Principal Enterprise Architect

Celonis • New York, NY

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

Celonis is the global leader in Process Intelligence and the pioneer of Process Mining technology, recognized as one of the world’s fastest-growing enterprise SaaS companies. They are changemakers pushing boundaries, investing heavily in advanced AI capabilities, specifically their Process Intelligence Graph, to transform data insights into immediate business action. Celonis aims to unlock global productivity and sustainability by integrating intelligence into every business process, with a mission to make processes work for people, companies, and the planet. The Principal Enterprise Architect role seeks a curious, smart, and "learn it all" architect with proven experience and a passion for designing transformative solution architectures for prospects and customers. This high-impact position requires a unique blend of deep technical expertise and executive presence, enabling confident presentations to C-level executives and the translation of strategic goals into actionable technical plans. The architect will collaborate with technical teams at customer sites to design architectures that drive enterprise modernization, utilizing techniques like capability mapping and exploring innovative solutions with Agentic AI. A primary objective is to support the growing sales team in achieving revenue goals by addressing technical blockers and partnering closely with Sales, Value Engineering, Product Management, Data Ops, and Information Security teams. The role involves supporting engagements with new prospects and existing customers seeking to expand their footprint, with success measured by new customer acquisition rates, retention, up-selling, and overall contribution to sales team and 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
• Ability to 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

Benefits

• Base salary
• Bonus/commission
• Equity (Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and merit-based refresh grants)
• Health benefits
• Dental benefits
• Life insurance
• 401k
• Paid time off (Unlimited PTO in applicable regions and generous PTO globally)
• 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)
• Flexible hybrid work model
• 70-20-10 learning framework
• Mentorship programs
• Access to a dedicated learning platform
• Subsidized Wellhub memberships
• Mental health counseling
• Dedicated "Wellness Weeks" that prioritize work/life balance
• Annual Impact Days (paid time off to volunteer for community and environmental causes)
• Inclusion Think Tank
• Annual Inclusion Days

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees