Senior Value Engineer - AI & Process Optimization

As a Senior Value Engineer, you will spearhead AI and data-driven business transformation within the Retail sector by contributing to your customer's end-to-end value journey using the Celonis Context Model. Working alongside Lead and Principal VEs, you will combine technical execution with consulting and project management. As an AI-fluent operator, your core mandate is to orchestrate complex roadmaps and execute targeted transformation initiatives that improve how these businesses operate across their [Core Functional Area] ecosystems.

Responsibilities

Value Selling & Realization: Uncover the real issues by peeling back layers of organizational complexity, own the outcome from first discovery through realized ROI for your process areas, and tell the Value Story by crafting executive narratives and leading business value workshops; Stakeholder Management: Cultivate executive sponsorship across core business units, co-own change management with customer leaders, and design CoE roadmaps that build self-sufficiency; Program Management: Steer global transformations across complex workstreams, own and implement AI-driven account planning and AI-assisted project management, and automate executive governance (QBRs, SteerCos); Platform & AI Fluency: Act as an AI-fluent operator using AI tools for rapid technical outputs, partner with Applied Value Engineers for deep-dive solution builds, and champion platform adoption; Scale Value & Innovation: Build a strategic expansion roadmap embedding Celonis as a strategic platform, and provide feedback to R&D based on evolving customer use cases

Requirements

5+ years of experience taking ownership of complex workstreams, process areas, and customer relationships in Value Engineering, Consulting, or Pre-Sales; Solid background in enterprise IT and business software (e.g., SAP, Workday, Salesforce, Oracle); Operates primarily as an AI-fluent operator, using AI copilots to generate outputs and automations, avoiding heavy manual coding; Comfortable setting your own direction within an account team; Proven expertise in executing process improvements; Demonstrated expertise orchestrating multi-region or business unit transformation programs; Expert at mobilizing VP/Director-level sponsorship; Flawless English communication with commanding executive presence; Deep understanding of the Finance/Supply Chain domains and Retail trends; Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Analytics, comparable technical degree, or a Business/Economics degree paired with a technical minor; Right to work in the region will be required

Benefits

Pioneer Innovation; Ownership from Day 1 with Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and merit-based refresh grants; 24 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary carers and 12 weeks for supporting carers, available from first day of employment; Unlimited PTO (in applicable regions) and generous PTO globally; Flexible hybrid work model; 70-20-10 learning framework, mentorship programs, and dedicated learning platform; Subsidized Wellhub memberships, mental health counseling, and Wellness Weeks; Paid Impact Days for volunteering; Inclusion Think Tank and annual Inclusion Days