Director, Industrial Project Execution

About the role

Siemens Digital Industries is seeking a Director, Industrial Project Execution to lead the Project Management Office (PMO) and Bid Management Office (BMO) for Industrial Project Execution.

Responsibilities

• Leading the Project Management Office (PMO) and Bid Management Office (BMO) for Industrial Project Execution with clear ownership, operating rhythms, decision rights, and performance transparency.
• Strengthening the bid phase by ensuring deliverable, compliant offers with well-defined scope, assumptions, resource models, commercial readiness, risk assessments, and bid-to-execution handoff processes.
• Driving disciplined project execution through governance, execution readiness, project reviews, risk and claim management, schedule management, cost control, and customer commitment oversight.
• Improving the conversion of projects into profitable lifecycle service agreements by embedding lifecycle strategies early and ensuring seamless project-to-service transitions.
• Building strong partnerships across Sales, Services, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Quality, external partners, and global stakeholders to ensure solutions are delivered predictably and profitably.
• Leading, coaching, and developing Manager-level leaders across PMO and BMO functions to drive accountability, people leadership, execution discipline, and organizational performance.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives across bid management and project delivery processes to improve consistency, scalability, operational efficiency, and execution excellence.
• Establishing robust project governance frameworks that improve execution predictability, risk visibility, project quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Enhancing organizational capability through repeatable execution models, best practices, and standardized delivery methodologies.
• Supporting business growth initiatives by improving lifecycle service attachment rates and maximizing long-term customer value through successful execution strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience leading project, service, or solution execution within process industries, discrete manufacturing, industrial automation, or comparable industrial environments.
• 5+ years of experience leading project delivery organizations, PMO functions, bid management organizations, or related operational teams.
• 5+ years of experience governing complex customer projects, including risk management, change management, project reviews, and execution performance management.
• 5+ years of experience shaping or governing complex bids, including delivery feasibility, commercial readiness, risk assessment, and bid-to-execution handover.
• Demonstrated success leading organizational transformation initiatives and implementing scalable operating models across multiple teams or business functions.
• Strong business acumen with experience managing scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, customer commitment, and business performance metrics.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and collaborating effectively across engineering, services, sales, finance, legal, and quality organizations.
• Ability to travel as required to support customer, team, and business needs.
• Proficient in English both written and verbal.

Qualifications

• Legal authorization to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

Skills

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent project leadership credentials.

Benefits

Flexible remote work option available.

Pay

$145,156 - $248,839

Schedule

20% travel required.