Technology Strategy Analyst

Appian's Chief Technology Office (CTO) spearheads our long-term technological vision, including strategic partnerships and corporate development. As a Technology Strategy Analyst, you'll be at the heart of this dynamic team, researching emerging technologies, analyzing market trends and potential partnerships, helping drive strategic initiatives, preparing impactful executive communications, and directly supporting our Founder and CTO.

About You:

• Passionate about technology and continuous learning

• A self-starter who needs little direction to get results

• Detail-oriented, extremely organized, and adaptable to changing priorities

• Comfortable with public speaking and networking

• Able to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion

• Enjoys working independently and with cross-departmental teams

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Support and maintain partnerships with other technology companies to support Appian's Technology Partnership function. This includes supporting the team in identifying key areas of interest for potential partnerships, documenting use cases with technical teams, creating GTM motions with both internal and external teams, operationalizing the partnership, and enabling our internal teams on the partnership.

• Perform operational tasks in support of technology strategy and partnerships, including creating partner and sales presentations, analyzing partner sales data, and performing administrative operations.

• Research competitive and emerging technologies to identify trends, opportunities, and new markets.

• Prepare data-driven in-depth analysis reports and executive summaries on markets, companies, or potential technology partners.

• Stay abreast of the latest industry trends, products, competitive landscape, and market dynamics that could affect Appian and its technology partners.

• Attend internal and external conferences/user groups to speak directly with customers and partners to gather feedback, create opportunities for engagement, and identify opportunities for overall operational improvement.

• Support the CTO team in executive strategic initiatives and adapt to evolving priorities and founder responsibilities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Management consulting experience or training

• Experience working with C-level executive

• Strong presentation software (Slides, Powerpoint, Keynote) skills

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Ability to travel on an as-needed basis

• Comfortable using CRM tools (Salesforce) and analytics tools (Excel, Tableau)

• Experience with low-code, traditional coding and software development

Education

• A minimum of a BA/BS degree is required