Account Executive, Appian
SLED
$125-225k
AI-powered process orchestration across the enterprise
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AI-powered process orchestration across the enterprise
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$125-225k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To simplify what it takes to turn great ideas into powerful business applications that deliver significant value.
Role
Who you are
- Are you inspired by the chance to solve your customers’ biggest challenges? You can make that kind of difference here. Join our team, where you can not only grow your career, but share the success of an industry pioneer
- Experience navigating a complex sales cycle from start to finish, leveraging internal resources within the larger sales organization, cross functionally with the customer success team and externally across customer and partner ecosystems
- Strong presentation skills for delivering in-person and virtual presentations to LOB & IT audiences, highlighting your ability to perform client discovery, communicate ROI and build business value
- A trusted advisor to both customers and colleagues to leverage multiple stakeholders throughout complex deals
- Actively seeking to understand industry trends to help position against competitors
- 5-10+ years of direct selling experience and a minimum of 2 years experience as an Enterprise Account Executive, selling complex technologies at the enterprise level to State, Local and Education customers
- History of consistent quota achievement
- Examples of landing new customer logos
- Strong job tenure: history of displaying loyalty and perseverance through long, stable job tenure and positive career trajectory
What the job involves
- The best salespeople achieve the most when they are selling outstanding products, solutions, and services backed by an extraordinary company. That’s what you get when you sell for Appian. We are passionate about driving digital transformation by bringing Appian solutions that provide speed, agility, and efficiency needed to compete and grow
- The Account Executive role is responsible for navigating a primarily greenfield geographic territory, top of funnel activity & prospecting while effectively managing a complex sales cycle (approximately 6-12 months) to a successful close
Our take
Appian is a fotware company helping organizations design, automate, and improve how work gets done. It offers a low-code platform that allows businesses and government agencies to build applications quickly and without the need for large development teams. And it serves a range of industries, having built a strong foothold in the public sector, where secure, scalable digital tools are critical to modernizing complex operations.
The company stands out by bringing process automation, AI, and data management together in a single platform. Instead of relying on multiple disconnected tools, organizations can use Appian to streamline workflows and make faster, better-informed decisions. Its low-code approach allows speed and flexibility, while its focus on security and compliance make it well suited for regulated and mission-critical environments.
This approach has recently been reinforced by a $500M, 10-year enterprise agreement with the US Army. The deal positions appian as a core platform for the Army's IT modernization, supporting AI-driven automation and secure cloud adoption. With its Defense Cloud now authorized for sensitive operations, the agreement signals growing confidence in Appian as a long-term partner for large-scale digital transformation.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2014
$38m
SERIES B
Jul 2008
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $48m
Company HQ
Tysons, VA
Additional info
- Raised £60M from IPO on 25 May 2017
Leadership
Matt Calkins
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously the Director of Enterprise Product Group at MicroStrategy before co-founding Appian in 1999.
Michael Beckley
(Co-Founder & CTO)Michael previously spent 3 years in Product Management at MicroStrategy before co-founding Appian in 1999.
Bob Kramer
(Co-Founder & General Manager)Previously worked as a consultant at MicroStrategy after graduating from University of Pennsylvania.
Marc Wilson
(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Ambassador)Previously worked as a Consultant at Boston Pacific after graduating from Dartmouth College.
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