Senior Lead Program Manager in Chennai

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: You will play a crucial role in solution delivery and day-to-day technology management of the Global Cloud Apps and AI program. Reporting to the AI CoE Lead, you will lead the architecture, standards, and advanced development requirements for our global enterprise AI portfolio. Alongside CoE Leadership, you will guide a crew of 6-8 engineers to ensure the release of high-quality products on time and within budget. Our team is chartered to develop and deliver custom AI products and enhance global cloud apps products or AI projects delivered by other delivery teams from around WPP. Are you a visionary technical leader with a deep mastery of the Microsoft Power Platform and Agent ecosystem and a passion for engineering excellence? We are looking for an Engineering Lead to drive our technical strategy and architectural standards. In this senior role, you will be responsible for conducting research spikes, providing technical guidance to development teams, and ensuring that our global agent framework ensures a foundation of robust, scalable, and maintainable components. You will combine y

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. Summary: As a Principal Software Engineer at Appian, you will be the primary technical strategist, responsible for shaping the architectural foundation of our platform. Your role involves anticipating future challenges and implementing innovative solutions today. You will drive complex cross-functional initiatives, ensuring Appian remains a leader in the low-code and automation industry. Responsibilities: Define the long-term architectural vision and governance for the Appian platform. Identify systemic technical risks and lead task forces to resolve architectural bottlenecks. Develop internal tools and SDKs to simplify infrastructure and enhance developer productivity. Conduct deep-dive troubleshooting for complex production issues. Promote AI-native engineering practices and integrate AI features into the platform. Lead the development of core platform libraries and high-risk prototypes. Participate in the Architectural Guild and review high-impact design documents. Mentor lead and senior engineers, and represent Appian in the tech community. Ensure operational resilience with self-healing and highly available systems. Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. 15+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in architecting large-scale distributed systems. Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns. Proven transformational leadership in technological migrations or strategies. Expertise in Java and Cloud-Native ecosyst

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. Location- Chennai Team: Engineering Enablement Group As a Senior Software Engineer in our Engineering Enablement Group, you will lead the re-design and evolution of our Mobile Branding framework — the system that enables customers to create custom-branded versions of the Appian mobile application for both iOS and Android. You will drive the architectural modernization of the end-to-end branding pipeline, from the customer-facing Forum application and provisioning tools to the backend build service running on Mac EC2 runners in AWS. By leveraging modern microservices, CI/CD automation, and cloud-native infrastructure, you will transform the current system into a more reliable, scalable, and maintainable platform that reduces manual intervention and accelerates customer delivery. We are looking for a technical leader who can bridge the gap between complex Ruby/Bash-based tooling, Appian process models, and AWS infrastructure to deliver a seamless mobile branding experience. Primary Qualifications: 6-9 Strong working experience with Android and iOS frameworks and mobile application development workflows. Familiarity with mobile build systems (Fastlane, Xcode, Gradle) and code-signing workflows. Experience with proficiency in Python, with experience in Ruby, Bash, or Go being a plus. Advanced experience with AWS infrastructure (S3, Lambda, EC2) and CI/CD pipeline design. Strong end-to-end knowledge of pipeline creation, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform). Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and performanc

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: The Senior Security Incident Responder is a lead technical authority for incident response execution, responsible for handling the most complex, high-impact, and business-critical security incidents across WPP. The role does not have line management responsibility; people management remains with the Security Incident Management Lead. What you'll be doing: KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Advanced Incident Detection, Analysis & Response - Lead investigations for high-severity and complex security incidents. - Perform deep technical analysis using SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, identity, email, and cloud telemetry. - Execute and oversee containment, eradication, and recovery actions. - Act as technical incident commander when delegated. Escalation Handling & Stakeholder Coordination - Serve as the primary escalation point for complex incidents. - Coordinate with Legal, Privacy, Risk, Technology Operations, and agency teams. - Provide clear technical updates to senior stakeholders. Forensics, Evidence Handling & Assurance - Lead forensic evidence collection, preservation, and analysis. - Ensure d

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. At Appian, we’re passionate about technology—we love making it, and we love using it. Joining Appian Engineering offers you the opportunity to learn in an environment that prizes cross-functional collaboration and is deeply committed to your professional growth. We aim to revolutionize the way people work by building a platform so intuitive that our customers can truly thrive. In the Senior Manager of Software Development role, you will provide technical leadership for a specific product area while directly driving the professional development of the engineers on your team. Key Responsibilities: The ideal candidate will manage development teams, oversee architecture decisions, and ensure scalable, high-quality delivery aligned with business objectives. This leader is expected to guide software engineers through solving ambiguous and complex problems. They will champion an AI-first approach and bring deep experience in migrating and modernizing legacy applications using cloud-native, modular architectures and emerging technologies. We are looking for someone with an established background in delivering highly scalable systems and a strong operational track record while working across multiple teams. This role provides the autonomy and ownership needed to innovate and solve the industry's most difficult problems. Leadership & Team Management Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent: Lead and mentor a team of developers, architects, and analysts. Set very high standards for the team and in hiring talent. Manage end-to-end

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. Senior Consultant Location: Chennai, India | Work Model: In Office About the Team Appian Customer Success is obsessed with delivering exceptional customer outcomes and high-velocity business impact. Our Public Sector team acts as a trusted strategic partner to government agencies and organizations, bringing their most vital ideas to life. By joining this high-performing team, you will strengthen and evolve your technical consulting skills while accelerating the adoption of our AI-Powered Process Automation platform across critical public infrastructure. As a Senior Consultant, you will step into a pivotal leadership role at the intersection of public sector strategy and modern technical innovation. This is your opportunity to move beyond isolated coding tasks and own the end-to-end delivery of highly visible, complex enterprise systems. You will lead small engineering teams, architect robust integrations, and serve as a trusted technical advisor to client stakeholders - enabling enterprise organizations to achieve true Enterprise-Grade Orchestration . What You’ll Do Passion for mentoring/developing others and experience leading small teams through post-sale software implementation Ability to work with clients to define business processes and gather functional and technical system requirements Excellent communication skills, passion for technology and continuous learning, and affinity for asking “why” and solving the right problems History of success on cross-functional teams; experience building products using agile methodologies (pair programming,

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. Transform complex technical challenges into innovative, powerful solutions and own the lifecycle of core platform capabilities powering AI automation for the world's largest enterprises. ABOUT THE TEAM The Appian Product Management function is responsible for the creation, refinement, and scaling of products and services that power our global platform. Operating at the intersection of business strategy and cutting-edge engineering, our team transforms complex technical challenges into innovative, powerful solutions. We build the mission-critical core capabilities that enable AI-Powered Process Automation for the world’s most regulated and sophisticated enterprises and governments. THE OPPORTUNITY Why should an ambitious product professional join Appian right now? Our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. This role offers an exceptional opportunity to manage the complete product lifecycle within a high-velocity, collaborative environment. You will not just be managing a backlog; you will be the strategic bridge connecting engineering, design, and go-to-market functions to bring innovative capabilities to life. WHAT YOU'LL DO Product Vision & Execution: Own the quarterly plan, prioritize the feature backlog, and lead the delivery for a major product area. Backlog & Roadmap Alignment: Prioritize the sp

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. Own the Identity and Access Management product roadmap and deliver enterprise-grade authentication features that secure every connection between Appian and the enterprise. ABOUT THE TEAM The IAM Product team is on a mission to secure every identity, authentication flow, and access point that connects Appian to the enterprise. This team operates with high autonomy and directly influences how global enterprises trust and deploy AI-Powered Process Automation at scale. Your work will define how millions of users authenticate securely across mission-critical workflows. THE OPPORTUNITY As enterprises accelerate digital transformation, identity security has become the frontline of platform trust. This role exists because Appian is scaling its authentication and authorization capabilities to meet zero trust demands from the world's most security-conscious organizations. You will shape how the platform handles federated identity, modern protocols, and seamless user experiences in highly regulated environments. WHAT YOU'LL DO Lead the end-to-end IAM product roadmap, defining priorities that balance enterprise security requirements with developer and end-user experience Partner with Engineering to evaluate, design, and enhance authentication and authorization capabilities including native authentication and support for SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM, and federated identity frameworks Execute discovery and requirements gathering with enterprise customers to understand identity provider integrations, compliance needs, and zero trust adoption patterns

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. Why Appian? Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you'll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. Appian is seeking: Appian is seeking a Senior Developer Advocate to join our Developer Relations team. Reporting to the Manager of Developer Relations, your mission is to engage, retain, excite, and educate developers on Appian's strategy and innovations. You will serve as an Appian evangelist, showcasing the excitement of Appian's technology and the immense value of pursuing a career as an Appian developer. You will also act as a crucial internal advocate, ensuring the voice of the developer is heard throughout Appian. You will be responsible for: Driving content and interactions at both digital and in-person engagement initiatives to build a thriving developer ecosystem. Success in your first year will be defined by your ability to produce high-impact technical content, successfully lead hands-on workshops, engage and connect with developers digitally and measurably increase Appian developer excitement and retention. Location and Work Policy: This role is based at our Appian Chennai office. Appian was built on a culture of in-person collaboration, which we believe is a key driver of our mission to be the best.

