Senior Manager, Appian Software Developer

Job Description

Senior Manager-Appian Software Developer

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.
  
  

Our Technology Centres focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centres are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Centre helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centres.

Role Overview

We are looking for experienced Appian Developers who can break down and solve complex problems with a strong motivation to get things done and deliver high-quality Appian implementations.

What Will You Do In This Role

• Design, develop, modify, integrate, test, deploy and support enterprise-level Appian applications
• Translate business process software requirement specifications into prototypes and solutions
• Support data gathering and analysis to facilitate risk mitigation and issue resolution
• May have the role of Team Lead in a development squad
• Deliver projects using Agile development methodology
• Properly executes Code Reviews
• Act as an escalation point for junior developers
• Monitors project and ensures that all project stories and tasks stay on track to meet commitments.
• Properly identifies any risks or blockers and properly documents and communicates them in order to prevent delays or unblock the development team.
• Responsible for raising any reprioritization of backlog, including any impact that reprioritization will have on the initial scope in the Release Plan
• Responsible for pushing all releases across environments
• Appropriately escalates when necessary while clearly communicating impact and risk
• Strong collaboration, organization skills in cross-functional teams; ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences; work closely with scientists, peers, and business leaders in different geographical locations to define and deliver complex features.
  
  

What Should You Have

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.
• Experience monitoring and identifying risks from Appian health checks
• Proven ability to write complex Appian SAIL expressions
• Experience setting up custom integrations with external platforms
• Demonstrated dominance of Appian to the point of being an escalation point that a more junior resources could look to for guidance
• Can successfully develop stories independently, requiring minimal feedback from Peer Reviews and QA
• Appian Certified Senior Developer (Preferred)
• Experience throughout the software development life cycle
• Strong grasp of Agile concepts, including understanding of terms and applicable ceremonies.
• Strong analytical skills, experience designing and delivering complex, highly scalable software components
• Capable of interpreting, analyzing, and communicating business requirements to development team
• Capable of interacting with other teams successfully, with no difficulties understanding or being understood
• Strong leadership skills, capable of managing and delegating assignments to junior resources
• Capable of properly executing Code Reviews and ensure adherence to Best Practices, preventing bugs from moving forward to higher environments
• Capable of monitoring and ensuring that all project stories and tasks stay on track to meet commitments
• Demonstrated strong organizational skills, capable of preparing for and leading internal and business-facing meetings
• Must be able to multitask efficiently and progressively and work comfortably in an ever-changing data environment
• Knowledge of database management systems, such as Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, etc
  
  

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Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

VISA Sponsorship

Travel Requirements

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Shift

Valid Driving License

Hazardous Material(s)

Required Skills

Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, Systems Integration, Testing

Preferred Skills

Job Posting End Date

09/15/2025

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Requisition ID R346597