Head of Project Management US FACTS

Siemens Energy

$125K — $150K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of leadership experience in Transmission and Distribution, FACTS, and energy storage projects.
  • Proven track record managing project execution teams, ideally in a flat organization.
  • Strong understanding of project management methodologies and PMO dynamics.
  • Excellent team management skills with a focus on talent development and collaboration.
  • Strategic mindset capable of balancing project priorities and operational efficiency.
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and inspire high-performing Project Management EPC Execution teams and maintain clear reporting lines.
  • Focus on driving synergies between FACTS and Storage solutions for a unified go-to-market strategy.
  • Engage with customers and stakeholders to achieve project targets and align business objectives.
  • Oversee tendering to execution processes for seamless project delivery.
  • Balance commercial and operational priorities while ensuring quality and customer satisfaction.
  • Own the performance of the North America portfolio, ensuring profitability and risk management.
  • Analyze and optimize staff allocation based on evolving project needs.
  • Champion a flat organizational structure promoting rapid decision-making and team engagement.

Benefits

  • Career growth and development opportunities within a supportive work culture.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits paid by the company.
  • Generous Paid Time Off and paid holidays.
  • 401K savings plan with company matching contributions.
  • Family building benefits to support employees and their families.
  • Parental leave for new parents.
Full Job Description
A Snapshot of Your Day

As the Project Management Head of Grid Solutions FACTS & Storage-US, you lead a high-performing, agile Project Management team at the forefront of energy transformation. Your role involves a dynamic blend of strategic leadership, hands-on project oversight, cross-functional collaboration, and interaction with customers and partners. You are responsible for managing the FACTS and Storage Project Management portfolio through execution until handover to service. A critical part of your mandate is to foster and develop a high-performance execution team, ensuring operational excellence, accountability, and a culture of continuous improvement across all phases of delivery in close alignment with the Execution Teams in Germany. You will empower your team to achieve ambitious goals, strengthen execution discipline, and drive efficiency without compromising quality or customer focus. You will drive synergies between the FACTS and Storage business, ensuring a unified go-to-market approach within a flat, efficient hierarchy. Your expertise in people management and organizational design is crucial for delivering innovative and customer-focused solutions while building a resilient execution organization that consistently meets and exceeds expectations.

How You'll Make an Impact

  • Lead and inspire Project Management EPC Execution teams, ensuring clear reporting lines for maximum efficiency. Maintain a continuous alignment and co-operation with the Execution Teams in Germany (Off-shore Team)
  • Maintain a strong focus on both FACTS and Storage solutions and drive synergies between the operational elements, ensuring a unified go-to-market, tendering and execution approach. Engage directly with customers and stakeholders, representing the business and ensuring achievement of business and project targets.
  • You will leverage synergies with the HV business while ensuring the effective coordination of all key interfaces with central functions (e.g. Procurement, Engineering, E&C, Quality, and Project Controls) to drive efficiency, alignment across the project lifecycle
  • Oversee the integration from tendering early engagement and execution processes, ensuring seamless project delivery from bid stage through project completion, while ensuring compliance and governance with regulatory requirements and corporate standards
  • Balance commercial and operational priorities, ensuring business objectives are met without compromising quality, profitability, risk exposure or customer satisfaction
  • Own Project Management performance of the FACTS & Storage - North America portfolio of projects, ensuring profitability, risk management, and sustainable growth.
  • Analyze and optimize people allocation, with a keen understanding of staffing needs for key roles and the ability to adapt to evolving project requirements
  • Champion a flat hierarchy, promoting transparency, rapid decision-making, high team engagement and employee development.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and competitiveness with supply chain partners.
What You Bring
  • Proven leadership experience in Transmission and Distribution, FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems), and/or energy storage projects with a strong emphasis on operational excellence and delivery performance
  • Demonstrated success managing project execution teams, ideally within a flat organizational structure, ensuring seamless transition from bid stage through project completion.
  • Deep understanding of project management methodologies and hands-on experience working with or within a Project Management Office (PMO), with a focus on building up execution maturity and business performance
  • Excellent people's management skills, with a track record of effective team allocation, talent development, and cross-functional collaboration to drive high-performance execution.
  • Strategic mindset with the ability to balance tendering and execution priorities while maintaining operational efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction
  • Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and changing leadership abilities ensuring alignment across customers, partners, and internal functions.

*Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

Grid Technologies

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. Check out this video to learn more about our Grid Technologies business https://www.siemens-energy.com/global/en/offerings/power-transmission.html

Rewards

  • Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
  • Company paid Health and wellness benefits
  • Paid Time Off and paid holidays
  • 401K savings plan with company match
  • Family building benefits
  • Parental leave

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