Remote Services Project Manager - Navy Control Systems

Description

• Manage contract acceptance and handover of projects to the customer.
• Manage cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams, including Siemens’ sponsors, subcontractors, system engineers, and suppliers.
• Work with Sales & Services Management to initiate, review and ensure ongoing project governance between the customer, partners and Siemens stakeholders.
• Enforce change management at the project level to ensure the dependencies of the change are reflected and understood.
• Conduct Stakeholder meetings to manage and guide stakeholders through systematic identification, analysis and plans of action to aid in delivery.
• Manage project schedules to ensure on time delivery.
• Mentor and support the development of team members.
• Perform project reviews and retrospectives regularly and present the results and lessons learned to the program and organization
• Define and execute required processes in alignment with stakeholders including appropriate communication to all levels.
• Drive the projects to meet the approved budget and agreed margin
• Develop and maintain project artifacts such as status, risk, issues, opportunities (RIO), schedule or IMS, decision log, project management plan, safety plan, FMEA, CAP, or other artifacts as needed to support project rigor as required by customer, Siemens, or industry standards.
• Work with third-party contractors to ensure overall program execution and success, including site safety planning, material ordering coordination, and solution/system validation.
• Lead projects through the full project lifecycle using Siemens Delivery Framework and aligned Navy program milestones (PDR, CDR, TRR, PRR).
• Manage customer requirements and project scope to achieve project objectives, effectively communicating project expectations to customers and stakeholders in a timely and concise fashion.
• Perform program quality management, ensuring that the solution meets the requirements and is to the appropriate quality and management compliance for industry or customer protocols, regulations, and standards.
• Oversee design, fabrication, testing, and qualification of MIL-Spec compliant control panels, ensuring cybersecure and reliable systems.
• In conjunction with Program Management, identify, and create new opportunities and renewals for current projects/programs.

Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communications with the ability to present complex issues to multi-level audiences of company and government executives.
• Minimum five years in managing complex technical projects focused on industrial automation, shipbuilding or other similar defense-related programs.
• Proven experience working with distributed, remote teams across multiple disciplines and time zones.
• Willingness and ability to travel 25% in typical months with occasional increases to 50% in months with specific activities and milestones.
• Remote position within the continuous United Stated with travel as needed
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with US Federal Government projects, contracts, policies, and procedures.
• Experience in identifying and implementing cost savings measures within services projects.
• Experience with MIL-Spec environments to include a understanding of Naval program milestones (CDR, TRR, SFR, shock, vibration, EMI, cybersecurity, etc.) and defense contracting.
• Proven success managing multi-disciplinary teams (internal and subcontractors) across distributed locations.
• PMP Certification, with working knowledge of project management processes and tools, is highly preferred.
• Ability to grow services presence within a customer operation through results and relationship-oriented leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in industrial, mechanical, and/or Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science, Technology, or equivalent years (8+) of shipbuilding or industry experience.
• Candidate must be a United States Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance
• Confidence in creating and presenting content to all levels of management, both internal and external. Lead difficult scope, cost, and resource conversations with customers.
• Demonstrated experience operating within an industrial setting such as a plant, shop, building infrastructure, shipboard, or other industrial setting.
• Ability to promote complex solutions and drive acceptance with confidence.
• Proactive self-starter who can perform independently in high-pressure situations with little supervision.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance