Senior Project Manager - Great Opportunity for Saudi Nationals

Siemens; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Digital Industries in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead customer projects end-to-end, ensuring cost, schedule, quality and safety. You will drive planning, execution and governance per PM@Siemens while coordinating engineering centers, partners and subcontractors.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in automation project execution, strong stakeholder communication, and fluency in English to operate in international environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in solution or automation project execution.
• Mastery of full project lifecycle, planning, scheduling and governance.
• Proven risk and change management, including commercial impacts.
• Strong understanding of industrial automation and control systems.
• Hands-on exposure to Siemens automation products and systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end customer projects across the full lifecycle, including cost, schedule, quality, EHS and satisfaction.
• Steer project planning, execution, monitoring and control per PM@Siemens standards.
• Manage risks, opportunities, changes and claims with mitigations and commercial impact.
• Coordinate cross-functional and cross-regional project teams, partners and subcontractors.
• Support proposals, contract clarification and customer discussions with execution know-how.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Contract interpretation

Industrial automation

DCS / PLC / HMI

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

SIMATIC PCS 7

SIMATIC S7

WinCC / HMI

Industrial communication

Job description

Senior Project Manager – Saudi Arabia/Al-Khobar

We empower our people to stay resilient and relevant in a constantly evolving world. We're looking for people who are always searching for creative ways to grow and learn. People who want to make a real impact, now and in the future. Does that sound like you? Then it seems like you'd make an outstanding addition to our vibrant international team.

Siemens Digital Industries is a leading innovator in automation and digitalization. Our mission is to support customers in maximizing growth, profit opportunities and ecological footprint in the discrete and process industries. Ready to create your own journey?

Join our Digital Industry as Senior Project Manager and help us transform the everyday by finding solutions and making the world a more inquisitive place for tomorrow.

You’ll make an impact by:

• 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.

Your success is grounded in

• 10+ years of experience in solution or automation project execution, with several years acting as fully accountable Project Manager for medium to large, cross‑organizational projects.
• Strong mastery of project management across the full lifecycle, including project 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 Distributed Control Systems (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.

Localization Commitment

Localization is a strategic priority and a cornerstone of Siemens' growth plans in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In line with this commitment, we strongly encourage qualified Saudi national engineering professionals meeting the above qualifications to apply for this role. Siemens is committed to developing local talent and building long‑term engineering capability within the Kingdom as part of its broader Vision 2030‑aligned growth strategy.

Transform the everyday with us

We value your outstanding identity and perspective and are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society. Come bring your authentic self and create a better tomorrow with us.

We celebrate the fact that our people are individuals and have different preferences and needs. If we all thought the same, we would never think of anything new! That’s why we recruit extraordinary minds from all walks of life. We are committed to furthering our culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and are happy to give the opportunity to discuss flexibility and reasonable adjustment requirements. Many of our teams are working optimally in a remote, virtual adding to our ability to offer more flexibility on how you handle your time.

Please note: Only complete applications can be considered in the selection process.