Project Manager

Empowerment: * Drives own empowered with adequate signature authorization and target agreement to manage the project as entrepreneur according the organizational standards * Stands for overall responsibility on project results including budget, financial management of risks, opportunities, claims,  scheduling and EHS

Manage the project throughout the project Life Cycle until final acceptance (FAC): * Handles relevant planning elements and milestone results  * Involves the relevant partners in the sales/ project initiation phase * Performs contract reading and derives actions concerning risks, opportunities and contractual obligations  * Is responsible for the technical solution and the integration of all (sub-)systems * Holds regular project status meetings and organizes acceptance of milestone work results * Documents all work results according to the valid standards * Manages acceptance (tests) and final project handover * Is responsible for quality, EHS for the entire project

Manage Customer Requirements: * Manages customer expectations and solving of issues * Actively gathers information on the customer and customer’s strategies, requirements and targets * Consults with customers on technical solutions, together with Sales Manager or Key Account Manager * Clarifies customers’ targets and requirements, and/or specification in request for proposal (RFP) and leads negotiation with customers     * Regularly performs lessons learned activities and feeds the results into own project and organization * At an early stage, informs customer, management and project team of deviations from project plan

Develop strategies for the project:   * Signs a project manager target agreement * Develops and considers strategic targets for own project in line with responsible business manager

Empowerment: * Drives own empowered with adequate signature authorization and target agreement to manage the project as entrepreneur according the organizational standards * Stands for overall responsibility on project results including budget, financial management of risks, opportunities, claims,  scheduling and EHS

Manage the project throughout the project Life Cycle until final acceptance (FAC): * Handles relevant planning elements and milestone results  * Involves the relevant partners in the sales/ project initiation phase * Performs contract reading and derives actions concerning risks, opportunities and contractual obligations  * Is responsible for the technical solution and the integration of all (sub-)systems * Holds regular project status meetings and organizes acceptance of milestone work results * Documents all work results according to the valid standards * Manages acceptance (tests) and final project handover * Is responsible for quality, EHS for the entire project

Manage Customer Requirements: * Manages customer expectations and solving of issues * Actively gathers information on the customer and customer’s strategies, requirements and targets * Consults with customers on technical solutions, together with Sales Manager or Key Account Manager * Clarifies customers’ targets and requirements, and/or specification in request for proposal (RFP) and leads negotiation with customers     * Regularly performs lessons learned activities and feeds the results into own project and organization * At an early stage, informs customer, management and project team of deviations from project plan

Develop strategies for the project:   * Signs a project manager target agreement * Develops and considers strategic targets for own project in line with responsible business manager * Represents the project in the relevant decision boards internally and externally * Identifies / creates additional opportunities within his/her ongoing projects

Manage project finances: * Lives full responsibility for the financial results according to set targets * Examines the project proposal/order entry costing * Ensures regular financial controlling and reporting according to regulations * Optimizes the project gross profit * Identifies non conformance and minimizes non-conformance costs * Ensures that the results of risk assessments are appropriately reflected in project calculation * Fosters change orders with good margin contribution

Manage project team: * Agrees targets and work packages with project team and delegates defined work packages * Holds and seeks actively feedback (e.g. team members, managers, customers) * Involves the project team in all relevant project issues * Takes responsibility for own and supports team-members’ work life balance * Supports team-members’ personal development  * Fosters ownership culture within the project team

Manage stakeholders: * Conducts stakeholder analysis and manages efficient communication with all relevant stakeholders (e.g. customers,  partners, suppliers, authorities) on equal level * Establishes a stakeholder project impact-/mitigation study  * Actively manages and solves conflicts

Manage risk contracts and claims: * Follows the relevant LoA process * Assesses and manages contracts * Negotiates with stakeholders on Change Requests and incorporates them into contracts * Agrees with stakeholders the strategy for making / mitigating / defending claims * At an early stage identifies, drives, defends and mitigates claims * Ensures monitoring and management of risks and opportunities and early escalation * Identifies and assesses risk factors utilizing available risk measurement tools  * Devises suitable strategies for risk mitigation * Implements procedure to solve major issues with all necessary internal and external partners prior to project disorientation * Monitors the progress with an integrated KPI tracking too/system to enable early warning of project disorientation

Manage compliance to standards, rules and regulations: * Leads project members to act according to the Business Conduct Guidelines * Follows existing rules (e.g. tax regulations, delegation of employees, guarantees and export control) * Sets necessary measures to ensure zero harm policy in environment, health and safety * Sets up a framework to regular check of compliance  * Involves the necessary corporate governance units  * Complies to local standards and law of countries directly affected  * Complies to internal and international rules  * Ensures the overall rquality of works, products and deliverables

Managing projects: *Experience as PM with full responsibility for project results in cross-organizational projects (1 year of managing > 1 Small project with a volume > EUR 500,000 or equivalent responsibility for sub projects  Leadership:  * ≥ 1 year leadership experience managing a PM core team ≥ 4 members  Porject core functions: *Additional 2 years core team member in projects of category A, B or C (or equivalent responsibility for individually categorized (sub) Projects > EUR 500,000) OR PM in Small Projects with a volume > EUR 500,000

PM3 Core Learning Program (PM3) (mandatory for PM@Siemens certification on PM level)  Further recommended trainings:  Professional competences – Planning, Reporting and continuous Calculation in Project Business   – Commercial Tasks in the Execution-Phase of Projects – Contract Management in International Business   – Professional Negotiations I – ‘The Harvard Concept’  Interpersonal & personal competences – Communication Skills – A Crucial Factor for the Company’s  Business Success   – Leading Across Cultures (Slidecast) – Project management is a time-limited managerial task.   Project management key competences – Seminar for Project Managers – Managing projects successfully – a project planning simulation – Techniques and Methods of Risk Management – Claim Management – a Survey of Methods – Global Project Business Conference – Quality Management in Projects – Quality Management in R&D Projects – Early Involvement and Supplier Integration

Typ/Character: – Entrepreneur type – Lives and breathes project management   Mindset: • Ability to create structures • Ability to improvise • Willingness to balance risks • Willingness to experience unpredictable situations