Principal Enterprise Architect

Celonis•Redwood City, CA

7h•$192,000 - $260,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Celonis is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect with a passion for designing transformative solution architectures for prospects and customers. This high-impact role requires a blend of deep technical expertise and executive presence to present to C-level executives and translate strategic goals into actionable technical plans. The architect will collaborate with technical teams at client organizations to design architectures for enterprise modernization, utilizing techniques like capability mapping and exploring innovative solutions with Agentic AI. The primary goal is to support the sales team in achieving revenue goals by removing technical blockers and partnering with Sales, Value Engineering, Product Management, Data Ops, and Information Security teams. This role involves supporting engagements with new prospects and existing customers looking to expand their footprint, with success measured by new customer acquisition, retention, up-selling, and overall business success.

Requirements

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, Integrations patterns, and Development background in data related languages (SQL, Python...)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent presentation and creativity skills
You can comfortably switch from explaining an architecture diagram to an environment where you coded/assembled a demo of the architecture
Strong technical background with a focus on system integrations, data operations and automation capabilities
Strong understanding of cloud native architectures, SaaS solutions (Salesforce, SAP, Dynamics CRM,ServiceNow, etc..), cybersecurity posture fundamentals, API ecosystems and legacy on-premise enterprise architectures
Fluency in English, an additional language such as Spanish, French or Italian is a strong advantage
MSc degree in Computer Science or equivalent in Information Technology related field

Nice To Haves

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 2 domains among: Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Customer/Consumer Management (Service,Order Management, Sales),HR,Procurement.
Experience in at least 2 industries among: Consumer Goods, Banking, Pharma, Aerospace,Telco, and Transport.

Responsibilities

Lead and define the overall architecture, data and cloud strategy for our largest client accounts
Confidently engage with customers C level their strategic objectives with the Celonis technical strategy
Drive innovation by identifying and architecting solutions that leverage emergent technologies, including Agentic AI.
Be the bridge between our product & engineering teams within Celonis with the 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 related 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
Creation of technical designs and presentations for internal and client stakeholders