Senior Strategic Program Manager (f/m/d)
About the role
A Snapshot of Your Day
As a Senior Strategic Project Manager (f/m/d) within the Grid Technologies Switchgears Network Optimization organization, you will play a key role in driving and supporting global transformation initiatives across our international manufacturing network. Working closely with stakeholders across functions and regions, you will contribute significantly to the successful transformation of our factory network and the achievement of strategic business objectives.
In this position, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing complex strategic projects and transformation programs. You will ensure the successful delivery of projects by meeting defined targets related to quality, schedule, and budget while maintaining alignment with overall business goals. Acting as a central coordination point, you will facilitate collaboration between global teams and drive sustainable change across the organization.
Reporting directly to the Head of Network Optimization, you will oversee both the technical and commercial success of assigned projects in accordance with project-specific objectives and target agreements. Leveraging your strong project management expertise and international experience, you will support decision-making processes, manage stakeholder expectations, and ensure effective execution of strategic initiatives.
This role is ideally suited for an experienced Business Project Manager with a proven track record in transformation and change initiatives. If you are a highly organized professional with excellent coordination skills, a strategic mindset, and a passion for leading complex international projects, we look forward to receiving your application.
How You’ll Make an Impact
Develop and manage the Network Optimization roadmap
Lead cross-functional strategic programs
Set up planning & reporting structure for tracking & following up on the progress of the Programs
Responsible for the overall success of the programs, leading the project team, managing and reporting to Steering Committee and stakeholders
Drive footprint and portfolio optimization studies
Facilitate executive governance and performance reviews
Identification and sharing of improvements and best practices within the Switchgear Factory Network
What You Bring
Master’s degree in Engineering, Energy Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline
Extensive professional experience in the energy industry, with a strong background in Grid Technologies and manufacturing network management
Extensive experience within Grid Technologies, Switchgear execution units, and related business functions
Strong coordination, communication, and stakeholder management skills in an international and cross-functional environment
Strategic and global mindset combined with the ability to apply methodologies and execute complex transformation plans effectively
Experience working in complex matrix organizations and willingness to travel internationally up to 50% of working time
Only CVs submitted in English will be considered.
About the Team
Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100.000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards/Benefits
In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programmes and learning materials are available for this purpose
In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical
We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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