Head of Offshore Project Management (m/w/d)

Job Description

It takes the brightest minds to be a technology leader. It takes imagination to create green energy for the generations to come. At Siemens Gamesa we make real what matters, join our global team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to take the leadership of our UK Project Management organization for Offshore Wind Projects. You will be responsible for managing an excellent cohort of project directors and project managers focused on the successful delivery of Turbine Supply Agreements (TSA) across this growing market. The role requires a dynamic individual with exceptional leadership and stakeholder management skills, excellent industry knowledge and strong competence in all aspects of project delivery. Further details below.

Siemens Gamesa is part of Siemens Energy, a global leader in energy technology with a rich legacy of innovation spanning over 150 years. Together, we are committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. As a leading player in the wind industry and manufacturer of wind turbines, we are passionate about driving the energy transition and providing innovative solutions that meet the growing energy demand of the global community. At Siemens Gamesa, we are constantly seeking talented individuals to join our team and support our focus on energy transformation.

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We are looking for a new Head of Project Management for our UK (PM1) organization. This is a senior leadership position with the successful candidate leading and managing an excellent team of talented, experienced and highly skilled project professionals across our important UK market. You will be responsible for strategic and organizational alignment, steering and control of project management activities across our PM1 organization.

You will work in collaboration with regional and global colleagues to build successful, high performing project teams in accordance with our strong company culture. You will have responsibility to ensure all project management activities are executed in line with the safety culture of the business, undertake senior customer stakeholder liaison, deliver project results and maximize the financial contribution to the business whilst being an important guiding influence on the international projects team in order to share knowledge, resources and lessons learnt across the portfolio.

You will work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the correct frameworks are in place to allow projects in new markets to adhere to exceptional health and safety standards and culture.

You will report to the Global Head of Project Management and lead a diverse team across the UK. This role provides direction to the overall operation of group activities in the execution of a number of offshore projects, including commercial profitability and budget responsibility.

How to Contribute to Our Vision

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinates overall planning of projects and decides on allocation of resources.
• Maintains constant communication to customers, outside contractors or other stakeholders.
• Monitors continuously the status of all assigned projects, and supports the accountable Project Managers
• Manages consolidation and completion of budget plannings for all projects, and ensures related reporting.
• Decides and allocates financial and personnel resources, to the assigned projects
• Sets up and monitors all assigned projects, and consults and supports the accountable Project Managers.
• Ensures that quality standards for Project Management processes are met at all times.
• Initiate improvements and ensures appropriate PM workflow environment.
• May clarify cases as an escalation point.
• Oversees and manages a dedicated team of Project Manager and/or Project Management Office staff.

What You Need to Make a Difference

Besides a passion for renewable energy and a sense for the importance to lead the change, we are also looking for:

• We are looking for an outstanding professional to join the team.
• You will have significant skill, competence, knowledge and experience in Project Management gained within the Offshore Wind Industry or Power Generation Industry or through other sectors that engage in large complex infrastructure projects and programmes.
• You will be someone who has excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills, with an ability to collaborate and drive performance under pressure whilst creating an energized positive environment.
• You will understand sales processes, understand industry related contract management techniques, be experienced in the management of subcontractors and third parties and demonstrate solid understanding of Project Management techniques and methodologies such as AMP, IMPA, PMI, PMA, Prince2, PM@Siemens etc.
• You will be someone who has a proven track record of leading and delivering results in dynamic business environments and who can effectively engage and collaborate with multiple sets of stakeholders across various countries in an intercultural and diverse environment. People development,
• Leadership, communication and management will be key strengths of yours.
• This is a business-critical role and you will need to be able to demonstrate the ability to manage and lead teams through complexity and uncertainty, to be a safety leader, to navigate through time pressures, to challenge the status quo and importantly have a commercial acumen for the benefit of the business.
• This role requires a significant amount of travel and so you will be able and willing to travel as per the demands of the role.
• A proven track record of delivery in SGRE or similar offshore wind business highly preferable.
• Fluency in English essential.

In case you have acquired your skills in alternative ways your application is just as well appreciated.

In Return of Your Commitment We Offer You

Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come. We are a global team of diverse colleagues who share a passion for renewable energy and have a culture of trust and empowerment to make our own ideas a reality. We focus on personal and professional development to grow internally within our organization. Siemens Gamesa offers a wide variety of benefits such as flexible working hours as well as home-office possibility for many colleagues, employer-funded pension, attractive remuneration package (fixed/variable) and local benefits such as subsided lunch, employee discounts and much more.

Siemens Gamesa is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a work environment that is free from discrimination and where employees are treated with dignity and respect. Employment at Siemens Gamesa is based solely on an individual's merit and qualifications, which are directly related to job competence. Siemens Gamesa does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, ancestry, genetic information, citizenship, religion, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, rules or regulations. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, promotion and benefits.

We are driven by people - from more than 100 different countries, they build the company we are every day. Our diverse and inclusive culture encourages us to think outside the box, speak without fear, and be bold. We value the flexibility that our smart-working arrangements, our digital disconnection framework and our family-friendly practices bring to the new way of working.