Principal Enterprise Architect

EngineersOfAI; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Celonis in the United States seeks an Architect to design transformative solution architectures for prospects and customers, presenting to C-level executives and translating strategic goals into actionable technical plans.

You will collaborate with sales, value engineering, product management, data ops and security to drive modernization using capabilities like Agentic AI, with a focus on new deals and expanding existing relationships.

Qualifications

• 10 to 15 years of relevant experience in software or enterprise architecture.
• Proven ability to translate strategic goals into actionable technical plans.
• Strong background in data architecture and integrations patterns.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Experience presenting to C-level executives.
• Experience with cloud-native SaaS architectures and API ecosystems.
• Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus.
• MSc in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead and define the overall architecture, data and cloud strategy for our largest client accounts.
• Confidently engage with customers at C-level on their strategic objectives with Celonis' technical strategy.
• Drive innovation by identifying and architecting solutions leveraging emergent technologies, including Agentic AI.
• Be the bridge between product & engineering teams and client teams for best technical services.
• 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.
• Develop reusable assets for consulting teams on projects.
• Develop customer facing papers and thought leadership presentations on architecture and innovation with Celonis.
• Creation of technical designs and presentations for internal and client stakeholders.

Skills

Data architecture

Integrations patterns

SQL

Python

Cloud-native architectures

SaaS solutions

APIs

Executive communication

English fluency

Enterprise Architecture experience

Education

MSc in Computer Science

Job description

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 are changemakers pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. 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. Join our mission to make processes work for people, companies, and the planet.

The Role:

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

You will work with technical teams at our prospects and customers to designarchitectures that drive enterprise modernization, leveraging techniques likecapability mapping and exploring innovative solutions with Agentic AI. Your primarygoal is to support our growing sales team in achieving revenue goals by unlockingtechnical blockers and partnering closely with our Sales, Value Engineering, ProductManagement, Data Ops, and Information Security teams.

You will be responsible for supporting engagements with new prospects as well asexisting customers that look to expand their footprint. Measures of success includenew customer acquisition rates, retention, up-selling, and contribution to overallsales team and business success.

The work you’ll do:

• 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

The qualifications you need:

• 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

Preferred:

• Celonis Certifications and Experienc