Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- IT, Application, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Dusseldorf
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will be responsible for the strategic architecture of the client's IT landscape and develop complex data pipelines, while collaborating with executives on realizing business transformations.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- The Principal Enterprise Architect is the most senior technical and strategic role within our customer engagement model. You are the "North Star" for the customer's enterprise transformation, responsible for the structural integrity of the Celonis platform while ensuring it delivers maximum business value.
- You will bridge the gap between deep data engineering and C-level strategic objectives, acting as the single point of accountability for the customer's technical and value roadmap.
- Define the overall architecture, data, and cloud strategy for Celonis within the customer's IT landscape. Ensure scalability, performance, and security across global deployments.
- Establish architectural principles, policies, and standards. Lead or consult on Architecture Review Boards (ARB) to ensure Celonis remains a "Clean Core" extension of the customer's ERP (SAP, Oracle, etc.).
- Drive enterprise modernization by leveraging techniques like capability mapping and architecting solutions with emergent technologies (e.g., Agentic AI, Process Intelligence Graph).
- Design complex data pipelines (OCPM) and integration patterns (ETL/ELT, API ecosystems) that connect disparate systems into a unified Digital Twin of the business.
- Confidently present technical designs and value realizations to CIOs, CFOs, and CTOs, aligning their strategic goals with Celonis' technical capabilities.
- Work with senior stakeholders to establish the Celonis program roadmap.
- Resolve customer escalations by orchestrating internal teams efficiently and effectively in a timely manner.
- Internalize the customer's strategy and targets and drive Celonis delivery alignment to that strategy, ensuring that we support the customer in solving business-critical problems.
- Organize and lead customer advisory boards to address industry-specific challenges and innovations, establishing a structured feedback loop to continuously gather insights and improve products and services.
- Mobilize and lead a multidisciplinary team of Applied AI engineers, Data Scientists, and Domain Experts.
- Ensure engagements are properly staffed leveraging resources from global cross-functional Celonis teams, such as Servicing, Product & Engineering.
- Act as the primary conduit between the customer's technical teams and Celonis Product/Engineering to influence the product roadmap and resolve high-stakes technical blockers.
- Help the customer establish and scale a Celonis Center of Excellence (CoE), mentoring their internal architects and process leads.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Mastery of frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman.
- Deep understanding of SaaS ecosystems (SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, ServiceNow) and legacy on-premise architectures.
- Strong foundation in cybersecurity posture, data privacy (GDPR/CCPA), and SOC2/ISO compliance within cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Strong proficiency in German.
- Preferred: Retail Industry Expertise.
Experience
- 12+ years in Enterprise Architecture or a CTO-level role at a major software vendor.
- Hands-on experience with Big Data technologies (Spark, Kafka, Snowflake, Databricks).
- Demonstrated experience in Agentic AI, Machine Learning workflows, and process mining methodologies.
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What we offer
- Partnership with a Celonis Executive Sponsor to drive enterprise-wide adoption.
- Direct line to Celonis "Feature Teams" for early access to new releases (Alpha/Beta programs).
- Verantwortung für den langfristigen Erfolg einiger der größten Geschäftstransformationsprojekte weltweit.
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Celonis
Celonis' Intelligent Business Solution, based on Process Mining, helps companies improve their processes and transform their operations. This solution enables organizations to visualize their process flow and identify potential weaknesses. Celonis is headquartered in Munich, with additional offices in New York and other major cities around the world.
Description
- Language
- English
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Principal Enterprise Architect
- Location
- Dusseldorf
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
