Principal Enterprise Architect

Celonis is the global leader in Process Intelligence and the pioneer of Process Mining technology. As one of the world’s fastest-growing enterprise SaaS companies, we invest heavily in advanced AI capabilities—specifically our Process Intelligence Graph—to turn data insights into immediate business action. We believe there is a massive opportunity to unlock global productivity and sustainability by placing intelligence at the core of every business process.

We are looking for a curious, smart, and “learn it all” Architect with proven experience and a passion for designing transformative solution architectures for our prospects and customers. This high-impact role demands a unique blend of deep technical expertise and executive presence, requiring you to confidently present to C-level executives and translate their strategic goals into actionable technical plans.

You will work with technical teams at our prospects and customers to design architectures that drive enterprise modernization, leveraging techniques like capability mapping and exploring innovative solutions with Agentic AI. Your primary goal is to support our growing sales team in achieving revenue goals by unlocking technical blockers and partnering closely with Sales, Value Engineering, Product Management, Data Ops, and Information Security teams.

You will be responsible for supporting engagements with new prospects as well as existing customers looking to expand their footprint. Measures of success include new customer acquisition rates, retention, upselling, and contribution to overall sales team and business success.

• Lead and define the overall architecture, data and cloud strategy for our largest client accounts
• Confidently engage with customers C level aligning their strategic objectives with Celonis technical strategy
• Drive innovation by identifying and architecting solutions that leverage emerging technologies, including Agentic AI
• Act as the bridge between Celonis product & engineering teams and clients’ teams to provide the best technical services for our clients
• Assess our customer installed base IT landscape maturity for the region
• Participate in pre‑Sales and post‑Sales phases, engaging with customer architecture and security teams
• Coach and guide Celonis consulting teams and ecosystem partners on technical implementation issues (architecture, integration, performance and scalability)
• Develop re‑usable assets for the consulting teams on projects
• Develop customer‑facing position papers, assets and thought leadership presentations on architecture and innovation with Celonis
• Create technical designs and presentations for internal and client stakeholders

• 10 to 15 years of relevant experience (Software vendor Architect, top consulting firms CTO or Enterprise Architect at a customer)
• Proven ability to think strategically, connecting technical solutions to business value and customer objectives
• Strong background in Data Architecture, Integration patterns, and development background in data‑related languages (SQL, Python…)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent presentation and creativity skills
• Can comfortably switch from explaining an architecture diagram to assembling a demo of the architecture
• Strong technical background focused on system integrations, data operations and automation capabilities
• Strong understanding of cloud native architectures, SaaS solutions (Salesforce, SAP, Dynamics CRM, Service Now, etc.), cybersecurity posture fundamentals, API ecosystems and legacy on‑premise enterprise architectures
• Fluency in English; additional language such as Spanish, French or Italian is a strong advantage
• MSc degree in Computer Science or equivalent in Information Technology related field

• Celonis certifications and experience with OCPM and case‑centric data pipelines
• AWS/Azure/GCP certifications
• ESB / ETL certifications (Mulesoft, Oracle, SAP, Talend, Informatica, etc.)
• Experience in at least two domains among:
  Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Customer/Consumer Management (Service, Order Management, Sales), HR, Procurement
• Experience in at least two industries…