Together with our customers, we combine the real and
digital worlds. With technology, software and services for smart
buildings, we transform the everyday for everyone. By combining the
real and digital worlds, we empower our customers to reach their
decarbonization goals, lower their operating costs and create
world-class occupant experiences for their people. It’s not just
about improving buildings, it’s about creating efficient, safe,
adaptable and sustainable environments, which improve the way the
world lives and works. The digital transformation of buildings is a
fast-changing, dynamic sector, and it needs more than just great
technology - it needs great people, too. We know a business only
thrives if its people are thriving, so at Siemens we put our people
first. Within our buildings business, our diverse global team will
support you through your career and challenge you to grow in new
and exciting ways, as we transform the world’s infrastructure. In
our quest to revolutionize the world’s infrastructure, we’re
seeking a dynamic Portfolio Launch Excellence Manager for our
Automation Business, who will work within our global Smart
Infrastructure Buildings Marketing team. Our shared journey could
take you anywhere...where would you like to go? Location: While our
preferred location is the Siemens Smart Infrastructure headquarters
in Zug, Switzerland, we are open to candidates based in other key
locations across the EU and UK with a strong Siemens Smart
Infrastructure presence. There is no need to relocate, and you must
be entitled to work in the specified location. The Role As
Portfolio Launch Excellence Manager Automation you will be
responsible for leading and overseeing the global rollout of new
portfolio elements, particularly in the automation sector. In this
role, you drive market entry efforts with a focus on the release
process. Additionally, you will develop, and own launch strategies
aimed at accelerating product introductions, enabling sales, and
providing critical feedback for continuous improvement. This role
also involves ensuring clear communication and support to sales
regions, monitoring regional performance, addressing challenges,
and refining processes to ensure the success of each portfolio
launch. This will require cross-functional work with a large number
of stakeholders across countries, tech units and other functions
within the SI Buildings organization. You will report to the Global
Launch Excellence Team Lead within the global marketing function of
Smart Infrastructure Buildings. The portfolio launch excellence
process is an integral part of our portfolio strategy within Smart
Infrastructure Buildings and this position plays a meaningful role
in accelerating new portfolio introductions. We are looking for
someone who is a good collaborator, able to manage multiple diverse
topics simultaneously as well as comfortable with operating in a
process-driven, matrixed environment. Your new responsibilities -
Lead Global Portfolio Rollouts for Automation: prepare for all
aspects of portfolio rollouts, ensuring readiness for marketing,
sales implementation, training, and support across all regions for
global portfolio rollouts - Develop and implement portfolio launch
concepts: create and refine portfolio launch strategies, ensuring
the development of clear, executable plans that accelerate and
maximize the success of new portfolio introductions. Build and
manage portfolio introduction teams focused on driving market
entries before, during and post-release - Ensure timely delivery
and communication: maintain open lines of communication with
regional teams, ensuring country readiness with the goal to
accelerate new portfolio introductions. Actively monitor and
respond to regional performance during the introduction phase. You
will set up regular status updates, facilitate knowledge sharing,
and remove communication barriers - Proactively gather and address
feedback: create a feedback loop with regional teams to gather and
address input from all stakeholders. You will focus on removing
roadblocks and applying learnings to continuously improve the
introduction process and maximize impact - Cross-functional
collaboration: facilitate strong relationships with other
departments such as Tech Units, Functional Units and Marketing, as
well as the target countries to meet launch timelines and goals
Your talents and experience - Bachelor or Master’s Degree in
International Business, Engineering, or a comparable qualification
with a solid commercial experience - 5 years plus of experience in
a similar role - Experience within the Building Automation and/or
Fire Safety industry is preferred; experience with Siemens products
would be very helpful and gives you an edge - Strong stakeholder
management & people management skills; ability to effectively
work with and influence global cross-functional teams of diverse
stakeholders & cultures in a matrixed organization -
Self-driven and resourceful to achieve goals independently as well
as work well in groups; results oriented mindset, takes initiative
with high degree of self-motivation - Strategic and out-of-the-box
thinking, in order to brainstorm and adopt new concepts quickly -
Strong program / project management skills; process oriented with
an attention to details, strong analytical skills - Ability to work
in complex, fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects
simultaneously with competing deadlines - Strong communication
& interpersonal skills - A strong customer orientation sets you
apart from others - Fluent in English and able to explain complex
topics in an engageable way - Fluent German is a plus. Additional
languages are welcome Employee benefits - Varied further training
opportunities - Access to employee share programs - Further
information about employee benefits can be found here What it’s
like working for us We place significant emphasis on fostering an
inclusive and flexible working culture that encourages everyone to
be their authentic selves. Equal opportunities and diversity are
important to us and contribute to an enriching corporate culture.
We actively embrace mobile working to provide every colleague with
more autonomy and the chance to achieve a good work-life balance.
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