Vice President (f/m/d) Gas Services Controls & Digitalization Europe & Africa: Controls & Digitalization

Siemens Energy, Inc.; München; Remote; EUR 180,000 - 340,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Shareholder opportunity

Remote work options

Learning & development programs

Work-family flexibility offers

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Head of Gas Services Europe & Africa – Controls & Digitalization (VP) to provide strategic, general, and operational leadership across the region. You will report to the Senior Vice President and own regional P&L, drive sustainable growth, and strengthen customer partnerships.

You will lead diverse teams, champion digital transformation, and guide market penetration while ensuring ethical, safety, and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Extensive background in sales, service or project execution in power generation.
• Proven track record in strategic planning and execution; direct P&L experience desirable.
• Experience leading diverse, multicultural teams across remote and local settings.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for executive-level influence.
• Fluency in English; knowledge of additional European/African languages is a plus.
• Willingness to travel regionally and internationally (>50%).

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute growth strategy across Controls, Electrical, and Digitalization.
• Translate regional strategy into operational ramp-ups across Europe and Africa.
• Lead business development, monitor market dynamics, capture market share.
• Hold full P&L accountability for service in Europe and Africa; meet financial targets.
• Guide regional planning, channel management and forecasting.
• Manage enterprise risks and uphold ethics, safety, and quality standards.
• Lead diverse teams to foster high-performance culture and transformation.
• Partner with major regional clients to cultivate loyalty.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to share resources and best practices.

Skills

Sales leadership

Strategic planning

P&L management

Cross-cultural teams

Direct sales

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Tech/Business

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

As the Head of Gas Services Europe & Africa – Controls and Digitalization (VP), you will take full strategic, general, and operational leadership of the Controls & Digitalization business across the region. Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of SE GS EU&AF, you will be accountable for regional P&L, driving sustainable business growth, and guiding market penetration across multiple sub-regions. In this role, you will lead the regional workforce, champion digital transformation, strengthen key customer partnerships, and position Siemens Energy as an industry-leading service partner.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Develop and execute a structured, multi-product line growth strategy covering Controls, Electrical, and Digitalization solutions
• Translate regional strategy into operational ramp-ups across diverse sub-regions in Europe and Africa
• Lead business development initiatives, monitor competitive market dynamics and capture market share
• Hold full P&L accountability for the Service Controls & Digitalization business in Europe and Africa, consistently meeting and exceeding key financial targets and delivering on growth ambitions
• Guide regional business planning, channel management and forecasting activities
• Manage enterprise risks, defend Siemens Energy’s brand reputation, and ensure operations meet the highest ethical, moral, safety and quality standards
• Lead, mentor and empower multicultural, dispersed teams to foster a high-performance culture focused on business excellence and process simplification
• Identify and nurture local talent while driving the broader transformation journey by example
• Act as a strategic partner to major regional clients, cultivating long-term customer loyalty and high satisfaction
• Build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders (CD&NUC) and collaborate across regional business areas to leverage shared resources and best practices

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Engineering, Technology, Business Management or a related field
• Extensive background in sales, service or project execution within the power generation industry (required)
• Proven track record of strategic planning and execution; prior direct P&L responsibility is highly desirable
• Strong track record of leading and developing diverse, multicultural teams across remote and local settings
• Demonstrated success in direct sales, aftermarket services or complex, multi-disciplinary project execution
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at senior executive levels
• Proficiency/Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required; fluency in European or African languages is an asset
• Willingness to travel regionally and internationally to support teams and engage with key customers, the role requires extensive travel (>50%)

About The Team

Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

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

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