Siemens

As the Head of IT Data Management & Operational Excellence (f/m/d), you are instrumental in advancing Siemens into a unified, data-driven company.

Your duties will encompass a wide range of activities, including typical project management tasks such as budgeting and planning, as well as overarching steering activities. You will focus on implementing strategic initiatives that align these programs with our long-term mission and strategy.

To ensure success, you will work closely with key stakeholders, engaging in constant exchange and collaboration. Creating a collaborative and productive working environment across virtual organizations will be a key priority as you strive to support and empower your colleagues and teams. Furthermore, you will play a crucial role in driving change management processes, working in tandem with core activities within the organization. Your expertise and leadership will be instrumental in enabling Siemens to effectively leverage data technologies and advance our data-driven capabilities.

Your problem-solving mindset creates real business value. This is your role.

• Join us in this exciting role where your problem-solving mindset will create tangible business value. As the Head of Data Management & Operational Excellence, you will play a pivotal role in enabling our vision of creating a seamlessly connected IT ecosystem through the development of scalable integration platforms, the management of real-time data streaming, batch processes, and API integrations across Siemens.
• Your primary responsibility will be to build and lead a high-performing team of integration architects and engineers who will take end-to-end ownership of their platforms and services. You will support the team in identifying priorities, addressing project issues, and providing individual mentorship and personal development opportunities.
• In addition, you will foster an agile mindset and way of working, encouraging the adoption of agile methods to drive efficiency and effectiveness. You will actively drive critical project-related activities, such as budgeting, planning, risk mitigation, and reporting, ensuring successful management of time, effort, and quality.
• Building strong relationships with our internal clients and stakeholders will be key, as you become a trusted advisor for their most critical integration workloads, supporting Siemens' transformation into a unified ONE tech company. You will take ownership of key projects and collaborate closely with stakeholders from the business to lead these initiatives to success.
• Staying up to date with emerging technologies in data integration and recommend suitable tools and platforms for adoption. Lead the implementation of such cutting-edge technologies enhancing data integration and accessibility.
• Leading the Data Governance Platform, including Collibra as the data catalog, and ensuring effective metadata management solutions/services across Siemens.
• Managing Data Product Sharing frameworks to scale up data product usage and instil a data-centric mindset organization-wide.
• Overseeing data products throughout the entire Data & AI ecosystem, addressing dependencies with data platforms, visualization tools, and integration platforms.
• Implementing semantic modeling for enhanced data comprehension and utilization.
• Ensuring governance aspects and security considerations align with Siemens’ protection and compliance standards.
• Driving operational excellence across the Siemens Data & AI Cloud, representing the data & AI ecosystem to improve operations, standardize practices across platforms, and provide outstanding service to all stakeholders.
• Evaluating and introducing state-of-the-art data management solutions, such as data quality tools and cloud-based data services, to complement the ecosystem.

Use your skills to move the world forward.

• Education: University Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience & Skills
  • Over 3 years of experience in leading international teams
  • More than 2 years of experience in people management, either as a project lead or team lead
  • Excellent communication and mediation skills
  • Over 5 years of experience in program management within the field of data analytics and/or AI
  • Proficiency in analyzing and modeling datasets to extract value
  • Strong expertise in data governance, metadata management, and data quality management
  • Experience working with data catalog tools like Collibra
  • Experience working in a cloud environment, such as Snowflake, AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Ability to comprehend technical concepts and translate them into business terms
  • Customer-centric mindset with strong communication abilities
  • Familiarity with agile methodologies, such as SCRUM
• Languages: Business fluency in written and spoken English

This role is a unique opportunity to lead at the forefront of data management and operational excellence within Siemens. Apply now to become an integral part of our transformation journey!

You are much more than your qualifications, and we believe in the potential of every single candidate. We look forward to getting to know you!

Your individual personality and perspective are important to us. We create a working environment that reflects the diversity of the society and support you in your personal and professional development. Let’s get to know your authentic personality and create a better future together with us. As an equal-opportunity employer we are happy to consider applications from individuals with disabilities.

What we offer you

• An attractive remuneration package
• Access to Siemens share plans
• 30 days of paid vacation and a variety of flexible work schedules that allow time off for you and your family
• 2 to 3 days of mobile working per week as a global standard
• Up tp 30 days workation per year in certain countries
• (Global) development programs that can be customized according to your wishes and ambitions

Since each of over 300,000 team members feels that other benefits are particularly important, and we cannot list our entire benefit portfolio here, you can find more information here.

The individual benefits are subject to regulatory, contractual, or corporate conditions.

About us

We have lots of ideas about how to successfully drive digitalization in companies. For example, with open cloud platforms, highly developed security systems, and clever tools for developers. What is your role in this? Move the world from behind the scenes with your IT expertise and passion for game-changing information technology. Rethink IT and steer projects in completely new directions. Be bold when others would have given up. In short, play a key role in driving digitalization forward! We’ll provide the resources you need to do this. We also offer a variety of opportunities to get involved and be part of a global network of IT experts and professionals. Welcome to our world!

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