Head (f/m/d) of Sustainability in SE CD

A Snapshot of Your Day

As Head of Sustainability of Siemens Energy, you will lead the next chapter of Sustainability at Siemens Energy: creating measurable business impact while staying committed to our Sustainability agenda. This role is designed to use sustainability to shape Siemens Energy’s strategy and to support its execution to provide the world with reliable, affordable and sustainable energy. Reporting to the SVP of Company Development, you will lead the global Sustainability team, build trusted relationships to executive leadership and across the company as well as in the external Sustainability ecosystem to deliver tangible impact for the business.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Set the strategic direction for Sustainability, aligning priorities with Siemens Energy’s Elevate strategy and North Star

Lead global Sustainability across (regulatory) trend scouting and forecasting, materiality analysis and agenda setting focusing on speed and business impact

Identify and accelerate sustainability-related value creation opportunities across Siemens Energy's portfolio, supporting customer decarbonization and long-term profitable growth

Provide governance on implementation of the Sustainability agenda, regular performance reporting in the Sustainability Council and board-level updates

Steer the company's climate transition agenda, including long-term ambitions, Scope 1–3 decarbonization pathways, and climate resilience actions

Partner with Business Areas to strengthen sustainability-related customer offerings and support efforts on sustainable supply chains, responsible sourcing, and supplier decarbonization in partnership with Procurement

Response to ESG ratings and rankings and other non-regulated disclosures and contribute to regulated non-financial reporting (esp. CSRD)

Build strong partnerships across Siemens Energy to ensure Sustainability is closely connected with Business Areas and Regions

Maintain Siemens Energy’s strong external ESG-positioning, esp. with investors and represent Siemens Energy with policymakers, industry initiatives, NGOs or other stakeholders

Continue building a high-performing, globally connected Sustainability team with clear priorities, strong accountability, and a culture of collaboration, learning, and ownership

What You Bring

Experience in combination of strategic business leadership, Sustainability acumen, corporate development expertise and execution discipline needed to define and drive the global Sustainability agenda of Siemens Energy to create measurable business impact

Experience in combine thought leadership and senior stakeholder influence with hands-on project execution experience and commercial judgment

Longstanding experience of relevant exposure to the energy industry, with deep expertise in at least one of the following fields: corporate sustainability, corporate development/strategy or innovation

Long experience in defining corporate sustainability agendas along with business needs and upcoming (regulatory) requirements in an environment with heterogeneous exposure to ESG

Ability to operate in collaboration with Business Areas and regions while maintaining the governance role of corporate sustainability

Experience in resolving conflicts through negotiation and efficient compromising in an international environment

Strong understanding of the energy landscape, industrial decarbonization, climate action and adaptation and the role of innovation to accelerate transformation

Excellent strategic judgment, commercial acumen, and diligence capability across both qualitative and quantitative dimensions

Experience working with senior executives, boards, business areas, customers, investors and external stakeholders

Strong leadership skills, with the ability to coach teams, build trust, raise standards, and create clarity in ambiguous environments

About the Team

Siemens Energy Sustainability plays a critical role in creating business value through embedding the sustainability agenda into company strategy and improving the resilience of Siemens Energy’s business by managing ESG risks. Sustainability is positioned within Company Development to ensure direct integration into Siemens Energy's strategy, portfolio development, innovation agenda and long-term value creation. As leader of the function, you are expected to lead this highly ambitious, high-performing team and take it to the next level.

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.