Lead Value Engineer - Public Sector

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 Team: Value Engineering is responsible for our largest Fortune 500 customers and owns their transformation journey by working on the very frontier of what’s possible with data and AI on the Celons Platform. Partnering closely with the Sales team, Value Engineering is responsible for ensuring that the Celonis Platform is deployed to tackle the most strategic business challenges, fits into the right place in our customers’ technology stack and most importantly generates strong ROI through deep and broad deployments.

The Role: As a Lead Value Engineer, you will architect and drive large-scale AI and data-driven business transformation within the Pubic Sector using the Celonis Context Model. Working alongside Senior and Principal VEs, you will combine technical execution with consulting and project management. As a master AI operator, your core mandate is to support complex roadmaps and execute targeted transformation initiatives that improve how these businesses operate across their ecosystems.

The work you’ll do:

Value Selling & Realization: Map how the Celonis platform accelerates and underpins the customer’s enterprise AI strategy. Take end-to-end accountability for massive ROI targets. Craft board-level executive narratives and lead complex, multi-workstream value workshops.

Stakeholder Management: Execute C-level orchestration, cultivating powerful executive sponsorship across the C-suite. Drive lasting adoption by co-owning enterprise-wide change management and building advanced CoE operating models for total self-sufficiency.

Program Management: Steer and govern massive, cross-regional transformation programs. Implement highly advanced AI-driven account planning across a portfolio of workstreams. Build actionable frameworks that empower the customer to quantify processes at a global scale.

Platform & AI Fluency: Operate as a master AI-fluent operator, leveraging advanced copilots for rapid technical outputs and seamlessly orchestrating Applied Value Engineers for complex architectural builds.

Scale Value: Define the strategic expansion roadmap, positioning Celonis as the underlying intelligence layer for the enterprise. Guide product development by identifying next-generation industry use cases.

The qualifications you need:

Experience: 7+ years of highly relevant experience, demonstrating ownership of multiple strategic workstreams and possessing a growing body of expert industry knowledge.

AI & Technical & Fluency: Deep background in enterprise IT and SaaS (e.g., SAP). Master AI-fluent operator who uses AI to scale outputs and guides technical teams on complex solution design.

Builder Mentality: Thrives in ambiguity, capable of setting the strategic direction for entire account teams. Deeply committed to living for customer value .

Process Improvement & Value Realization: Master of value realization, setting the standard for business-critical proof points and advanced use cases.

Strategic Program & Stakeholder Management: Expert at orchestrating massive enterprise programs and navigating portfolio complexities. Proven ability to mobilize C-suite sponsorship. Flawless English with exceptional executive presence.

Domain & Industry: Expert knowledge in Finance/Supply Chain and deep expertise in Public Sector dynamics. You stay continuously updated on business-critical use cases.

Degree: Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Analytics, comparable technical degree or a Business/Economics degree paired with a technical minor

Must possess an active security clearance (Secret or Top Secret is preferred)

Sponsorship not offered for this role.

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.