Professional Services Director

Full Time
11 months ago
We're Celonis, the global leader in execution management and process mining technology, and one of the 50 most valuable private companies in the world. We believe that every company can unlock its full execution capacity - and for that, we need you to join us.  

The Team:Celonis Services is a strategic services organisation that focuses on the technical aspects of our customers' journeys, which includes Consulting Services, Academy and Customer Support. We are thought leaders with deep product, technical and domain expertise and focus on delivering Celonis implementations and driving product adoption for our customers. We achieve this by bringing together our best practices, delivery experience, award-winning enablement, and support expertise.

We're Celonis, the global leading Process Mining software company and one of the world's fastest-growing SaaS firms. We believe that every company can unlock its full execution capacity   The Role:As Consulting Manager, you will lead, guide and develop a team of 5-10 Consultants.  You are responsible for driving successful deployments of the Celonis technology across our customers in Japan. You will partner cross-functionally to support all customer engagement efforts and will liaise frequently with the Sales and Value Engineering teams to ensure customer satisfaction, loyalty and adoption of the Celonis platform.The Work You’ll Do:
  • Sales - position and sell the right services, work closely and build trust with Sales and Value Engineering to support ACV land and expand motions; maximize services revenue and ensure utilization targets
  • Delivery - manage portfolio of projects to success, build relationships directly with largest/most strategic customers in region; ensure timely and high-quality deployments of the Celonis technology that meet customer requirements, accelerate time to first value and drive measurable business impact; communicate with stakeholders in Celonis’ largest customers, handle escalations and navigate challenging situations with positive and balanced results; manage, forecast and monitor resource capacity and utilization, staffing appropriately all customer engagements
  • Product - ensure a focus on deep product and technical knowledge, that will provide thought leadership for our customers, and best practice implementation and adoption of Celonis software, especially in the area of new product introduction.  Ensure that the Consulting team is fully enabled and leverages all product capabilities on customer deployments
  • People - build, support, enable a high performance team; lead and manage a team of Celonis Consultants specializing one or more industry verticals; proactively manage hiring, attrition, productivity, morale, resource allocation, team motivation and training, across the Consulting team
  • Partners - build relationships with the strategic partners (and our partner managers) in the region to support our most important customers
  • Practice - contribute to internal initiatives that make the organization better; recruit and develop a high-performing Consulting team, developing career paths for team members that allow for growth and development within the Services organization and Celonis overall
The qualifications you need:
  • based in Tokyo, Japan
  • Native Japanese and Business Level in English
  • good understanding of the implementation of Celonis products, or Business Consulting expereinces at a level required to lead and direct Celonis Consultants
  • experience in managing professional services teams, preferably in enterprise SaaS companies
  • experience of building relationships with Sales teams, involvement in deals
  • proven leadership in interacting with senior / executive level customers
  • experience in recruiting, motivating and retaining top talent
  • excellent communication skills
  • ability and willingness to be certified in Celonis products
 

What Celonis can offer you:

  • The unique opportunity to work within a new category of technology, Execution Management
  • 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). For intern and working student benefits, click here
  • Physical and mental well-being support (subsidized gym membership, access to counselling, 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.

Celonis is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment and equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. We will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination or harassment of any kind. We make all employment decisions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, sex, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, national origin, citizenship status, religion, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other factor protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws.  As a US federal contractor, we are committed to the principles of affirmative action in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.  Different makes us better.

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