Meet the Celonis Champions Team

A catalyst is a Change Maker who connects with Executive Sponsors and Strategic Directions in order to spark significant change or action, accelerating progress or transformation, thus leveraging an organization’s leadership. They finish the move by converting vision into decisive action.

1. Emerging Voice: Recognizes opportunities for change and begins building relationships, but has limited influence or visibility with leadership.
2. Connector-in-Action: Proactively links team-level ideas to broader strategic goals. Gains initial trust from managers or leaders by aligning efforts with direction.
3. Trusted Mobilizer: Builds credibility with executive sponsors. Sparks initiatives by translating strategy into actionable movements and engaging key stakeholders.
4. Strategic Accelerator: Acts as a bridge between vision and execution. Influences priorities, secures active leadership engagement, and drives cross-functional momentum.
5. Enterprise Catalyst: Shapes transformational agendas by partnering closely with senior leadership. Orchestrates large-scale transformation, aligns executive energy, and actively involves executive sponsors.

An evangelist is a passionate advocate who promotes Celonis’ capabilities, innovations, and value methodology, inspiring others through enthusiasm, storytelling, and persuasion to generate interest, support, and widespread adoption or change. They carry momentum and turn progress into adoption.

1. Enthusiastic Supporter: Shows genuine excitement for Celonis and shares its value casually with peers. Limited reach and influence beyond the immediate circle.
2. Informed Promoter: Actively communicates Celonis’ capabilities and success stories within teams. Begins using structured storytelling and value messaging to generate curiosity.
3. Credible Advocate: Influences broader groups by sharing persuasive narratives and customer impact examples. Builds trust and inspires early adoption across functions.
4. Strategic Influencer: Aligns messaging with organizational goals. Engages leadership and stakeholders to drive strategic conversations, leading to deeper support and adoption.
5. Visionary Evangelist: Becomes a go-to voice for Celonis’ adoption and value realization. Shapes transformational strategy, mentors others in value storytelling, and drives enterprise-wide excitement and commitment.

An intrapreneur is a Change Maker who acts like an entrepreneur within a company, with strong business focus, taking initiative, and developing new ideas or projects to enhance business growth, user adoption and value realization. They carry initiatives end to end and sustain momentum.

1. Task Improver: Suggests minor enhancements in daily work. Limited scope and business impact of CoE. No ownership of outcomes.
2. Local Problem-Solver: Takes initiative to solve operational problems within single departments. Begins to show measurable improvements, adoption and first value realization.
3. Functional Innovator: Develops and implements new ideas within single departments. Starts connecting innovation to measurable business KPIs (e.g., cost savings, customer satisfaction) and starts leveraging the CoE to drive impact and value across functions.
4. Strategic Business Builder: Supports transformation with business mindset. Leads high-impact projects with focus on adoption and value realization. Positions CoE as strategic entity for process transformation.
5. Intrapreneur: Critical contributor, directly influencing enterprise transformation and efficiency. Manages CoE as enterprise within enterprise, with strategic focus, demand pipeline and clear business plan.

An innovator is a creative Change Maker who introduces new ideas, methods, or capabilities, driving progress and change by challenging existing norms and finding unique solutions to problems or opportunities. They create openings and move the play forward.

1. Curious Contributor: Asks questions and explores new ideas. Willing to challenge assumptions but rarely initiates or implements change.
2. Idea Generator: Frequently proposes new concepts or solutions. Begins testing small ideas, often within own scope of work.
3. Applied Problem Solver: Develops and implements creative solutions that address real business problems. Gains recognition for adding practical value through innovation.
4. Change Driver: Champions bold ideas and leads initiatives that challenge norms. Builds support, overcomes resistance, and drives measurable progress.
5. Transformational Innovator: Shapes new methods, capabilities, or models that redefine how the organization works. Sets innovation vision, mentors others, and delivers strategic impact.

A technologist is a skilled professional who understands, develops, and applies Celonis’ technology to support process transformation, improve process efficiency, and innovate solutions across various fields, bridging technical expertise with practical implementation. They anchor the back and keep play in motion.

1. Technical Learner: Gaining foundational knowledge of Celonis technology and platform. Supports basic configurations or tasks under guidance with limited business context.
2. Applied Technician: Effectively uses Celonis tools to deliver standard solutions. Begins to understand business processes and applies technology to improve efficiency.
3. Solution Developer: Designs and implements tailored solutions that align with process transformation goals. Bridges technical features with practical business needs.
4. Strategic Technologist: Provides Celonis platform, data and access to the organization. Collaborates across teams to co-create scalable, innovative solutions with measurable impact.
5. Innovation Architect: Leads the vision and evolution of Celonis technology across the organization. Operates the global architecture, platform and provides strong governance.