Group Lead – Blades & Vanes Project Management

About

Are you a technically savvy project management leader with a passion for high-performing teams and complex manufacturing environments? Siemens Energy is seeking a Group Lead position to lead the Blades & Vanes (BV) Project Management team within the Central Execution Unit for Large Gas Turbines.

In this role, you will be responsible for a dedicated team of Technical Project Managers who manage projects across the entire Blades & Vanes value chain – from investment casting and mechanical processing, through coating and drilling processes, to final assembly. You will collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement/Supply Chain, and international customers. Your team is highly qualified, collegial, technically curious, and highly motivated – and deserves a leader who combines leadership, the right attitude, strong social skills, a solid technical background, and operational excellence.

How you will make an impact

• Lead, coach, and develop a multicultural team of Technical Project Managers across the entire BV product lifecycle, ensuring high-quality project execution within the Siemens R&D PM Framework.
• Build and foster a trusting, high-performing team culture based on psychological safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• End-to-end responsibility for project planning, control, risk and opportunity management, and project closure for NPI, TI, SFI, Dual Source, and technology projects.
• Collaborate effectively with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain Strategy, and Frame Program Management at the engine level.
• Represent the BV PM team in Sourcing Boards, Intake Reviews, and cross-functional governance bodies, including active participation in the continuous improvement of these processes and acting as deputy for the functional lead BV PRM.
• Drive harmonization and improvement initiatives within the entire turbine organization.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in engineering; a Master's degree is an advantage.
• A minimum of ten years of professional experience in project or line management, ideally in the gas turbine or manufacturing industry, including overall responsibility for complex projects and strategic initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead and develop global teams, characterized by empathy, clarity, accountability, and a strong commitment to individual and organizational development.
• Experience with Blades & Vanes or hot gas path components of turbines and associated manufacturing processes such as casting, machining, and coating is a distinct advantage.
• Excellent communication, intercultural, and presentation skills, as well as fluent German and English language proficiency; additional languages are welcome.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally, including to the USA, as well as domestic travel to Berlin, coupled with a valid work permit for Germany.

About the Team

Our Gas Services business unit offers low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Emission-free or low-emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines, and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

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 and ensure that the growing energy needs of the global community are met reliably and sustainably. The technologies emerging from our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and form the basis for one-sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by continuously pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We look back on a 150-year tradition of innovation, which strengthens our search for employees who support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Here's how you can make an impact at Siemens Energy:

Our Commitment to Diversity

It's good that we are not all the same. Diversity makes us strong. We thrive on inclusion, and our collective creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy relies on character – regardless of ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We supply society with energy – all of society – and we do not discriminate based on differences that exist between us.

Benefits

• In addition to an attractive, market-competitive compensation package, you can expect an attractive company-funded pension plan.
• We also offer the opportunity to become a shareholder of Siemens Energy under very attractive employee conditions.
• Under our motto #BetterTogether, we offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and also remotely. However, our offices leave nothing to be desired and offer space for inspiring collaboration and creativity.
• The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. You have the opportunity to learn and develop independently with us. A variety of attractive programs and measures are available for this purpose.
• With the aspect of "Work-Life Balance", we have a diverse range of offerings, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare facilities at many locations, the option of trial part-time work, or a sabbatical.

We value equal opportunities, which is why applications from people with disabilities are expressly welcome.

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