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:

You’ll have the opportunity to be a part of our Technical Program Management Team which sits within the Celonis Engineering Organization! You will be working with a cross-functional team driving engineering programs in the area of User Journey’s in our EMS product focusing. Explosive growth is very exciting but also requires seasoned people to help pave the way with experience to scale. Come join us!

The Role:

Join Celonis Engineering and play a key role as a Staff Technical Program Manager. As a TPM you are driving cross-functional programs by closely working together with Engineering, Product, Design, QA (and beyond) to get things done, drive towards clarity, serve as a communication bridge whilst removing ambiguity and complexity. You bring the ability to influence, agile expertise, technical proficiency and thought leadership.

The work you’ll do:

• Lead multidisciplinary cross-functional engineering programs within the EUJ engineering organization and the other major engineering organizations in Celonis. 
• Lead, influence, align and coach strategic and tactical situations. 
• Break down the programs into projects and coordinate across functional areas in order to deliver on the program deliverables
• Leverage technical acumen to understand and contribute to Engineering Design Documents (especially with a focus on dependencies) and understand and translate (if applicable) the PRDs into engineering working packages
• Present and advocate complex business and technical concepts with Engineering Leadership and Executive Management 
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple groups and to different stakeholders
• Manage risk, communication & monitor, project schedule, review project progress and timelines; and identify and resolve issues to ensure project success
• Propose the best course of action and optimal solutions for the target architecture
• Program Management across its entire lifecycle 
• Management of technical discussions and strategic decision-making
• Drive technical design and architecture discussions across cross-functional teams
• Contribute to requirements of software (design, architecture, or testing) with
• connecting the dependencies, identifying and outlining risks to harden the requirements specifications
• Decipher technical needs of other departments within the organization

The qualifications you need:

• 8 years hands on TPM experience with a strong track record of execution and success. 
• Expertise  facilitating decision-making by identifying key stakeholders & surfacing the required information to make critical decisions.
• You can derive status, key risks, and can synthesize information, drive clarity and accurately communicate program status, issues, dependencies & risks to leadership & other program stakeholders beyond Product & Engineering
• You can lead & independently own strategic programs, across different domains and multiple engineering departments
• You can explain your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.
• You have excellent problem-solving ability & value teamwork & multitasking
• You can find practical & simple solutions to complicated problems without sacrificing quality
• You are a natural leader, you bring calm to chaos and you’ve learned industry standards and can help bring those experiences to more junior people to help reduce toil. 
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit, are self-sufficient & able to operate in a fluid, ambiguous environment
• Design plans to manage highly ambiguous  programs in partnership with Senior Management
• Proactively address risks, dependencies, trade-offs, escalation, or technical constraints for timely mitigation and resolution
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple teams with competing priorities

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

Celonis enables customers to optimize their business processes. Powered by its leading process mining technology, Celonis provides a unique set of capabilities for business executives and users to continuously find improvement opportunities within and across processes, and execute targeted actions to rapidly enhance process performance. This optimization yields immediate cash impact, radically improves customer experience, and reduces carbon emissions. Celonis has thousands of implementations with global customers and 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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