Senior Project Manager for International Projects

Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 160 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio in its core areas of rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, turnkey systems, intelligent traffic systems as well as related services. With digitalization, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability.

Mobility Management, Turnkey Projects & Electrification, Mainline Transport, Urban Transport and Customer Services. They have the know-how to make road traffic flow more smoothly and quickly, make trains more environmentally friendly and efficient, make train schedules and freight shipments more reliable. We work with our customers to develop optimal solutions to help overcome their challenges.

We want to get onboard a Senior Project Manager for international market.

Area of Responsibilities
- Acquisition and contract negotiation
- Project organization and management
- Project controlling and project reporting
- Contract management incl. claim management
- Stakeholder management
- Opportunity and risk management
- Organization and management of project team
- Communication and knowledge management
- Compliance within the Project
- HR Management

Main Tasks
- Acquisition and order negotiation
- Participation in the sales / project initiation phase, by analyzing customer requirements and checking their technical feasibility and transferability into a bid or project cost plan
- Carry out or attend contract negotiations
- Ensure the use of Siemens products, where available and applicable
- Ensure compliance with the corresponding LoA process, where applicable
- Check the project costing for financial efficiency
- Involve the corresponding partners in the sales / project initiation phase
- Project organization and management
- Ensure that the order entry calculation is done and documented
- Ensure that all plan elements (e.g. system structure, WBS, etc.) are taken into account in the sales / project initiation phase
- Prepare and maintain the Siemens project management plan
- Manage the project within the defined financial targets (budget, target costing, target profit)
- Prepare the project manager target agreement
- Optimize project profitability and ensuring business success
- Implement procedures to resolve questions and problems (identification, analysis, measures and monitoring) with all relevant internal and external partners
- Involve Procurement at an early stage in line with the applicable Siemens procurement guidelines
- Plan the procurement strategy (in local Procurement entity) with the business manager and procurement department of the respective organizational units
- Ensure that all procurement activities comply with the applicable processes and regulations
- Select subcontractors / partners
- Select and involve subcontractors / partners in accordance with the defined criteria
- Monitor the performance of subcontractors / partners, escalate issues in good time (e.g. quality defects or problems in cooperation) and initiate appropriate measures in good time in the event of any non-conformities
- Initiate invoicing in accordance with project progress
- Organize acceptance testing and project handover to contracted partner(s)
- Define procedures and requirements for quality management (audits, quality seals, acceptance tests) in accordance with the applicable quality management regulations and standards
- Manage regular project review meetings and organize the milestone prerequisites
- Document all work results in line with the applicable standards
- Project controlling and reporting
- Optimize the project cash flow and assets
- Ensure the regular controlling of finances and regular reporting on finances
- Ensure compliance with the IFRS (International Finance and Reporting Standards)
- Continuously monitor project status, taking the IFRS into consideration, identify any non-conformities in good time and initiate specific counter measures where applicable
- Identify and minimize non-compliance costs
- Notify customers, management and the project team at an early stage in the event of any non-conformities
- Contract management incl. claim management
- With international (cross-border) projects: Synchronize the contract structure with the tax action plan and delegation concept
- Identify, drive, defend and reduce claims in good time
- Fulfill the contract and close the project in accordance with contractual and in-house regulations
- Negotiate with subcontractors / partners on the basis of defined requirements and enter into compensation agreements according to the customer contract
- Define and agree the strategy to enforce / reduce / defend claims with stakeholders
- Involve the project team in the process of identifying changes and claims
- Evaluate contrac