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SVP, Engineering Platform & Site Leader

We're Celonis, the global leader in Process Mining technology and one of the world's fastest-growing SaaS firms. We believe there is a massive opportunity to unlock productivity by placing data and intelligence at the core of business processes - and for that, we need you to join us.

The Team:
You will be part of a global engineering organization setup across Germany, Madrid and the US.

The Role:
You'll lead the development of our platform strategy and deliver solutions to empower Celonis Engineering. Your focus is on building and launching reliable, robust services at scale, meeting business demands swiftly. You're passionate about long-term strategy and leading complex engineering teams, emphasizing excellence. Timely delivery of quality results and constructive collaboration are your strengths, and you're dedicated to customer satisfaction. You excel at aligning strategy with operational direction, maintaining strong technical judgment, and seeking diverse perspectives. As a leader, you set a high bar for excellence, support your teams in achieving high-quality outcomes, and prioritize empathy and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The work you’ll do:

• Build and communicate a bold technology and platform vision working backwards from customer and business objectives that inspires results.
• Hire, lead and develop a high performance team of engineers and engineering leaders and build an organizational culture that embodies Celonis’ core values.
• Work with the engineering leadership team to build a culture of engineering excellence and foster the Celonis Engineering brand, which takes pride in customer obsession, quality, speed and impeccable delivery of services.
• Work with cross-functional teams across Celonis to influence, define and iterate over product roadmap and team deliverables.
• Mentor and guide the engineering team on engineering excellence best practices and own architecting the platform for speed, scale and efficiency.

The qualifications you need:

• Proven experience leading a platform business at scale, with a talent for attracting top-tier talent and building energetic teams.
• Hands-on technical expertise across strategic and operational levels, with well-defined technical insights.
• Track record of leading geographically dispersed teams and fostering collaboration across organizational boundaries.
• Experience in driving cultural and process change within large engineering teams.
• Ability to make strategic build vs. buy decisions and navigate fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate strategic decisions into measurable outcomes.
• A collaborative problem solver who can respectfully challenge decisions and commit wholeheartedly once a decision is made.
• Quick decision-making skills based on business demands and a passion for staying abreast of technological advancements.
• Embrace frugality and recognize that constraints create opportunities for resourcefulness and innovation
• Passion for technology, well-versed on the latest trends, curious about possibilities and act to explore them

What Celonis can offer you:

• The unique opportunity to work with industry-leading process mining technology
• Investment in your personal growth and skill development (clear career paths, internal mobility opportunities, L&D platform, mentorships, and more)
• Great compensation and benefits packages (equity (restricted stock units), life insurance, time off, generous leave for new parents from day one, and more)
• Physical and mental well-being support (subsidized gym membership, access to counseling, virtual events on well-being topics, and more)
• A global and growing team of Celonauts from diverse backgrounds to learn from and work with
• An open-minded culture with innovative, autonomous teams
• Business Resource Groups to help you feel connected, valued and seen (Black@Celonis, Women@Celonis, Parents@Celonis, Pride@Celonis, Resilience@Celonis, and more)
• A clear set of company values that guide everything we do: Live for Customer Value, The Best Team Wins, We Own It, and Earth Is Our Future

About Us
Since 2011, Celonis has helped thousands of the world’s largest and most esteemed companies yield immediate cash impact, radically improve customer experience, and reduce carbon emissions. Its Process Intelligence platform uses industry-leading process mining technology and AI to present companies with a living digital twin of their end-to-end processes. For the first time, everyone in an organization has a common language for how the business runs, visibility into where value is hiding, and the ability to capture it. Celonis is headquartered in Munich, Germany and New York City, USA with more than 20 offices worldwide.

Join us as we make processes work for people, companies and the planet.Celonis is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Different makes us better.