Senior Value Engineer - Public Sector

EngineersOfAI; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Celonis is the global leader in Process Intelligence and the pioneer of Process Mining technology. We seek a Senior Value Engineer specializing in the Public Sector to solve operational challenges for State and Local Government agencies.

You will work with strategic public sector clients to modernize legacy systems, improve citizen services, and optimize grant management using Celonis PI with AI/ML partners such as Microsoft, OpenAI, and Databricks.

Responsibilities

• AI Discovery & Solutioning: understand public sector AI strategies and agency challenges to translate requirements into innovative solutions.
• Pre- and Post-Sales Execution: drive the full customer lifecycle in the public sector, leading discovery and demonstrations.
• Hackathons & Prototyping: build prototypes using cutting-edge AI technologies in agency hackathons to solve critical pain points.
• Agentic Process Transformation: help government customers shift to autonomous AI agents integrated with Celonis Process Intelligence Platform.
• Proof Projects: end-to-end execution of secure, scalable LLM/agent systems with RAG, tools, and guardrails.
• Domain & Industry Leadership: serve as the SME for the State & Local Government vertical.

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.

Role Description

As a Senior Value Engineer specializing in the Public Sector, you are pushing the envelope in solving critical operational challenges for State and Local Government agencies. You will be working with our most strategic public sector clients, understanding their unique objectives—from enhancing citizen services and modernizing legacy systems to optimizing grant management and regulatory compliance—and building Celonis solutions using the world’s leading Process Intelligence (PI) platform in combination with top AI and ML technology partners, such as Microsoft, OpenAI, and Databricks.

With Celonis’ Process Intelligence (PI) platform, we feed operational context to AI so it understands the complex realities of government operations (breaking down agency silos) and enables agencies to industrialize AI. This unlocks real ROI on AI deployments, maximizing taxpayer value at scale. There is no AI without PI. You will prototype these solutions, demonstrate their value to government CIOs and Agency Directors, and ensure successful implementation, adoption, and value realization to increase the footprint of Celonis across state and local governments.

Key Responsibilities:

• AI Discovery & Solutioning: Understand public sector AI strategies and specific agency challenges (e.g., benefits administration backlogs, procurement bottlenecks, public safety resource allocation, or permitting delays). As a Celonis product and government domain expert, find the best problem-solution fit and translate agency requirements into innovative solutions that deliver measurable public impact.

• Pre- and Post-Sales Execution: Actively drive the full customer lifecycle within the public sector. Lead technical discovery and capability demonstrations during the complex government pre-sales and procurement (RFP) cycles, and remain deeply involved post-sale to guide implementation, ensuring agreed value and adoption thresholds are successfully met.

• Hackathons & Prototyping: Think out of the box, have a „can-do“ attitude, and don’t shy away from complex legacy processes. Leverage cutting-edge AI technologies to rapidly build creative prototypes in agency hackathons, solving critical pain points to improve constituent experiences.

• Agentic Process Transformation: Support our government customers in achieving real value out of AI deployments at scale, enabling a fundamental shift from traditional, rigid, paper-heavy workflows to the use of autonomous AI agents empowered by our Celonis Process Intelligence Platform (e.g., intelligent case triaging or automated compliance checks).

• Proof Projects: End-to-end execution of critical Proof-of-Value projects. This includes architecting and delivering secure, scalable LLM/agent systems with RAG, tools, and guardrails, while seamlessly integrating with government enterprise data, identity protocols, and stringent compliance/security frameworks (e.g., StateRAMP, HIPAA, CJIS).

• Domain & Industry Leadership: Serve as the internal and external technical subject matter expert for the State & Local Government vertical,