Director Strategy and M&A Siemens SI Buildings 80-100%

Siemens AG; Zug; On-site; CHF 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mobile working 2–3 days per week

Mobility allowance

Training opportunities

Employee share programs

Job summary

Siemens AG in Zug, Switzerland seeks a Director of Strategy & M&A to shape the strategic direction and accelerate growth of the Buildings business within Siemens Smart Infrastructure. The role focuses on managing the portfolio through acquisitions and divestments to drive profitable expansion.

You will lead strategic projects, assess value creation levers, and coordinate with senior leaders across global markets to ensure executable outcomes. Fluent English is required.

Qualifications

• MBA or Master’s degree in Business Administration / Economics / Finance, Electrical / Mechanical / Industrial engineering or similar.
• 7+ years of total work experience in Strategy, M&A and/or Consulting with experience in M&A projects (buy / sell side, integration / separation) from a strategic lens.
• Sell-side and separation experience is a must.
• Fluent English with strong communication at senior management level.
• Knowledge of Building and Infrastructure, or IoT and Software domain to judge target-fit with our business.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate potential businesses for acquisitions and divestments.
• Take ownership of M&A initiatives by assessing portfolio, evaluating strategic fit, synergies, and performing preliminary valuations.
• Lead strategic discussions with targets and buyers to shape proposals for senior leadership.
• Collaborate with M&A specialists on due diligence, carve-out/separation planning and execution.
• Assess operational dependencies and separation requirements to ensure transactions are executable.
• Lead strategic projects to drive profitable growth within the Buildings portfolio.
• Advise executive leadership on complex strategic and transaction decisions and act as sparring partner.
• Systematically collect learnings from projects to improve future strategy and M&A approaches.

Skills

Strategic thinking

M&A experience

English fluency

Analytical skills

Intercultural competence

Global work experience

Education

MBA or Master’s degree in Business Administration / Economics / Finance, Electrical / Mechanical / Industrial engineering or similar

Job description

Director Strategy and M&A Siemens SI Buildings 80-100%

526933

26-Oct-2026

Smart Infrastructure

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

As a leading technology company, Siemens supports its customers worldwide in the transformation into intelligent and sustainable buildings

Our shared journey could take you anywhere…where would you like to go?

Join our Buildings Business Unit within Siemens Smart Infrastructure

We are looking for a Director Strategy & M&A to shape the strategic direction, drive portfolio development, and accelerate growth of our Buildings business. This role offers the opportunity to influence the future of our Buildings portfolio and drive strategic initiatives in a dynamic, evolving market

Location: this position will be based in Zug/Switzerland

The Role

As Director, you are a key member of our Strategy and M&A team at the SI Buildings business

Your focus will be to actively manage our business portfolio through acquisitions and divestments. Depending on the transaction workload, you will lead in addition strategic projects to drive profitable growth of our Buildings business

Specifically, you will:

• Identify and evaluate potential businesses for acquisitions and divestments


• Take ownership of M&A initiatives by assessing portfolio, evaluating strategic fit, synergies, and performing preliminary valuations


• Lead strategic discussions with targets and buyers to shape proposals that you bring forward to our senior leadership team


• Collaborate with M&A specialists on due diligence, carve-out/separation planning and execution to secure successful outcomes throughout the Siemens investment & divestment processes


• Assess operational dependencies, stand-alone considerations and potential separation requirements to ensure that proposed transactions are strategically and operationally executable


• Lead strategic projects to drive profitable growth


• Advise our executive leadership team on complex strategic and transaction decisions. Act as sparring partner to senior leaders in our countries and business segments


• Systematically collect and review learnings from projects with the team, and incorporate them to continuously improve our strategy and M&A approach


• Be a leader, expert and coach in our business unit on strategy and M&A

Your talents and experience

• Strategic thinker with ability to structure and solve complex problems and lead projects in Strategy and M&A (buy & sell side) independently


• MBA or Master's degree in Business Administration / Economics / Finance, Electrical / Mechanical / Industrial engineering or similar


• 7+ years of total work experience in Strategy, M&A and/or Consulting with experience in M&A projects (buy / sell side, integration / separation) from a strategic lens. Sell-side and separation experience is a must


• Ability to identify and detail-out value creation levers in M&A


• Experienced in determining strategic fit, synergies, developing valuations, elaborating feasibility analyses incl. buyer universe, and adept at forging relationships with potential sellers, buyers and partners


• Strong analytical skills to assess companies, review financial statements, challenge their consistency, and make meaningful assumptions


• Knowledge of the Building and Infrastructure, or IoT and Software domain, as basis to be able to independently judge target‑fit with our business


• Existing network and ability to liaise with relevant third parties including investment banks and potential targets/buyers


• Team player with a faithful character, intercultural competence, growth mindset and resilient personality who drives varying team constellations to success


• Willingness and flexibility to work in a global business environment, spanning across global time zones


• Fluent language skills in English and strong communication skills on senior management level

Employee benefits

• 2–3 days per week of mobile working is standard


• Mobility allowance


• Varied further training opportunities


• Access to employee share programs


• Further information about employee benefits can be found here

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