Chief of Staff for the Communication, Marketing and Strategy leadership team- Europe

Siemens Mobility; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in industrial software is seeking a Chief of Staff to support the Communication, Marketing, and Strategy leadership team. The role involves managing cross-departmental initiatives, driving results through collaboration, and enhancing team efficiency. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical skills, management experience, and effective communication abilities. Join Siemens and be part of a diverse workforce shaping the future of technology.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Competitive benefits and rewards

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in program management with strong organizational skills.
• Proven track record of influencing and negotiating objectives.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive and lead central initiatives and sophisticated projects.
• Ensure program achievements and communicate progress effectively.
• Coordinate strategic projects beyond the scope of one program.

Skills

Management Experience

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management

Education

BA, BS in Business or Marketing

Job description

Position Overview:

You’ll serve as Chief of Staff for the Communication, Marketing and Strategy leadership team, helping to deliver on strategic priorities that span across multiple departments, zones, industries, and product segments. You will work closely with the SVP and other departmental leadership to get results across the company.

*This position can be located in the United States OR Europe.

Essential Functions:

Ideal candidate is upbeat, flexible and highly organized, can work cross functionally to identify business needs and is comfortable deriving meaning and relevance from wide-ranging data and perspectives. In this role, you will collaborate with numerous internal groups, at all levels of management and must be able to quickly form productive working collaborations of varying technical, skill level, and business backgrounds and to lead, influence and drive critical programs to fruition.

Responsibilities:

• Drive and lead cross-team central initiatives, multiple and sophisticated projects; including the development and implementation of business strategies and tactics
• Understand business requirements and translate them to program deliverables
• Ensure program achievements and objectives are met. Communicate program progress and milestones to internal and external partners
• Partner, collaborate and facilitate cross-functional alignment across key collaborators including different internal functions and various customers and/or third-party partners
• Identify and communicate interdependencies among project teams
• Coordinate, lead and drive execution of strategic projects that are beyond the scope of one program
• Act as a sounding board to Sr. leadership on matters of strategy, team efficiency, and operations
• Champion and drive efforts across the team to improve team efficiency and contribute to making Digital Industries and this team a great place to work
• Handle communications on behalf of leadership, distilling and communicating key messages to extended team and collaborators across the company
• Drive team towards deadlines, acting as a thought partner as required
• Build alignment on pivotal initiatives across the teams
• Contribute to communicating the strategy concisely via presentations, docs, blogs, videos, other media
• Run annual reporting and Quarterly Business Review (QBR) processes and leadership forums for Communication, Marketing, and Strategy + CEO executive team
• Coordinate and run effective team meetings, including defining agenda, facilitating meetings capture and distribute key outcomes and action items, and cascade and follow-up as needed

Skills and Abilities Required:

• Management experience, including staff and budget responsibility
• Experience in a program management role with strong organizational and change management leadership and a strong sense of ownership/bias for action to deliver results
• Validated strong analytical, data-driven and problem-solving skills; willingness and ability to operate at both higher and more detailed levels as required
• Must be a flexible and creative individual capable of leading and handling multiple priorities and projects in a fast paced, often ambiguous and diverse environment
• Strong leadership skills with proven track record to influence/negotiate and garner support for objectives; comfortable negotiating and driving timely decisions
• Skilled diplomat with high levels of professional confidence and intuition for business
• Validated effective written and oral communication skills with demonstrated experience of successfully working across organizational lines and strong executive presentation skills
• Works well with ambiguity and can wear many hats
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build positive relationships
• Skilled at influencing and driving results horizontally
• Proven Program and/or Project Management Success
• Validated Analytical, Data-Driven, Problem solving skills
• Unafraid to try new things or challenge the status quo

Education and Experience Requirement:

• BA, BS, or equivalent in Business, Marketing or related field

• Management Experience preferred including staff and budget responsibilities

Why us?

Working at Siemens Software means flexibility - Choosing between working at home and the office at other times is the norm here. We offer great benefits and rewards, as you'd expect from a world leader in industrial software.

A collection of over 377,000 minds building the future, one day at a time in over 200 countries. We're dedicated to equality, and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. All employment decisions at Siemens are based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Bring your curiosity and creativity and help us shape tomorrow!

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