Applied Value Engineer

Celonis
Milan, Italy
On-site

Who this role is best for

Candidates with domain expertise in supply chain or finance and technical skills in AI and data engineering will find this mission-critical role in Milan, Italy, offers a chance to work with strategic global accounts.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with domain expertise in supply chain or finance and technical skills in AI and data engineering
    — “Solid knowledge of core business processes and industry landscapes (e.g., supply chain, finance)
  • Individuals with proven experience in delivering AI transformation narratives and ROI/TCO modeling
    — “Demonstrated experience supporting the technical close and driving compelling AI transformation narratives
  • Professionals who can architect secure, scalable AI systems and integrate with enterprise data frameworks
    — “Deliver secure, scalable LLM/agent systems with RAG, tools, and guardrails; integrating with enterprise data, identity, and compliance frameworks

Things to consider

  • This role may require significant on-site presence despite flexible hybrid work model
    — “flexible hybrid work model that balances remote focus with vibrant office collaboration

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with agentic AI systems and LLM orchestration in your resume and interviews
    — “Hands-on experience with agentic AI setups including LLM orchestration, tool use/function calling, RAG, agents, prompt engineering
  • Demonstrate your ability to translate complex operational challenges into AI solutions
    — “Translate domain expertise, product knowledge, and specific customer requirements into flawless project execution
  • Showcase your ability to prototype solutions and demonstrate business impact to C-suite executives
    — “Demonstrate their business impact to C-suite Executives
  • Emphasize your fluency in both English and the local language in your application materials
    — “Flawless English and native-level local language with exceptional executive presence
  • Include experience with model deployment and MLOps/LLMOps in your technical background
    — “Experience with model deployment, monitoring, MLOps/LLMOps, and lifecycle management
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • translates domain expertise into AI solutions
  • drives PoV projects
  • ensures value realization
Typical background
2+ years of presales and value engineering experience

Skills & requirements

Required

AI SolutioningLlm/agent SystemsRoi/tco ModelingValue Selling

Preferred

Domain ExpertiseIndustry Specialization

Stack & domain

Process IntelligenceAI TechnologiesLlm/agent SystemsRAGEnterprise DataIdentityCompliance FrameworksTechnical DiscoveryAI SolutionsProof-of-value ProjectsRoi/tco ModelingPitching Visionary SolutionsProblem-solvingCommunicationCollaborationStrategic ThinkingAITechnical SolutionsCompliance

About the role

Original posting from Celonis via Greenhouse

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.

Applied Value Engineer

The Team: 

As an Applied Value Engineer you push the envelope in solving mission-critical problems for our customers. You will work with our most strategic customers, understand their strategy and key challenges, and build Celonis solutions using cutting-edge AI technologies from market leaders such as Microsoft and OpenAI. With Celonis’ market-leading Process Intelligence (PI) Platform we feed operational context to AI so it understands our customers’ businesses and enables them to industrialize AI unlocking real ROI on AI deployments and at scale. There is no AI without PI. You will prototype these solutions, demonstrate their value to executives, and ensure successful implementation, adoption and value realization to increase Celonis' footprint at those customers.

The Role:

As an Applied Value Engineer, you are pushing the envelope, solving business-critical problems for our customers. Working with our most strategic global accounts, you will diagnose their strategy and key operational challenges to discover and build tailored, domain-specific use cases. You will architect and prototype state-of-the-art AI and technical solutions on the Celonis platform, demonstrate their business impact to C-suite Executives, and ensure successful implementation, adoption, and value realization. 

The work you’ll do:

Discovery & AI Solutioning: Translate domain expertise, product knowledge, and specific customer requirements into flawless project execution. You will execute technical discovery, allowing you to prototype and build bespoke, state-of-the-art AI solutions that precisely target nuanced, industry-specific operational pain points.

AI Solution Development: Drive the end-to-end execution of business-critical Proof-of-Value (PoV) projects. Deliver secure, scalable LLM/agent systems with RAG, tools, and guardrails; integrating with enterprise data, identity, and compliance frameworks.

Value Selling & Realization: Maintain active technical and advisory involvement with strategic accounts, ensuring the project remains on track until agreed-upon value, adoption thresholds, and operational transformations are achieved.

Domain & Industry Specialization: Leverage domain expertise to build industry-specific E2E solutions. Contribute to codifying this work into reusable methodology and assets to accelerate team-wide time-to-value.

The qualifications you need:

Executive-Facing Presales & Value Engineering (2+ years): Demonstrated experience supporting the technical close and driving compelling AI transformation narratives. Requires a proven background in accountable PoV execution, ROI/TCO modeling, and showcasing the "Art of the Possible" by pitching visionary solutions to hidden problems.

Domain & Industry Expertise: Solid knowledge of core business processes and industry landscapes (e.g., supply chain, finance). Ability to speak the language of business leaders and connect operational bottlenecks to strategic AI solutions.

Software/Data Engineering: Python proficiency, API design, SQL, data integration, and ML/AI libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, XGBoost, Hugging Face Transformers).

Agentic AI Systems: Hands-on experience with agentic AI setups including LLM orchestration, tool use/function calling, RAG, agents, prompt engineering, or agentic patterns for enterprise workflows.

Production ML/LLMOps: Experience with model deployment, monitoring, MLOps/LLMOps, and lifecycle management across cloud services (AWS Bedrock, Azure AI, GCP Vertex AI).

AI Architecture & Security: Understanding of cloud reference architectures, identity and access, data governance, privacy, and compliance.

Math & Operations Research: Applied knowledge of linear/nonlinear optimization, statistical analysis, reinforcement learning, and forecasting is a plus.

Strong presentation skills to both internal and external stakeholders (including executives), whether whiteboarding sessions or formal readouts and demos. Flawless English and native-level local language with exceptional executive presence.

Degree: Master’s Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, business engineering, business information or related fields , or equivalent work experience preferred.

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.

Continuous Growth: Elevate your skills through our 70-20-10 learning framework, mentorship programs, and access to a dedicated learning platform.

Holistic Well-being: Prioritize your health with subsidized Wellhub memberships, mental health counseling, and dedicated "Wellness Weeks" that prioritize work/life balance.

Drive Sustainability: Participate in annual Impact Days, where you receive paid time off to volunteer for community and environmental causes with your local office, or virtually.

Global Inclusion & Belonging: Find community through our Inclusion Think Tank and participate in our annual Inclusion Days, ensuring every voice is heard and valued.

Value-Driven Impact: Join a mission-led organization where our core values—Live for Customer Value, The Best Team Wins, We Own It, and Earth Is Our Future—drive every decision.

About Us:

Celonis is the trusted platform to industrialize Enterprise AI, empowering organizations to analyze, design, and operate AI-driven processes. The Celonis Platform is powered by the Celonis Context Model, which combines process data, business knowledge, and intelligence to create a living digital twin of the enterprise that AI can understand — turning AI’s operational blind spots into operational clarity. Industry-leading companies around the world trust Celonis and its global ecosystem of partners to make their AI agents, people, systems, and processes work together, achieving transformational outcomes. Celonis is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and New York City, USA, with more than 20 offices worldwide.

Get familiar with the Celonis Process Intelligence Platform by watching this video.

Celonis Inclusion Statement:

At Celonis, we believe our people make us who we are and that “The Best Team Wins”. We know that the best teams are made up of people who bring different perspectives to the table. And when everyone feels included, able to speak up and knows their voice is heard - that's when creativity and innovation happen.

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Source: Celonis careers (Greenhouse)

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