Remote Construction Program Manager, Manufacturing Sector

Siemens Government Technologies; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Government Technologies (SGT) in Arlington, VA seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead the Anniston Advanced Manufacturing program. You will guide cross-functional teams through scope, schedule, and cost, coordinating with customers and stakeholders to deliver manufacturing capabilities.

You will drive program governance, manage risks, ensure compliance with US federal processes, and lead continuous improvement efforts to meet quality and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technology, or equivalent.
• 8–10 years in a project manager/leadership role coordinating cross-functional teams.
• 8–10 years of US Federal Government customer-facing experience (USACE/NAVFAC) and related policies, procedures, and safety programs.
• Knowledge of Change Management processes.
• Experience with Critical path method schedules using MS Projects or Primavera.
• Experience in industrial settings (plant, shop, infrastructure).
• Self-starter who can lead teams under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Strong leadership and analytical/problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Anniston Advanced Manufacturing program through its lifecycle using the Siemens project management framework and Delivery Framework.
• Lead program governance and coordinate with project managers to execute governance.
• Manage customer requirements and scope to meet objectives with timely stakeholder communication.
• Create and maintain an integrated master schedule, coordinating interdependencies across sub-projects.
• Coordinate cross-functional deployment activities including software, equipment, and facilities experts.
• Work with third-party contractors for site safety planning, material ordering, and solution validation.
• Conduct program quality management to meet contractual requirements and applicable standards.
• Lead communications to all levels and prepare steering committee materials.
• Perform risk management, including FMEA and CAP as required.
• Deliver program reviews, lessons learned, and ensure budget adherence and margin targets.
• Close out projects and hand over to customers with proactive closeout procedures.
• Identify opportunities for renewals and new work with Engagement Management.
• Mentor team members and ensure compliance with SGT PM standards.

Skills

Change management

Leadership

Risk management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Team building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Projects

Primavera

PM software

Job description

Siemens Government Technologies (SGT) is a dynamic and rapidly growing organization, and we are seeking a self-driven individual to complement our growing team.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Anniston Advanced Manufacturing program through the Project life cycle, leveraging PM Siemens project management framework and the Siemens Delivery Framework
• Lead Program wide governance approach. Coordinate with scope specific Project Managers to execute project governance.
• Manage customer requirements and program scope to achieve program objectives, effectively coordinating project expectations with customers and stakeholders in a timely and concise fashion.
• Manage and combine individual subproject schedules into an integrated Master schedule, coordinating interdependencies between sub-projects to ensure on time delivery.
• Manage cross functional, multi-team configuration and deployment activities including software, industrial equipment manufacturers and Facilities experts. These team members will be coordinated to complete the design, procurement, installation, configuration, validation, and acceptance of the facility improvements and planned Manufacturing Capabilities.
• Work with third-party contractors to ensure overall program execution and success including site safety planning, material ordering coordination, and solution/system validation.
• Provide program management activities to control scope, cost, schedule, and quality across all sub elements.
• Define and execute required processes in alignment with stakeholders including appropriate communication to all levels. Lead Internal Steerco communication development and presentation with responsibility for results.
• Perform program quality management, ensuring that the solution meets contractual requirements and is to the appropriate quality and management compliance for industry or customer protocols, regulations, and standards.
• Perform program reviews and retrospectives regularly and present the results and lessons learned to the program and organization.
• Ensure the projects in the program are meeting the approved budget and agreed margin and are reviewed on a regular basis.
• Conduct Stakeholder meetings to manage and guide stakeholders through scope clarification, design review and installation activities
• Set the standard and maintain project artifacts such as status, risk, issues, opportunities (RIO), schedule or IMS, decision log, program management plan, safety plan, FMEA, CAP, or other artifacts as needed to support project rigor as required by customer, PM@ Siemens, or industry standards.
• Perform project risk management including planning, identification, analysis, mitigation planning and controlling to include FMEA and CAP as required.
• Confidence creating and presenting content to all levels of management, both internal and external.
• Coordinate difficult scope, cost, resource conversations with customers.
• Lead successful project closeout and successful user-acceptance and adoption of deployed project capability; or participated in customer witness tests or similar events, industrial equipment validation and start up procedures. Coordinate integration of all Systems
• Manage contract acceptance and handover of projects to the customer. Develop proactive closeout procedures to avoid extended on site durations.
• In conjunction with Engagement Management, identify, and create new opportunities and renewals for current projects/programs.
• Mentor and support the development of team members.
• Perform duties in compliance with SGT Project Management Standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university/college in Engineering, Technology, or equivalent years of experience (8+) in technical fields of work.
• Eight to ten years in a project manager/leadership role, guiding a cross-functional team of project managers and consultants during significant facility or industrial equipment implementation.
• Eight to ten years of experience working in a US Federal Government customer-facing environment with a focus on USACE/NAVFAC Construction processes. Including US Federal Government projects, contracts, policies, procedures and quality and safety programs.
• Knowledge of Change Management processes.
• Product Scheduling experience with Critical path method schedules using MS Projects, Primavera or similar software.
• Demonstrated experience operating within an industrial setting such as a plant, shop, building infrastructure, shipboard, or other industrial setting.
• Proactive self-starter who can build a team to meet project delivery requirements, performing independently in high-pressure situations with little supervision.
• Leadership skills and proven track record of leading multi-disciplinary teams, including services
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with third party contractors.
• PMP Certification, with working knowledge of project management processes and tools is highly preferred.
• Experience building effective project teams from separate organizations, establishing program governance, organizational effectiveness and program data interchange.
• Use of Program/Project management software a plus.
• Experience implementing industrial equipment such as CNC machine tools, conveyers, PLCs, plant automation, manufacturing centers, SCADA, cabling, electrical, or other industrial infrastructure.
• Experience connecting cloud infrastructure with on-premise IT/OT networks
• Proven experience working with distributed, remote teams across multiple disciplines and time zones.
• Ability to promote complex solutions and drive acceptance with confidence.
• Working knowledge of using AI tools to support project management execution.

Travel

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%

Security Clearance

• Candidate must be US citizen and have the ability to obtain and maintain a US federal agency security clearance.

$133,500.00 $200,300.00 10%