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# Lead/Principal Digital Transformation & Process Optimisation Consultant - Manufacturing/Production at Celonis

- **Company:** Celonis
- **Location:** Munich, Germany
- **Posted:** 2026-06-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/celonis/jobs/7765927003?gh_jid=7765927003

## Job description

Celonis is the trusted platform to industrialize Enterprise AI. At our core is the Celonis Context Model — which combines process data, business knowledge, and intelligence into a living digital twin of the enterprise that AI can actually understand, turning AI's operational blind spots into operational clarity. World's leading companies trust Celonis and its global ecosystem of partners to make their AI agents, people, systems, and processes work together, achieving transformational outcomes. We believe there's a massive opportunity to unlock global productivity and sustainability by giving AI the context to understand how every business process really works. Join our mission to make processes work for people, companies, and the planet.

The position of the Lead/Principal Digital Transformation & Process Optimisation Consultant (Internal Title: Lead/Principal Value Engineer) is a trusted advisor helping customers achieve their strategic goals and realise significant value using the Celonis Process Intelligence Platform. A Value Engineer has full responsibility for the end-to-end value journey of our customers – landing, expanding, adopting and renewing. Responsibilities include translating customers’ objectives into value assessments or proof-of-value projects, building specific Celonis business cases and demos, running value workshops, and engaging with multiple senior stakeholders to deliver value driven results and secure long term partnership agreements.

The Role:

You are spearheading our mission of data-driven business transformation with our customers. You will work in partnership with the Celonis Sales Teams and have full responsibility for the end-to-end value journey of our customers. You are our customers' trusted advisor and help them achieve their strategic goals and realize significant value using Celonis Process Intelligence Platform. In collaboration with our partners and Celonis Services, you will drive measurable business impact across various processes and industries and accelerate the adoption of our platform. You will blend deep process and industry expertise with a proven consulting skill set with strong analytical skills at the forefront of one of the fastest-growing tech companies worldwide.

Native-level German proficiency is required for this role. Candidates must be able to lead customer workshops, conduct executive presentations, and manage stakeholder interactions in German.

The role is an individual contributor - the "Lead / Principal" title refers to the seniority in this case which will be assessed during the hiring process.

The work you’ll do:

Identify & Frame Value

- Discover and translate customers’ strategic priorities into high-impact Celonis use cases
- Build demos and business cases, leveraging industry benchmarks and best practices in order to win new customers
- Undertake Value Assessments or Proof-of-Value Projects and communicate the value opportunity and strategic roadmap to C-Level executive

Realize Value

- Facilitate business value workshops and use Celonis to identify and qualify opportunities for process enhancement
- Derive improvement measures in core business functions and initiate improvement actions and enterprise-wide change initiatives
- Present results and realized value to senior management and C-level executives

Scale Value

- Responsible for the end-to-end customer value journey, landing, expanding, adoption and renewing
- Build a strategic expansion roadmap for customers embedding Celonis Process Intelligence as a strategic business transformation platform in their organization and therefore drive adoption and expansion
- Provide feedback to our product development teams to enhance the Celonis platform and Apps based on new use cases

The qualifications you need:

Live for Customer Value: Experience in an analytical role with the objective to demonstrate or secure value through business data analysis, business process improvement and respective Software deployment. Ideally in a customer-facing role in Solution Consulting, Sales Engineering or IT/Management Consulting with a Business Software / SaaS Provider or a Consultancy. Alternatively in an Inhouse role (e.g. Center of Excellence for Data Mining / Analytics / Intelligence) within an Enterprise.

Data, Analytics, Applications & IT: Good knowledge of Business Software / SaaS applications (e.g. SAP),  experience with implementing RPA and/or BI Tools and/or building Dashboards, Apps and Action Flows. Knowledge of Python and/or SQL. Experience in collaborating with IT teams.

