Here at Appian, our core values of Respect, Work to Impact, Ambition, and Constructive Dissent&Resolution define who we are. These values guide our actions and shape our culture every day. When you join Appian, you'll be part of a passionate team that's dedicated to accomplishing hard things. As the Area Vice President, Process Advisory in Appian's Customer Success team, you will lead the creation and implementation of our process advisory center of excellence. This role requires a visionary leader with expertise in business consulting, IT strategy, process design, process optimization, and change management. You will help us expand our service offerings to include strategic interventions to help Executive teams integrate their company strategy with their application roadmap. You will design methodologies and tools that our expert consultants and industry leaders can utilize to help customers transform their processes and effectively leverage our platform to align with their strategic objectives. This role involves close collaboration and partnership with Appian's geographic leaders. This role is based at Appian's Headquarters in McLean, VA. Employees hired for this position will have the opportunity to work in a flexible, hybrid environment. If you are not already located in the surrounding McLean, VA area, your willingness to relocate will be a contingency for this position. To be successful in this role, you will: Develop a service offer that helps top executives identify the most valuable sequence of process automation initiatives. Define Appian's methodology to help our customers review their business processes, identify optimization opportunities, quantify value, and define a transformation roadmap. Develop a process automation group of practitioners that will help our customers define their transformation critical path and become a reference on processes expertise, data-driven analysis, root cause analysis, and Agile principles. Lead large-scale transformation engagements that deliver measurable business value. Work on process innovation initiatives and new process development across key industries. Provide leadership in driving a culture of strategic thinking, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. Ensure compliance with program and process management standards and guidelines. Foster an environment of growth and development within your team. Basic Qualifications: 15 years of consulting experience advising clients and internal teams on transformation strategy and process automation. Proven track record in selling and leading large-scale transformation engagements that delivered measurable business value. Highly developed communication skills to collaborate, build relationships, influence, negotiate, and persuade others at all levels within business and IT stakeholders. Knowledge and applied experience with various innovation approaches, including lean startup, zone management, design thinking, and product discovery. Management of top-tier consultants to leverage their expertise while maintaining a balance between innovation and meeting project objectives. Excelling in navigating and delivering results within a matrix organization structure. Utilize visualizations and story-driven design to create a shared big-picture view that drives consistent actions and communicates complex ideas clearly. Understanding of process design techniques like BPM, Lean, Agile, Value Stream Mapping, Workflow Automation, Design Thinking, or BPR. Ideal Skills: Facilitative leadership style; you excel working in a place characterized by ambiguity and unknowns. Passion for continuous improvement. Possess humility and a continual drive for learning. Exceptional relationship builder. Collaborative and supportive of others. Creativity, vision, and divergent thinking. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Understand behavior psychology and how humans interact with change. Passion for mentoring and making others successful. Bias toward action. Effectively navigate a range of personalities while advancing your own agenda. About Appian Appian is a software company that automates business processes. The Appian AI-Powered Process Platform includes everything you need to design, automate, and optimize even the most complex processes. For more information, visit appian.com. [Nasdaq: APPN]Appian Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. J-18808-Ljbffr