Head (f/m/d) of Product Management and Development - Overheadline Digitalization

Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG; Erlangen; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer‑financed company pension scheme

Opportunity to become a shareholder

Flexible working arrangements

Professional and personal development opportunities

Childcare support and flexible working time models

Job summary

A leading energy solutions provider in Erlangen seeks a Head of Product Management and Development for the Overheadline Digitalization portfolio. The role involves owning global monitoring solutions, driving innovations in sensor technologies, and coordinating multidisciplinary teams. Candidates should possess a degree in electrical engineering, experience in transmission systems, and strategic leadership capabilities. Flexible and remote working options are offered with an attractive remuneration package and benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong background in transmission systems and overhead line engineering.
• Experience with monitoring systems and environmental analytics.
• Strategic leadership capabilities for managing global portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Own the global Overheadline Monitoring portfolio.
• Drive innovation in sensing and data acquisition.
• Advance grid-aware analytics and real-time intelligence.
• Enable future-ready inspection and digital twin integration.
• Lead financial, organizational, and external engagement responsibilities.

Skills

Transmission systems

Overhead line engineering

Sensor technologies

Grid digitalization

Monitoring systems

Remote sensing

Environmental analytics

Utility operations

Digital platforms

AI-based analytics

Education

University degree in electrical engineering or energy technology

Job description

Head (f/m/d) of Product Management and Development - Overheadline Digitalization

A Snapshot of Your Day

You begin by reviewing the latest progress on next generation monitoring solutions for overhead transmission & distribution lines - covering sensors, drone‑enabled inspections, satellite & weather data integrations, digital twins, and predictive software analytics. You meet with engineering, operations, and analytics teams to align on key milestones such as lightweight line sensors, environmental data integrations, and new detection capabilities for sag, clearance, thermal behavior & fault analytics. In the afternoon, you shape portfolio investment decisions, refine global rollout plans, collaborate with regions on customer use cases, and ensure ongoing alignment of hardware, software, and analytics development. You close the day preparing the next major release of monitoring features that increase grid capacity, situational awareness, and network resilience.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Own the global Overheadline (OHL) Monitoring portfolio, covering full solution lifecycles for conductor temperature, sag, clearance, mechanical behavior, fault analytics, and environmental risk monitoring, across brownfield and greenfield deployments.
• Drive innovation in sensing and data acquisition, including next‑generation lightweight and drone‑installable sensors, modular architectures, multi‑modal line sensors, drone imaging/LiDAR, and satellite and weather data integrations.
• Advance grid‑aware analytics and real‑time intelligence, shaping capabilities such as dynamic line rating, thermal modeling, extreme weather and wildfire predictions, anomaly detection, and asset behavior trend analysis.
• Enable future‑ready inspection and digital twin integration, ensuring seamless convergence of live monitoring, inspection outputs (LiDAR, UV/IR, RGB, vegetation), and standardized data structures for planning, maintenance, and regulatory use cases.
• Support Cable Monitoring as a complementary domain, driving harmonized data and analytics approaches to support customers requiring end‑to‑end transmission corridor visibility.
• Lead financial, organizational, and external engagement responsibilities, including full ownership of R&D, CAPEX, and OPEX, cross‑functional global team leadership, and representation of Siemens Energy with utilities, regulators, partners, and at industry forums.

What You Bring

• Completed university degree in electrical engineering or energy technology.
• Strong background in transmission systems, overhead line engineering, sensor technologies, or grid digitalization.
• Experience with monitoring systems, remote sensing, environmental analytics, or utility operations.
• Strategic leadership capabilities to manage a global portfolio with significant R&D investment.
• Understanding of digital platforms, cloud/edge architectures, and AI‑based analytics.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate global development efforts.
• Clear communication skills for external customers and internal stakeholders.

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, and 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.

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.