Senior Automation Projects Lead | Global Delivery

Siemens; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Digital Industries is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Saudi Arabia/Al-Khobar to lead complex automation projects from concept to handover. The role focuses on delivering on time, within budget, and with high quality and safety standards in a multinational environment.

You will coordinate engineering centers, partners and subcontractors, manage risks and changes, and support contract clarifications and commercial discussions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in solution or automation project execution.
• Strong mastery of project management across the full lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, reporting, and governance according to PM@Siemens standards.
• Proven competence in risk and opportunity management, change management, claim management, and contract interpretation, including identification of commercial impacts and mitigation strategies.
• Solid understanding of industrial automation and process control solutions, including DCS, PLC and HMI-based systems.
• Hands-on project exposure to Siemens automation and digitalization products and systems such as SIMATIC PCS 7 (DCS), SIMATIC S7 (PLC), WinCC / HMI systems, and integration of industrial communication technologies.
• Familiarity with functional safety concepts and standards (e.g. IEC 61508) as applied in automation projects.
• Strong commercial and financial project understanding, including cost controlling, cash flow, invoicing, forecasting, and collaboration with commercial project management and finance functions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage diverse stakeholders, including customers, internal engineering teams, global engineering centers, suppliers, and partners, without direct line management responsibility.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain technical solutions and Siemens capabilities clearly to customers.
• High level of intercultural competence and experience working in international, virtual, and cross-regional project environments.
• Fluency in English for professional project communication; ability to operate confidently in customer meetings, reviews, and negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Managing customer projects end-to-end across the full project lifecycle, from handover through final acceptance, with responsibility for cost, schedule, quality, EHS and customer satisfaction.
• Actively steering project planning, execution, monitoring and control in line with PM@Siemens standards.
• Managing risks, opportunities, changes and claims, including identification of mitigations and commercial impacts.
• Coordinating cross-functional and cross-regional project teams, including engineering centers, partners and subcontractors.
• Supporting proposal, contract clarification and customer discussions by contributing project execution know-how and solution understanding.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication

Contract and commercial awareness

DCS/PLC/HMI knowledge

International/virtual teamwork

Tools

SIMATIC PCS 7

SIMATIC S7

WinCC/HMI

Job description

Siemens Digital Industries is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Saudi Arabia/Al-Khobar to lead complex automation projects from concept to handover. The role focuses on delivering on time, within budget, and with high quality and safety standards in a multinational environment.

You will coordinate engineering centers, partners and subcontractors, manage risks and changes, and support contract clarifications and commercial discussions.