Commercial Project Manager

Description

Summary: This role involves leading commercial aspects of grid technology projects in South West Europe, optimizing financial performance, and driving key decisions. Highlights: 1. Co-lead projects to optimize financial performance and manage risks 2. Act as a trusted commercial partner, driving fact-based decisions 3. Contribute to continuous improvement and best practices **A Snapshot of Your Day:** Are you ready to take the next step in your career and play a key role in driving the commercial success of our Grid Technologies Service business in South West Europe? As a Senior Commercial Project Manager, you are at the center of our projects, where financial performance, customer engagement, and execution come together. You start your day by aligning with your project teams and stakeholders, reviewing project performance, key risks, and opportunities, and defining clear priorities to stay ahead. Throughout the day, you act as a trusted commercial partner to Project Managers and business leadership, co\-steering complex projects and actively driving decisions that improve margin, cash flow, and overall project outcomes. You engage with customers and partners on commercial topics, ensuring transparency, managing expectations, and resolving financial challenges to keep projects on track. You take ownership of the financial performance of your projects, proactively identifying deviations, managing risks, and implementing corrective actions. At the same time, you continuously improve how we work—bringing structure, challenging the status quo, and driving best practices across the project landscape. By the end of the day, you see the impact of your work in stronger project performance, better decisions, and successful delivery for our customers. **How You’ll Make an Impact** * Take full commercial ownership of projects, co\-leading with the Project Manager to optimize financial performance, including margin, cash flow, and asset management. * Act as a trusted partner to project teams and stakeholders, driving fact\-based decisions and ensuring strong commercial governance throughout the project lifecycle. * Proactively identify and manage risks and opportunities, including foreign exchange exposure, claims, and contractual topics, ensuring sustainable project outcomes. * Lead financial planning, forecasting, and reporting for your projects, ensuring transparency, accuracy, and timely insights for decision\-making. * Drive disciplined project execution in line with Siemens Energy Project Excellence and Financial Reporting Guidelines. * Support customer interactions and commercial negotiations, building strong relationships and ensuring alignment on financial aspects. * Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing best practices, strengthening processes, and enhancing commercial awareness across project teams. **What You Bring*** Significant experience in commercial project management, project controlling, or contract management in a complex, project\-driven environment. * Proven ability to independently lead the commercial aspects of projects and influence key decisions with senior stakeholders. * Strong track record in driving project performance across margin, cash flow, and risk management. Solid understanding of contracts, financials, and commercial drivers in project execution. * Strong analytical mindset, with the ability to translate financial data into clear actions and decisions. * Experience working in international and cross\-functional teams, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills. * Fluency in English and Portuguese **About the Team** You will join the Grid Technologies Service project community for Europe and Africa — a diverse and highly engaged team working across countries, cultures, and technologies. We operate in a dynamic and fast\-paced environment, supporting a broad portfolio of projects with strong growth ambitions. Collaboration, trust, and openness are at the core of how we work, with teams supporting each other and sharing best practices across the region. At the same time, we foster a strong performance culture, where accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement are key. As part of the wider EU\&AF community, you will also have the opportunity to connect with peers across regions, learn from others, and contribute to strengthening our project management capabilities.**Who is Siemens Energy?** 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 the opportunities to learn and develop in a self\-determined way, various attractive programmes 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 **https://jobs.siemens\-energy.com/jobs** **\#LI\-GG1**