🚀 Senior Lead / Principal Deployment Engineer – AI Solutions & Process Mining bei Celonis in München

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 push the boundaries of what's possible by investing heavily in advanced AI capabilities to turn data insights into immediate business action. Join our mission to make processes work for people, companies, and the planet.

The Team

Celonis Services is the delivery engine of our Customer Organization, responsible for turning our platform into measurable, business-critical outcomes. In the AI era, as automated systems like Apollo take on technical builds, our team focuses on high-impact work: understanding customer problems, designing tailored solutions, and quantifying value. Our engineers pair domain expertise with platform mastery, directing AI systems while owning solution architecture and key customer relationships.

The Role

In this role, you serve as the backbone of Celonis delivery. You lead hands-on implementations for enterprise customers by combining platform expertise with AI-augmented workflows. Using advanced AI deployment tools as primary instruments, you direct agents to build data models, generate analyses, and configure operational solutions while applying critical judgment to validate accuracy and drive business relevance.

This is an AI-augmented professional delivery role where you specify architectural needs, guide execution, and iterate directly with stakeholders to maximize measurable impact.

The Work You'll Do

Initiate and Connect

• Conduct discovery workshops to translate strategic business objectives into high-impact use cases.
• Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to define project scope, data requirements, and success metrics.
• Ensure data connectivity and pipeline configurations function seamlessly.

Build & Value

• Direct AI deployment agents (Apollo) to generate data models, process analyses, KPIs, and dashboards.
• Build robust solutions across the platform, including data transformations and process insights.
• Identify process inefficiencies and root causes in close collaboration with customer teams.
• Validate AI outputs for accuracy, business relevance, and contextual fit.
• Lead value creation workshops to quantify financial impact and process improvements.

Rollout, Adoption, and Handover

• Enable key stakeholders to maintain and extend solutions independently.
• Manage delivery timelines, scope, and strategic outcomes.
• Train end users to ensure sustained adoption and document technical design choices.

Domain & Industry Depth

• Develop deep domain expertise across supply chain, procure-to-pay, or order-to-cash processes.
• Standardize scalable solution patterns, reference architectures, and best practices.
• Partner with Product teams to influence the platform roadmap.

What Makes This Role Different in the AI Era

• AI agents serve as your primary tools; you direct, validate, and refine their outputs.
• Requires strong specification and context engineering skills to guide technical execution.
• Demands continuous learning and adaptation as AI tools evolve.
• Balances execution speed with top-tier solution quality and sustainability.

The Qualifications You Need

• 7+ years of experience in management consulting, IT consulting, or data solutions within software vendors or system integrators.
• Proven ability to build solutions on the Celonis platform; proficiency in PQL, SQL, and Python.
• Comfort working with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) and context engineering.
• Deep understanding of enterprise processes (ERP systems like SAP/Oracle, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay).
• Strong consulting skills with the ability to lead executive workshops and manage ambiguity.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Fluency in English and German.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% based on client requirements.

What Celonis Offer

• Work with the pioneer of Process Mining and Process Intelligence Graph technology.
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and merit-based refresh grants for all full-time employees.
• Inclusive parental leave (24 weeks fully paid for primary carers, 12 weeks for supporting carers).
• Flexible hybrid work setup and generous PTO programs.
• Structured career growth via a 70-20-10 learning framework and mentorship.
• Subsidized health memberships, mental health resources, and dedicated Wellness Weeks.
• Paid Impact Days for volunteering and community engagement.