# Field CTO

**Company:** [Celonis](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/celonis)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $191k – $255k/yr
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** enterprise architecture, Agentic AI, enterprise modernization, data architecture, api, cloud native, Salesforce, servicenow, Oracle, togaf, AWS, Azure, GCP, mulesoft, informatica
**Posted:** 2026-07-16

> Serve as a trusted technical advisor and Field CTO to C-level executives at strategic accounts. Architect data/cloud/AI modernization roadmaps, drive innovation with Agentic AI, partner with sales on revenue, and provide product feedback. Requires 15-20 years experience, MSc in CS, deep EA and Oracle knowledge.

## Job Description

## The work you’ll do

**Executive Advisory:** Serve as a trusted advisor to C-level executives, aligning their long-term strategic goals with the Celonis technical vision.

**Strategic Architecture & Roadmap:** Lead the overarching data, cloud, and innovation strategy for our largest global accounts, utilizing methodologies like Capability Mapping to identify high-value opportunities.

**Innovation Leadership:** Architect "first-of-a-kind" solutions using emergent technologies like Agentic AI to solve complex enterprise challenges.

**Sales & Business Impact:** Partner with Sales and Value Engineering driving revenue through new customer acquisition and strategic up-selling.

**Product Advocacy:** Act as a critical feedback loop between our Product & Engineering teams and the market, ensuring the voice of the customer shapes our future offerings.

**Thought Leadership:** Develop and deliver customer-facing position papers, assets, and presentations that establish our brand as a leader in architecture and innovation.

## The qualifications you need

- 15 to 20 years of relevant experience, ideally having served as a CTO at a consulting firm, as Field CTO at a software vendor, or Director/VP of Enterprise Architecture within a major corporation.
- Proven track record of presenting complex technical visions to C-suite stakeholders in a way that emphasizes business value.
- Deep experience in Enterprise Modernization, EA Methodologies, and a robust understanding of Agentic AI.
- Ability to pivot from high-level architecture diagrams to hands-on demo.
- Excellent background in Data Architecture, API ecosystems, and cloud-native SaaS solutions like Salesforce and ServiceNow.
- Strong knowledge of Oracle.
- MSc degree in Computer Science or an equivalent IT-related field.

## Preferred

- Celonis, OCPM and Case Centric Data Pipelines.
- TOGAF/Zachmann, AWS/Azure/GCP, and ESB/ETL certifications (e.g., Mulesoft, Informatica).
- Experience across at least two domains (e.g., Finance, Supply Chain) and two industries (e.g., Pharma, Banking, Aerospace).

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