Project Manager - Power Distribution

About the role

We’re looking for a Project Manager to join our PMO's Systems Group. This role is hybrid (remote/office mix) based in Wendell, NC. You’ll manage customer-facing projects in a fast-paced environment, balancing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and stakeholder expectations. The PM will lead complex, high-impact projects from initiation through closeout, working within a matrixed organization and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver medium-voltage power distribution solutions, photovoltaic inverter projects, and automation-focused systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead all phases of assigned projects—from planning to execution and final closeout.
• Own project cost, schedule, quality, and technical performance.
• Define project milestones and ensure alignment with master plans and timelines.
• Communicate expectations, updates, risks, and progress clearly to team members, leadership, and customers.
• Provide routine status reports covering scope, budget, schedule, and performance.
• Identify project risks or issues and drive effective solutions (including resource allocation or contract adjustments).
• Handle customer expectations throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Lead single- and multi-product medium-voltage solutions projects.
• Conduct diagnostics to resolve root causes and implement corrective actions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 4+ years of project management experience in the power distribution industry, focusing on medium- or high-voltage equipment/switchgear.
• Ability to travel up to 20%, both domestically and internationally.
• Authorization to work in the U.S. permanently without company sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret results and present recommendations to senior management and customers.
• Proven leadership experience leading multi-disciplinary teams (program management, engineering, services, operations, logistics).
• Demonstrated success driving and running projects in competitive technical markets.
• Experience implementing cost-saving measures within projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for presenting complex information to varied audiences.
• Experience in contract management and change management.
• PMP certification (or willingness to obtain within one year of hire).

About Siemens

We are a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to sustainable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, we create technology with purpose adding real value for customers.

Pay

$74,970 – $128,520