Senior Project Manager (Customer) – for SIEAERO – an AI-assisted aerial (UAV/Helicopter) digitalization service for overhead lines in Erlangen bei Siemens Energy

Senior Project Manager (Customer) – for SIEAERO – an AI-assisted aerial (UAV/Helicopter) digitalization service for overhead lines (f/m/d) in Erlangen bei Siemens Energy

Siemens Energy

A Snapshot of Your Day

You are part of the SIEAERO Operations Team being responsible for large multi projects, your day is all about working with our team and our customers to smoothly execute the SIEAERO inspection service. You contribute to the transformation of a potential opportunity lead into successful customer projects. Generating leads, creating compelling offers for our customers, and tailoring our SIEAERO suite to the needs of our customers – the transmission system operators. You also support our market rollout with the Sales and Business Development Team. Traveling to visit customer sites and increase sales and project execution of our product line. To be specific, this means you:

Support growth opportunities, sales pipeline with existing and new customers in conjunction with the sales manager and local account teams
Are fully accountable and responsible for planning and executing SIEAERO client projects (cost, time, functionality, customer satisfaction)
Handle all Project Excellence@Siemens Energy relevant planning elements and milestone work results, incl. setting up and maintaining the Project Management Plan
Negotiate and manage contracts with suppliers, partners, and customers (incl. change requests, contract, claim management)
Define, design, implement and continuously improve the PM framework of executing multi SIEAERO service projects globally
Manage customer expectations and requirements with respect to functionality and overall quality of the provided solution
Act as mentor to junior and less experienced colleagues

How You’ll Make an Impact

In very simple words: You own the project – transforming it from an opportunity lead to happy customer – your role is key for our team to execute it to our customers and our management’s expectations. It is all about efficient organization, transparent communication and of course ensuring delivery in time, cost, and quality
Find the right balance between a structured process and agile methods to thrive efficiency in a context where your solution-oriented mindset and entrepreneurial approaches will be valued
You drive the project execution team to be efficient and focused – by holding the team, our suppliers and our customers accountable to the aligned plan. And if we want to deviate from that plan, you find win-win situations

What You Bring

Minimum of bachelor’s degree Engineering or Business or M.Sc.; and adequate experience in customer project management in industrial, preferably utility environments. Industry-relevant project management certifications
10+ years of professional experience in client-facing project management and project execution in the energy sector. Track record in power grids, complex services and tendering of services may further complement your ideal profile
Proven experience in business development – and direct B2B sales (client-facing)
Ideally, you have gained previous experience in growing a startup or other fast-moving organization or in managing highly dynamic projects and are willing to dive into this adventure
As you act in an international environment you are perfectly fluent in speaking and writing both German and English, since you execute projects in both English and German
You are well structured, a good communicator and are optimistically driving for efficient win-win situations
You are strongly solution oriented and customer centric and have a mindset to win – and to drive a team to match winning strategy and attractive offering

About the Team

Our team is an agile innovator and we have the aim to revolutionize the way utilities inspect their overhead lines. We have a team of leading technical experts in aviation and drone afficionados, sensor systems, machine learning and industrial operations of our start-up approach brings along unique opportunities and challenges, day by day. We question the status quo, we need and want to get better with every cycle, we need YOU.

To know more about our digital product offering, check out this SIEAERO link to see what we do here!

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.

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