Job Description
The Principal Enterprise Architect at Celonis is a senior strategic role responsible for designing and overseeing the company's platform architecture, aligning technical solutions with customer business goals, and leading enterprise modernization and integration efforts to maximize value and support large-scale digital transformation projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and oversee the enterprise architecture, data, and cloud strategy for the Celonis platform within the customer's IT landscape.
- Establish architectural principles, policies, and standards, and lead architecture review processes.
- Drive enterprise modernization by leveraging emerging technologies and architecting solutions.
- Design complex data pipelines and integration patterns to connect disparate systems into a unified digital twin.
- Present technical designs and value propositions to senior stakeholders, aligning technical capabilities with strategic goals.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful customer engagements.
- Act as the primary conduit between customer technical teams and Celonis Product Engineering to influence product development and resolve technical issues.
- Mentor and help establish a Customer Center of Excellence to scale Celonis capabilities within the customer organization.
Requirements
- 12 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture or a CTO-level role at a major software vendor.
- Mastery of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman.
- Hands-on experience with Big Data technologies including Spark, Kafka, Snowflake, and Databricks.
- Deep understanding of SaaS ecosystems such as SAP S 4HANA, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, as well as legacy on-premise architectures.
- Demonstrated experience in Agentic AI, Machine Learning workflows, and process mining methodologies.
- Strong foundation in cybersecurity posture, data privacy regulations including GDPR and CCPA, and SOC2 ISO compliance within cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Experience in designing and defining overall architecture, data, and cloud strategies for enterprise platforms.
- Experience in establishing architectural principles, policies, and standards, and leading or consulting on Architecture Review Boards (ARB).
- Experience in driving enterprise modernization using techniques like capability mapping and architecting solutions with emergent technologies such as Agentic AI and Process Intelligence Graph.
- Experience in designing complex data pipelines, including OCPM and integration patterns such as ETL, ELT, and API ecosystems that connect disparate systems into a unified Digital Twin of the business.
- Ability to confidently present technical designs and value realizations to CIOs, CFOs, and CTOs, aligning their strategic goals with technical capabilities.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders to establish program roadmaps and resolve escalations by orchestrating internal teams.
- Experience in internalizing customer strategy and targets and driving delivery alignment to support solving business-critical problems.
- Experience in organizing and leading customer advisory boards to address industry-specific challenges and innovations.
- Proven ability to mobilize and lead a multidisciplinary team of Applied AI engineers, Data Scientists, and Domain Experts.
- Experience in ensuring engagements are properly staffed leveraging resources from global cross-functional teams.
- Experience acting as the primary conduit between customer technical teams and Product Engineering to influence product roadmaps and resolve technical blockers.
- Experience helping customers establish and scale a Celonis Center of Excellence (CoE), mentoring internal architects and process leads.
Benefits & Perks
Unrivaled Family Support Benefit from our inclusive parental leave policy 24 weeks of fully paid leave for primary carers and 12 weeks for supporting carers, available from your first day of employment
Work-Life Integration Enjoy Unlimited PTO in applicable regions and generous PTO globally, as well as a flexible hybrid work model that balances remote focus with vibrant office collaboration
Continuous Growth Elevate your skills through our 70-20-10 learning framework, mentorship programs, and access to a dedicated learning platform
Holistic Well-being Prioritize your health with subsidized Wellhub memberships, mental health counseling, and dedicated Wellness Weeks that prioritize work life balance
Drive Sustainability Participate in annual Impact Days, where you receive paid time off to volunteer for community and environmental causes with your local office, or virtually
Global Inclusion Belonging Find community through our Inclusion Think Tank and participate in our annual Inclusion Days, ensuring every voice is heard and valued
Value-Driven Impact Join a mission-led organization where our core values Live for Customer Value, The Best Team Wins, We Own It, and Earth Is Our Future drive every decision
Ownership from Day 1 Every full-time Celonaut is an owner, receiving Restricted Stock Units RSUs and merit-based refresh grants
Pioneer Innovation Work with the global leader in Process Mining and the Process Intelligence Graph to shape the future of AI-driven business operations
Premier Engineering Access Direct line to Celonis Feature Teams for early access to new releases Alpha Beta programs
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