Head of Industry - Retail & CPG
Leads Celonis’s global Retail & CPG Industry Practice, setting its vision and strategy while building cross-functional teams and scalable enterprise software solutions. The role requires entrepreneurial leadership, customer-facing communication, and collaboration across product, engineering, AI, and go-to-market teams.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Define the vision for the Celonis Retail & CPG industry practice and translate it into a strategy and prioritized actions.
- Build and lead a cross-functional industry team across Value Engineering, Sales, and AI Builders; establish processes and structure to accelerate industry impact.
- Work directly with customers to align Retail & CPG solutions with their business strategies.
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and GTM leaders to inform future product development based on customer feedback.
- Identify and package scalable use cases across the Celonis platform, driving innovation and expanding offerings.
- Enable internal teams and partners to position and deploy Retail & CPG solutions.
- Represent the Retail & CPG industry internally and externally and support the success of clients, employees, and partners.
Requirements
- Proven experience building and leading cross-functional teams that develop software solutions for strategic Retail & CPG industry problems.
- High degree of entrepreneurship and experience building in a 0-to-1 environment.
- Excellence in public speaking and external presentations.
- Proven experience developing enterprise software solutions, with a strong portfolio of successful real-world use cases.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to translate complex concepts into actionable insights for stakeholders ranging from board members to end users.
- Demonstrated autonomous leadership and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces.
- Experience working across sales, solution scoping, product, and customer interactions.
Benefits and Compensation
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and merit-based refresh grants for full-time employees.
- 24 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary carers and 12 weeks for supporting carers.
- Unlimited PTO in applicable regions and generous PTO globally.
- Flexible hybrid work model.
- Learning framework, mentorship programs, and access to a dedicated learning platform.
- Subsidized Wellhub memberships, mental health counseling, and Wellness Weeks.
- Paid time off for volunteering through annual Impact Days.
- Inclusion Think Tank and annual Inclusion Days.
Skills
Process Mining, Process Intelligence Graph, Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Enterprise Saas, Value Engineering, Sales, Product Development, Engineering, Public Speaking
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