Process Improvement & Value Realization: Experience in identifying use cases for business process improvement and deploying improvement measures,  being a change agent and training users/process owners to realize value

Project Management: Experience in planning and managing project scopes, expectations and timelines. You will manage multiple projects across your aligned accounts that will be at different parts of the value journey. Also, you will leverage partners from the Celonis Ecosystem wherever possible.

Executive Stakeholder Management: Experience in preparing and communicating (value) roadmaps and results to stakeholders and management, both internally and externally. Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Business Domain Expertise: Understanding of the Finance and/or Supply Chain domain as well as strategic transformation initiatives (e.g. Shared Services Transformation or System Transformation)

Industry Expertise: Ideally expertise in one or more industries (e.g. Manufacturing, Automotive, Consumer, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals) and the ability to develop a deep understanding of industry trends and strategic opportunities

Degree: In Technology & Management, Industrial/Business Engineering, Business Informatics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics or a comparable degree program

Native-level or near-native German language skills (written and spoken), with the ability to confidently engage German-speaking customers, facilitate workshops, and present to executive stakeholders. What Celonis can offer you:

- Pioneer Innovation: Work with the global leader in Process Mining and the Process Intelligence Graph to shape the future of AI-driven business operations.
- Ownership from Day 1: Every full-time "Celonaut" is an owner, receiving Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and merit-based refresh grants.
- Unrivaled Family Support: Benefit from our 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.
- Work-Life Integration: Enjoy Unlimited PTO (in applicable regions) and generous PTO globally, as well as a flexible hybrid work model that balances remote focus with vibrant office collaboration.
- Continuous Growth: Elevate your skills through our 70-20-10 learning framework, mentorship programs, and access to a dedicated learning platform.
- Holistic Well-being: Prioritize your health with subsidized Wellhub memberships, mental health counseling, and dedicated "Wellness Weeks" that prioritize work/life balance.
- Drive Sustainability: Participate in annual Impact Days, where you receive paid time off to volunteer for community and environmental causes with your local office, or virtually.
- Global Inclusion & Belonging: Find community through our Inclusion Think Tank and participate in our annual Inclusion Days, ensuring every voice is heard and valued.
- Value-Driven Impact: Join a mission-led organization where our core values—Live for Customer Value, The Best Team Wins, We Own It, and Earth Is Our Future—drive every decision.

About Us:

Celonis is the trusted platform to industrialize Enterprise AI, empowering organizations to analyze, design, and operate AI-driven processes. The Celonis Platform is powered by the Celonis Context Model, which combines process data, business knowledge, and intelligence to create a living digital twin of the enterprise that AI can understand — turning AI’s operational blind spots into operational clarity. Industry-leading companies around the world trust Celonis and its global ecosystem of partners to make their AI agents, people, systems, and processes work together, achieving transformational outcomes. Celonis is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and New York City, USA, with more than 20 offices worldwide.

Get familiar with the Celonis Process Intelligence Platform by watching this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5oRJGhJYg&list=PLuVor-ZUD4pnM6G33C5D0tjXUvlTPYBRe).

Celonis Inclusion Statement:

At Celonis, we believe our people make us who we are and that “The Best Team Wins”. We know that the best teams are made up of people who bring different perspectives to the table. And when everyone feels included, able to speak up and knows their voice is heard - that's when creativity and innovation happen.

Your Privacy:

Any information you submit to Celonis as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Celonis’ [Accessibility and Candidate Notices](https://www.celonis.com/careers/candidate-notices)

By submitting this application, you confirm that you agree to the storing and processing of your personal data by Celonis as described in our [Privacy Notice for the Application and Hiring Process](https://www.celonis.com/careers/privacy-notice/).

Please be aware of common job offer scams, impersonators and frauds. Learn more [here](https://www.celonis.com/careers/fraud-alert/).

