Commercial Project Manager

SIEMENS MOBILITY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Mobility in Singapore is seeking a Commercial Project Manager to oversee the commercial and legal aspects of complex international projects, ensuring on-schedule delivery and cost optimization while upholding quality standards.

You will lead cross‑company coordination, reporting, and contract management, working with the Project Manager and finance teams to safeguard profitability and compliance across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• University degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent is required.
• Certified Commercial Project Manager (C-projects) or equivalent qualification is preferred.
• Commercial experience in international project execution and contract management.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and SAP/Dash applications is essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all commercial and legal aspects of complex international projects, ensuring on-schedule delivery, cost optimization, and adherence to quality standards.
• Coordinate cross-company activities, including exchange of financial information and risk/claims management across units.
• Lead consolidated project reporting and ensure alignment with internal and external requirements and contractual obligations.
• Manage project commercial topics, including bank guarantees, insurances, and cost allocation, in collaboration with Project Manager and finance teams.

Skills

Commercial project management

MS Office proficiency

Cross‑functional collaboration

Education

University degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Dash applications

Microsoft Office

Job description

Siemens Mobilityis an outstanding place to have a career in an innovative environment. Siemens Mobility Rail Infrastructure business supplies the global markets of rail and road-bound transport with innovative products and solutions for Rail Automation, Rail Electrification and in the area of intermodal mobility, apps and backend systems.

What are my job responsibilities?

The Commercial Project Manager (CPM) is responsible for ensuring that all commercial and legal aspects of complex projects are delivered on schedule, cost‑optimized, and in compliance with quality standards. In this role, the CPM applies the official Mobility and Siemens circulars and regulations, ensuring consistent adherence alongside project-specific processes and requirements throughout the project lifecycle. The CPM is authorized to request all necessary project information from both offshore and onshore organizational units and is accountable for the completeness, quality, and reliability of project information.

Organizational project set-up

• Active customer relationship management
• Set-up of cross-company controlling and reporting systems, including determination of the cross-company exchange of balance‑sheet information
• Checking that the overall project's contractual structure has been correctly created in the respective commercial tools

Cross-company coordination

• Ensuring the correctness, consistency, and transparency of the overall project's financial status, including consolidation and analysis of project figures across all company boundaries and accounting units
• Coordination of legal, fiscal, and insurance matters between the Siemens companies involved
• Management of internal and external claims across all stakeholders

Reporting

• Responsible for consolidated global reporting to the relevant management levels
• Ensuring documentation is aligned with all mandatory internal and external requirements

Project-internal

• Managing commercial and legal project topics, in close collaboration with the Project Manager on project's strategic orientation and internal and external communication
• Ensuring adherence to fiscal, commercial‑law and company commercial regulations while coordinating project commercial project activities (e.g. application for and follow‑up of bank guarantees, insurances, etc.) and related legal, fiscal and insurance matters
• Overseeing order entry calculation, concurrent costing and final costing, as well as asset and cash flow management
• Ensuring accurate cost allocation and monitoring, including invoice preparation and claims follow‑up
• Leading project controlling (deadlines, costs, quality) and conducting regular reporting, status meetings, and milestone reviews
• Supporting the creation of final project reports and capturing lessons learned for organizational feedback
• Managing fiscal, currency‑related, and insurance matters in coordination with relevant departments and taking into consideration internal business models
• Steering the project’s supply chain, including procurement, delivery, and ECC

Contract management

• Drafting commercial and legal contractual conditions with customers, consortium partners and subcontractors, as well as supporting negotiations, interpretation, and implementation of contracts
• Analysis and assessment of complex, where applicable international contract constellations
• Active contract management together with the Project Manager for risks and opportunities

Claim and change order management

• Assertion of own claims and prevention of unjustified claims
• Agreement on contractual amendments with regard to the scope of supplies and services, prices, deadlines or other contractually stipulated conditions

Chance and risk management

• Identification and financial assessment of opportunities and risks, definition and implementation of suitable measures to reduce risks or realize opportunities, and creation of contingencies for remaining risks, active risk and opportunity management

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodation for additional tasks and responsibilities.

What do I need to qualify for this role?

• University Degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent
• Certified Commercial Project Manager (C-projects)
• Commercial Experience in international Project Execution,
• Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office Programs and Dash applications. Knowledge in SAP

We support a diverse workforce.

Siemens is a proud equal opportunity employer, creating a work environment of diversity and inclusion. Our diverse workforce cultivates Innovation and Excellence and in turn creates a workplace where our employees belong and prosper. Diversity and inclusion help us fully realise the potential of our people. As part of Siemens Ownership culture, Siemens also genuinely supports reasonable flexible working practices that empower our employees to best meet work and personal commitments.