Region Director - Project Management (Power Generation)

Siemens Energy

$125K — $150K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical), Business Administration, or related technical field.
  • 10 years or more of relevant industry experience in Power Generation, with flexibility for higher or lower levels based on experience.
  • Previous management and project management experience, preferably with a Project Management Certification.
  • Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis experience.
  • Excellent negotiation, communication, and conflict resolution skills.
  • Demonstrated risk management mindset focused on proactive mitigation strategies.
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% within the designated region.

Responsibilities

  • Lead execution of steam turbine and generator Open Market programs, ensuring performance on cost, schedule, and scope.
  • Coach and oversee portfolio and project managers to enhance customer-facing leadership.
  • Collaborate with Field Service, Contracts, Finance, and Sales to align execution with obligations and strategies.
  • Ensure disciplined use of PM execution processes and accountability from Project Managers.
  • Provide commercial and contract oversight for decision-making on change orders and invoicing.
  • Drive financial rigor through accurate forecasting and performance reporting.
  • Act as escalation owner for cross-functional issues, resolving conflicts to maintain delivery continuity.
  • Promote continuous improvement by translating customer feedback into processes and enhancements.

Benefits

  • 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
Full Job Description
A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Region Director within the Open Market Steam and Generator project management team, you will play a crucial role in leading the execution of Open Market scopes across your designated region. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a newly formed team and help shape its direction. Your primary focus will be on delivering exceptional customer service and technical solutions that align with our customers' operational and maintenance needs. This role is essential in ensuring financial integrity and contractual compliance within the Open Market, fostering strong relationships with customers, and driving sales growth through strategic collaboration.

How You'll Make an Impact
  • Lead the execution of a portfolio of steam turbine and generator Open Market programs within your region, ensuring consistent performance across planning, outages, implementation, and closeout, with clear accountability for cost, schedule, scope, and customer commitments.
  • Provide coaching and oversight to develop portfolio managers and project managers as effective, customer-facing leaders across contractual, technical, and commercial matters, including outage readiness and post-event follow-up.
  • Collaborate closely with Field Service, Contracts, Finance, and Sales Central to align Open Market execution with contractual obligations and sales strategies specific to your region.
  • Ensure disciplined use of PM execution processes by holding Project Managers accountable for TMS leadership, risk and readiness reviews, action tracking, and effective coordination with Service Operations, Sales, Engineering, Order Management, and factories.
  • Provide commercial and contract oversight to support sound decision-making on contract interpretation, EWAs, change orders, invoicing strategies, concessions, and risk ownership, in alignment with company policy and delegated authority.
  • Drive financial rigor and portfolio transparency through accurate forecasting, cost control, invoicing execution, A/R management, and clear performance reporting to senior management.
  • Serve as escalation owner for cross-functional execution or ownership issues within your region, resolving conflicts quickly to protect customer outcomes and maintain delivery continuity.
  • Promote continuous improvement by ensuring lessons learned, quality issues, and customer feedback are captured and translated into processes, tools, and capability enhancements.
  • Provide regular status and performance updates through management report-outs.
What You Bring
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical), Business Administration, or related technical field.
  • 10 years or more of relevant industry experience in Power Generation. Candidates with more experience can be considered for a higher level or vice-versa.
  • Previous management and project management experience with demonstrated the ability to deliver complex and high-value projects to multiple customers. Project Management Certification is preferred.
  • Strong financial acumen with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
  • Excellent negotiation, communication, and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to navigate challenging customer interactions.
  • Demonstrated risk management mindset, including proactive identification and implementation of mitigation strategies to ensure successful project outcomes.
  • Willing and Able to travel up to 50% within the designated region.
  • Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero 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.

Rewards/Benefits
  • 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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