## About Celonis

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Celonis provides a Process Intelligence Platform that uses data mining and AI to help organizations analyze, improve, and automate their business processes.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D Extension, Decacorn status achieved in 2021)
- **Headquarters**: Munich, Germany and New York, USA (dual HQ)
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Alexander Rinke, Bastian Nominacher, Martin Klenk

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Enterprise Software, Process Mining, Process Intelligence, AI
- Target customers: Large enterprises (B2B), across all industries including supply chain, finance, IT, and manufacturing
- Mission or purpose statement: "We make processes work for people, companies, and the planet." The company aims to help the world's businesses run more efficiently and sustainably.

## Products & Services
- **Celonis Process Intelligence Platform**: The core platform that mines data from enterprise systems (SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, etc.) to create a digital twin of business processes, identify inefficiencies, and recommend improvements.
- **Celonis Context Model (CCM)**: Launched in 2024, this is a new AI layer that combines end-to-end process data with business knowledge, providing operational context for enterprise AI agents and human decision-makers.
- **Process Mining**: The original technology that visualizes how processes actually run (vs. how they are designed), identifying bottlenecks and deviations.
- **Execution Management System (EMS)**: A suite of apps that help companies take action on process insights to improve performance in real-time.
- **AI-Powered Decision Intelligence**: Following the agreement to acquire Ikigai Labs, Celonis is integrating advanced AI for predictive and prescriptive process optimization.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $13 billion (Series D extension, as of 2021)
- **Key Metric**: $6.5 billion in realized value for customers to date; over 5,000 enterprise deployments; 1,400+ companies use the platform
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Accel, 83North, Durable Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price, Franklin Templeton Investments, Arena Holdings, QIA (Qatar Investment Authority)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Over 3,000 employees globally (up significantly from earlier years)
  - 20+ offices worldwide including Munich, New York, Madrid, Bangalore
  - Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Process Intelligence Platforms
  - Won the German President's Award for innovation (first software company to do so)
  - Acquired Ikigai Labs (2024) to strengthen AI capabilities

## Competitive Advantages
- **Process Intelligence Graph**: A proprietary data model that provides a "common language" for processes across different enterprise systems, making it uniquely hard to replicate.
- **First-mover and category leader**: Celonis essentially created the Process Mining category and remains the dominant player, with the largest customer base and deepest integrations.
- **Massive data moat**: The more processes the platform analyzes, the better its AI models become, creating a powerful network effect.
- **Enterprise AI context**: The Celonis Context Model solves a key problem for enterprise AI—lack of operational context—making it a critical infrastructure layer for AI adoption in large companies.

## Strategic Focus
- **Enterprise AI industrialization**: Celonis is pivoting to become the operational backbone for enterprise AI, ensuring AI agents act on accurate, contextual process data.
- **Expanding the Context Model**: Making the CCM the standard layer for any AI deployment in large enterprises.
- **Acquisition integration**: Absorbing Ikigai Labs to bring advanced decision intelligence to the platform.
- **Global expansion**: Continued hiring and office growth in key markets (India, US, Europe).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Best Team Wins" is a core value. The company emphasizes collaboration, humility, curiosity, and a founder's mentality ("We Own It").
- **Impact**: Employees work on technology that directly reduces waste and carbon emissions for the world's largest companies, aligning with the value "Earth is Our Future."
- **Awards**: Named one of BuiltIn's Best Places to Work in the U.S. 2025; Madrid office named one of Spain's top 100 workplaces (2022-2024); Global Learning team won a Gold Strategy Award in 2024.
- **Global & flexible**: 20+ offices with a mix of remote and hybrid roles. Major hubs in Munich, New York, Madrid, and Bangalore.
- **Benefits**: Globally inclusive benefits packages covering physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. Annual "Impact Days" (50,000+ hours given back to communities).
- **Growth**: The company is in a high-growth phase (decacorn, expanding into AI), offering strong career development opportunities.

## Sources
1. [celonis.com](https://www.celonis.com/company/about-us)
2. [celonis.com](https://www.celonis.com/)
3. [careers.celonis.com](https://careers.celonis.com/)
4. [boards.greenhouse.io](https://boards.greenhouse.io/celonis)
5. [careers.celonis.com/join-us](https://careers.celonis.com/join-us/open-positions)

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