Head of Digital Project Management, Asia Pacific

A Snapshot of Your Day

We are building a project management organization that is recognized across Siemens Energy for leading complex internal digital projects with clarity, discipline, and business impact.

This is a leadership role for someone who combines operational project and program management expertise with the ability to develop people, build capability, and drive transformation. You will lead a team of approximately 15 Project Managers in India, ranging from junior to senior level, and help them grow from project administration toward strong project leadership, transparent delivery, and measurable business value.

As Head of Digital Project Management for Asia/Pacific, you will lead and develop the project management team and strengthen Project Management as a strategic execution discipline.

You will be responsible for building a high-performing PM team that delivers professional, transparent, and value-driven project management across digital initiatives. This includes strong project execution, reliable portfolio transparency, effective governance, stakeholder confidence, and continuous improvement of our project management practices.

You will act as an empowered regional leader for Digital Project Management in Asia/Pacific. Your role is to translate global Digital Project Management priorities into concrete actions, develop Project Managers along clear role expectations, capability levels, and development paths, strengthen our internal Project Management methodology based on PMI, improve portfolio transparency, and contribute actively to the global Digital PM Community.

You will also help identify practical AI use cases that reduce administrative effort, improve project transparency, and support Project Managers in becoming stronger project leaders.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately 15 Project Managers, from junior to senior level.
• Strengthen project management capability, ownership, and professional standards across Asia/Pacific.
• Act as a role model for operational project and program management excellence, especially in complex digital, SAP, infrastructure, or enterprise IT environments.
• Mentor Project Managers in project leadership, stakeholder management, governance, risk management, financial transparency, and delivery discipline.
• Drive the adoption of our internal Project Management methodology based on PMI and ensure consistent application of governance, templates, deliverables, and milestone logic.
• Support transparent project and portfolio reporting, including status, risks, issues, financials, dependencies, and management decision needs.
• Translate global Digital Project Management priorities into clear actions, ownership, and measurable progress.
• Strengthen local ownership and contribute actively to the global Digital Project Management leadership agenda.
• Bring the Asia/Pacific perspective into the global Digital PM Community by sharing lessons learned, contributing practical examples, and helping shape standards, learning formats, and improvement topics across regions.
• Drive AI-enabled project management transformation with a practical value focus, not technology hype.
• Strengthen collaboration with global Digital Functions, senior stakeholders, project teams, and governance bodies.
• Contribute to the global ambition of Digital Project Management as a center of excellence for strategic internal digital project execution.

What You Bring

• Strong IT or digital project management.
• 8+ years of people leadership experience, ideally with responsibility for developing Project Managers or project delivery teams.
• Solid operational project and program management expertise, preferably in complex SAP, infrastructure, enterprise IT, or digital transformation environments.
• Strong understanding of project management methodology, governance, project lifecycle management, portfolio reporting, financials, risks, issues, and stakeholder management.
• Experience in leading change across cultures and working in international matrix organizations.
• Ability to translate strategy into concrete actions, priorities, and team development plans.
• Strong senior stakeholder management skills and the confidence to challenge constructively.
• A pragmatic leadership style: transparent, empowering, structured, and delivery-oriented.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• Passion for developing people and helping Project Managers grow in their professional practice.

Nice to have

The following experience would be a strong advantage:

• Siemens Energy or Siemens process knowledge.
• Experience with internal project governance, portfolio management, or PMO leadership.
• PMI, PMP, IPMA, Agile, SAFe, or comparable project / program management certification.
• Experience with AI-enabled project management, automation, or digital productivity solutions.
• Experience building project management communities, academies, learning paths, or capability development programs.

About The Team

Our Corporate and Global Functions play a critical role in driving Siemens Energy’s strategic initiatives and ensuring operational excellence across departments, business areas, and regions. As part of this team, you will contribute to shaping the global energy transition, partner with internal and external stakeholders, and conduct business responsibly while adhering to legal and regulatory requirements.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards / Benefits

• Employees are eligible for remote working arrangements up to 2 days per week.
• Opportunities to work with a distributed, global team.
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects.
• Medical benefits.
• Time off, paid holidays, and parental leave.
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform.

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