health, opportunity qualification, and revenue contribution.
• Facilitate customer roadmaps and transformation workshops with senior stakeholders.
• Design architectures that integrate Appian seamlessly into existing enterprise environments to extend value and accelerate ROI.
• Deliver persona-based, outcome-oriented demos and narratives that connect Appian capabilities to measurable ROI.
• Lead disciplined customer evaluations (POCs/POVs) with clear executive sponsorship, written success criteria, and measurable outcomes.
• Develop and contribute reusable assets including demos, architectural blueprints, frameworks, and customer success stories to global repositories for reuse.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior