Siemens

Area General Manager - Smart Infrastructure Buildings

Siemens$205K — $352K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in commercial building automation, sales, or operations management.
  • Proven track record as a P&L manager achieving budget outcomes.
  • Exceptional team-building, presentation, and communication abilities.
  • High school diploma required; bachelor's degree preferred in relevant field.
  • Valid driver's license with limited violations for vehicle reimbursement participation.
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship.

Responsibilities

  • Own P&L and operational performance for the New York City Area, reaching growth and profitability targets.
  • Lead and execute strategy by developing actionable branch-level plans.
  • Cultivate customer and market leadership through executive-level relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Build and guide high-performing teams focusing on talent development and employee engagement.
  • Drive collaborative growth by working across Siemens divisions for integrated customer solutions.
  • Ensure operational excellence and compliance with quality and safety standards.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits offered to employees.
Full Job Description
Position Location: This position supports our Morristown, NJ branch, which serves customers throughout the greater Northern New Jersey and New York City (Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn, The Bronx) areas.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure - Buildings is seeking a highly accomplished Area General Manager to lead our New York City Area, the largest and most complex branch within our U.S. portfolio. This role represents a rare opportunity to take full ownership of a flagship business - spanning building automation, fire & life safety, and security systems - one that sets the performance, cultural, and operational benchmark for the rest of the organization. Based in our Morristown, NJ office, the Area General Manager holds end-to-end responsibility for strategy, sales, operations, financial performance, and talent leadership across one of the most dynamic and demanding commercial building markets in the world.

As Area General Manager, you will operate as a senior enterprise leader - balancing near-term execution with long-term growth, leading through influence in a matrixed environment, and maintaining direct executive-level relationships with the region's most important customers and industry stakeholders. You will be accountable for translating Siemens Smart Infrastructure strategy into local market success, driving profitable growth, developing top leadership talent, and ensuring operational excellence, safety, and compliance at scale. This role is ideal for a proven business leader who combines commercial acuity, people leadership, and customer credibility - and who thrives in environments where expectations are high and impact is visible.

As an Area General Manager, you will:
  • Own full P&L and operational performance for the New York City Area, delivering against aggressive growth, profitability, cash flow, and asset management targets through disciplined forecasting, budgeting, and cost control.
  • Lead and deploy strategy at scale by translating Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Region priorities into executable branch-level plans, including Business Target Agreements, growth initiatives, and standardized sales and operational excellence programs.
  • Drive customer and market leadership by maintaining personal, executive-level relationships with major customers, developers, contractors, consultants, and local authorities, while representing Siemens with market influencers and industry thought leaders across the region.
  • Build and lead high-performing teams by overseeing workforce planning, talent deployment, engagement, safety, retention, and leadership development-ensuring strong succession pipelines and a culture of accountability, inclusion, and performance excellence.
  • Enable profitable growth through collaboration by fostering team-selling strategies, partnering across Siemens divisions, and leveraging central resources (Finance, HR, Procurement, Legal, EHS, Compliance, Business Excellence) to deliver integrated customer solutions.
  • Ensure operational rigor and compliance by directing execution of workflow standards, quality and productivity initiatives, safety programs, and regulatory requirements, while serving as the local steward of Siemens' ethics, compliance, and employer brand.

You will make an impact with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
  • 10+ years experience within the commercial building automation controls, fire/life safety, or security systems industry in sales management and/or operations management
  • Experience as a P&L manager with demonstrated results in delivering performance to budget
  • Demonstrated team building, presentation, and communication skills
  • High school diploma
  • Must possess a valid driver's license with limited violations; must meet eligibility requirements to participate in Siemens' fleet vehicle program
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing or other related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Experience within the commercial Fire Alarm/Life Safety and/or Security Systems industries
  • Prior experience in Operations and Sales, Solutions and Service, and Energy service

Ready to create your own journey? Join us today!

You'll Benefit From

Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html

The pay range for this position is $205,000 - $352,000 annually with a target incentive of 30% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

About Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 385,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €87 billion in 2019 according to its earnings release.
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