Senior Transformation & Operational Excellence Manager (m/w/d)

Job Description

As Senior Transformation & Operational Excellence Manager, you will play a key role in driving the execution of strategic transformation initiatives with a strong focus on the "Synthetic Center" program within the Component Business. Acting within a defined global operating model, you translate strategic priorities into measurable improvements at value stream and process level.

You are responsible for delivering tangible impact by leading complex transformation initiatives end-to-end-from analytical deep dives and solution design to implementation and performance tracking. A key part of your role will be to shape and operationalize the Synthetic Center concept by improving transparency, enabling scalable processes, and driving cross-functional alignment.

Working closely with the Head of Operational Excellence, you ensure alignment with the overall portfolio, governance, and performance targets. Your mission is to accelerate transformation and ensure that the Synthetic Center delivers sustainable, scalable business impact.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Drive the execution of the "Synthetic Center" transformation initiatives across the Component Business
• Translate strategic targets into concrete improvement measures at value stream level
• Establish transparency on performance, demand, and capacity within the Synthetic Center framework
• Apply Lean and Operational Excellence methodologies to deliver measurable impact
• Act as single point of contact for assigned initiatives towards factories and functions
• Ensure structured tracking of KPIs, progress, and business impact, aligned with central governance

What You Bring

• Degree in engineering, business, or comparable
• Strong experience in transformation, operations, or operational excellence
• Proven ability to drive complex, cross-functional initiatives end-to-end
• Solid knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills
• Excellent stakeholder management in an international environment

About the Team

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.

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

• In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
• We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
• We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
• The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programs and learning materials are available for this purpose
• In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.