Lead / Principal Consultant - Data and AI

About the role

As a Lead or Principal Consultant, you will serve as the backbone of Celonis delivery by leading the hands-on implementation of solutions for enterprise customers. You will act as an AI-augmented delivery professional, directing AI agents to build data models and analyses while applying your own judgment to ensure business relevance and measurable impact. This role requires balancing technical platform mastery with deep domain expertise to drive customer success and long-term adoption.

Responsibilities

• Conduct business discovery workshops to translate strategic objectives into high-impact use cases
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, data requirements, and success criteria
• Direct AI deployment agents to build data models, process analyses, KPIs, and dashboards
• Build and configure Celonis solutions including data transformations and AI-powered insights
• Validate AI-generated outputs for accuracy and alignment with customer context
• Lead value creation workshops and define measures to improve process inefficiencies
• Enable customer users to use and extend solutions independently
• Document solution design decisions and configurations for future reference

Required skills

• Celonis platform
• Data modeling
• Process analysis
• KPI definition
• Automation
• PQL
• SQL
• Python
• AI-assisted development
• Consulting
• Stakeholder management
• English
• German

Nice to have

• Prompt engineering
• Context engineering
• ERP systems
• SAP
• Oracle
• Supply Chain
• Order to Cash
• Procure to Pay
• Accounts Payable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Technology Management, Business Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a comparable field
• 7+ years in Management or IT consulting, data/solution consulting, or process improvement consulting

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units
• Parental leave
• Unlimited PTO
• Learning platform access
• Wellhub membership
• Mental health counseling
• Wellness Weeks

About the Company

Celonis is the trusted platform to industrialize Enterprise AI, empowering organizations to analyze, design, and operate AI-driven processes. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and New York City, USA, with more than 20 offices worldwide.