Posted 3 weeks ago

Lead Project Manager

Celonis

Paris, Île-de-France, France 🇫🇷

Onsite
Full Time

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As a Lead Project Manager, you will support end-to-end implementations of Celonis’ technology across our largest and most strategic customers.
You will articulate Celonis’ product positioning to customers and collaborate with Sales, Partners and Value Engineering to deploy our platform, identify and frame business value opportunities, create tailored solutions, and enable sustainable value realization for our customers
From early pre-sales discussions through the full project lifecycle, you will ensure the quality and impact of our work — pushing for continuous innovation including through the adoption of our latest AI and Context Model capabilities.
You’ll play a critical role in delivering outcomes that matter and ensuring every project contributes to customers satisfaction and long-term success
Supporting pre-sales by framing Services project opportunities with Sales and Value Engineering teams, defining the implementation approach and writing proposals
Executing projects end to end, taking responsibility for scope, timeline, resources and the quality of deliverables
Managing the client relationship as the primary point of contact — from operational teams to senior executives — and securing a progressive handover
Leading project governance: reporting on progress, risks and value opportunities, and facilitating decision-making by Celonis management and client sponsors
Driving effective use of our AI tooling within the team to continuously improve how we deliver
Providing guidance and mentoring to the Services team to ensure delivery consistency and consultants’ development
Driving continuous improvement by feeding field learnings back into Celonis Services methods and best practices
Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, onshore/offshore teams, and various clients stakeholder groups, from operational to executive levels
Relevant certifications (e.g., Agile/Scrum, PMP, Prince2, Lean Six Sigma) are appreciated
Experience in delivering complex projects with data driven solutions for supply chain and core business processes optimization is highly appreciated
Experience in leading AI or machine learning projects is highly appreciated
Proven track record of strong leadership and communication, with the strategic thinking to support decision-making both internally and with the customer
A passion for operational excellence: Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and a focus on delivering tangible business value
Proven experience managing complex projects with both business and technical dimensions, in a consulting or professional services environment
Demonstrated expertise in pre-sales collaboration, opportunity qualification and proposal development