Lead Applied Value Engineer

About the role

Celonis, the platform for Enterprise AI, is hiring a Lead Applied Value Engineer in Dubai. You will work with the company's most strategic global accounts, diagnosing their strategy and operational challenges to build tailored, domain-specific use cases. You will architect and prototype advanced AI solutions on the Celonis platform, show their business impact to C-suite executives and ensure successful implementation and value realization.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the main Celonis product and domain expert, translating customer requirements into enterprise architecture and leading technical discovery.
• Architect, prototype and build bespoke AI solutions, including secure, scalable LLM/agent systems with RAG, tools and guardrails.
• Lead end-to-end Proof-of-Value (PoV) projects and act as a trusted advisor to strategic accounts until value, adoption and transformation goals are reached.
• Build industry-specific end-to-end solutions and turn them into reusable methodology and scalable assets, mentoring junior peers.

Required profile

• 7+ years of executive-facing presales and value engineering, owning the technical close and driving AI transformation narratives.
• Proven background in accountable PoV execution, ROI/TCO modeling and delivering projects to realized value.
• Deep knowledge of operational workflows and industries such as supply chain and finance, with the ability to speak to C-suite executives.
• Masters degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Flawless English and strong presentation skills with executives.

Required skills

• Agentic AI: LLM orchestration, function calling, RAG, agents, prompt engineering.
• Math and operations research: optimization, statistical analysis, reinforcement learning, predictive forecasting.
• Production ML/LLMOps on AWS Bedrock, Azure AI and GCP Vertex AI.
• Python, API design, advanced SQL, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, XGBoost, Hugging Face.
• Secure cloud architecture, IAM, data governance and privacy compliance.

What we offer

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and merit-based refresh grants.
• Parental leave: 24 weeks fully paid for primary carers, 12 weeks for supporting carers.
• Unlimited PTO in applicable regions and a flexible hybrid work model.
• Learning through the 70-20-10 framework, mentorship and a learning platform.
• Wellness support, paid volunteer days and inclusion programs.