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. Senior Software Engineer Grow your engineering career building software that matters by powering AI automation for the world’s largest enterprises. Location: Chennai, | Work Model: On-site (5 days/week) About the Team Appian Engineering spans the full depth of our platform: from the foundational layers that power enterprise scale, to the AI capabilities redefining what automation can do. We operate in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment focused on technical precision, continuous learning, and high code quality. By joining our team, you will solve real-world problems that directly shape how Appian delivers our AI-Powered Process Automation platform to enterprises around the world. The Opportunity As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take meaningful ownership of the software you build. You will bring deep technical expertise to a highly skilled team solving real problems at enterprise scale. As an experienced engineer, you’ll be equipped with cutting-edge AI tooling to design and deliver features of real sophistication, shape team-level engineering practices, and deepen your expertise while ensuring flawless Enterprise-Grade Orchestration . What You’ll Do Develop Clean Software: Architect, build, and optimize core platform features while maintaining a strong personal technical presence on the team. Engineer with AI: Use AI coding tools fluently as a force multiplier: generating, reviewing, and critically evaluating AI-assisted code to ship faster without compromising quality or correctness. Lead Architecture & Delivery: Drive technical sto

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. The Mission As a Lead Software Engineer working on the Appian platform, your mission is to be the technical anchor for our most ambitious engineering initiatives. You will ensure Appian is always fast, scalable, and resilient, regardless of the complexity our customers demand. While a Senior Engineer focuses on feature health, you are focused on platform evolution . You will lead the design and orchestration of high-stakes systems, integrating cutting-edge AI into the core fabric of our product. This role demands a balance of elite coding mastery, visionary system architecture, and the ability to align technical roadmaps with Appian's overarching business strategy. Key Responsibilities The Lead Software Engineer isn't just "the best coder"—they are the architect of the team’s success and the guardian of our technical future. Technical Strategy & Roadmap: Work alongside Product Leadership to transform long-term business goals into scalable technical milestones. You don't just build features; you define the technical "North Star." Advanced Architecture: Lead the design of distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native systems. You are responsible for making high-level decisions on system boundaries, data consistency, and integration patterns. AI Orchestration & Innovation: Drive the adoption of AI-native engineering and an AI-native culture within the team. This includes using AI tools to improve developer productivity and implementing AI features into the platform to make the Appian platform more intelli

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: The Technology Risk Senior Analyst will support the build-out and day-to-day operation of WPP’s Enterprise Technology Risk capability. Reporting to the Technology Risk Lead, the role will help identify, assess, document and monitor technology risks and issues across Enterprise Technology, support clear risk reporting for senior stakeholders, and work with risk owners to drive practical treatment and remediation activity. The role will suit a proactive risk professional who can combine technology understanding, analytical discipline and strong stakeholder engagement with a mindset for automation, AI-enabled process improvement and continuous simplification. This role sits within the new Risk & Strategy team and will help make technology risk management more data-led, automation-enabled and actionable for Enterprise Technology. What you'll be doing: Support the operation and continuous improvement of the Enterprise Technology risk management framework, standards and ways of working. Coordinate and document technology risk assessments, issue reviews, control obs

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: The Technology Risk & Controls Senior Analyst operates as part of the second line Technology Risk & Controls function, working under the direction of the Technology Risk & Controls Lead. This role builds on core Analyst responsibilities, taking greater ownership of control testing, audit engagement, and stakeholder interaction. The Senior Analyst is expected to operate with increased independence, support junior team members, and contribute to improving the consistency and quality of the controls environment. This role supports the delivery of the controls assurance programme across Business Platforms and Corporate applications, with a strong focus on IT General Controls (ITGC), and SOX compliance, for ERP environments. The role is focused on executing high-quality control testing, audit support and remediation assurance activities in line with WPP standards and methodologies. The Senior Analyst works closely with Application and Control owners, Financial Risk & Control colleagues and auditors to evidence control performance, support audit readiness (including SOX 404

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: The Technology Risk & Governance Lead will help establish and mature WPP’s Enterprise Technology Risk function. Reporting to the Director of Technology Risk & CRC Strategy, the role will lead technology risk management and governance initiatives, develop a growing team of risk SMEs, and drive a modern, data-led and automation-first approach to risk management. The successful candidate will work across technology, security, assurance and business teams to ensure risks are identified, assessed, communicated and managed effectively. What you'll be doing: • Lead the development and maturity of WPP’s technology risk management framework and processes. • Facilitate risk assessments, scenario analysis and risk-based decision making across Enterprise Technology. • Maintain technology risk registers, issue management processes and remediation tracking. • Produce high-quality management reporting, dashboards and risk insights for senior stakeholders. • Drive continuous improvement through automation, workflow optimisation

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: This role will be working as part of both the Maconomy ERP testing team, who are responsible for all QA, Test & Release activities for this platform, as well as the QA Transformers team who own and operate our Test Automation platforms. You will provide technical as well as best practice support for all areas of test automation to the business. What you'll be doing: Lead Test Automation Efforts: Develop and implement automated testing strategies for functional, integration and regression testing, ensuring maximum test coverage and efficiency. Test Automation Framework Development: Lead the development, and maintenance of reusable and scalable test scripts, as well as supporting the design and development of our Global test frameworks Supporting Multi-Testing Streams: Ensuring that tests are developed and can be deployed to support multiple streams of work at the same time, such as multiple environment testing, as well as monthly releases Test Maintenance & Optimisation: Continuously monitor, update, and refactor existing test scripts to ensure they are up-to-date with a