Remote Services Project Manager

Siemens Government Technologies; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 110,900 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Government Technologies (SGT) is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead a delivery team in implementing a PLM‑based Digital Thread solution within industrial environments. You will serve as the primary liaison among the customer, stakeholders, and Siemens delivery teams to ensure successful outcomes.

The role requires broad experience in project management across software and industrial equipment implementations, agile delivery, and strong communication skills to guide

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in industrial/ mechanical / manufacturing engineering, computer science, technology, or related field.
• 8+ years in a project manager/leadership role guiding a team of consultants during software or industrial equipment implementations.
• 8+ years experience in customer-facing environments.
• Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems and interfacing with shop equipment.
• Experience operating in industrial settings such as plants, shops, or building infrastructure.
• Self-starter capable of independent work in high-pressure situations.
• Leadership of multi-disciplinary teams across locations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with iterative development practices (Scrum, Agile or SAFe).
• Excellent written and verbal communication with multi-level audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project through full lifecycle leveraging the Siemens Delivery Framework.
• Collaborate with Sales & Services to establish project governance with the customer.
• Manage customer requirements and project scope to meet objectives and communicate expectations.
• Develop and manage project schedules to ensure on-time delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional deployment activities including software and industrial equipment.
• Engage third-party contractors to ensure program execution and validation.
• Maintain project artifacts (RIO, IMS, risk, issues) to support governance.
• Perform risk management including FMEA and CAP as required.
• Guide customer through project reviews and lessons learned to improve delivery.
• Ensure projects meet budget and margins; drive program success across teams.
• Mentor team members and ensure adherence to PM standards.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Agile Scrum SAFe

Communication

Problem solving

Independent

Multidisciplinary teams

Attention to detail

Risk management

Executive presentations

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

JIRA

TFS

Polarion

AI tools

CI/CD

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.

As a Siemens Professional Services Project Manager, you will lead and manage a project delivery team to assist our customers in realizing the value of a PLM‑based Digital Thread solution that is potentially integrated within a shop floor or building automation environment. You will establish and communicate clear project priorities and program activities. This role is the primary point of contact to align the customer, stakeholders, and the Siemens delivery teams.

As part of the Professional Services team, you will work with System Architects, Program Managers, Product Architects, Consultants, PLC Programmers, Industrial Equipment Manufacturers and Installers, Learning Specialists, Adoption Leads, Industry Experts and Product Development teams to ensure project and customer success.

Responsibilities

• Manage the project through the Project life cycle, leveraging Siemens Delivery Framework
• Work with Sales & Services Management to initiate, review and agree on project governance with the customer.
• Manage customer requirements and project scope to achieve project objectives, effectively communicating project expectations to customers and stakeholders in a timely and concise fashion.
• Manage project schedules to ensure on‑time delivery.
• Manage cross‑functional, multi‑team configuration and deployment activities including software, industrial equipment manufacturer and installation, configuration, validation, and sustainment.
• Work with third‑party contractors to ensure overall program execution and success including site safety planning, material ordering coordination, and solution/system validation.
• Provide project management activities to control scope, cost, schedule and quality.
• Define and execute required processes in alignment with stakeholders including appropriate communication to all levels.
• Perform program quality management, ensuring that the solution meets the requirements and is to the appropriate quality and management compliance for industry or customer protocols, regulations and standards.
• Perform project reviews and retrospectives regularly and present the results and lessons learned to the program and organization to strengthen Siemens PLM Delivery Framework.
• Ensure the projects in the program are meeting the approved budget and agreed margin and are reviewed on a regular basis. Guide Customers through the Siemens PLM Delivery Framework.
• Conduct stakeholder meetings to manage and guide stakeholders through systematic identification, analysis and plans of action to aid in negotiations.
• 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, company or industry standards.
• Perform project risk management including planning, identification, analysis, mitigation planning and controlling to include FMEA and CAP as required.
• Demonstrated experience managing agile projects using SCRUM or SAFe methodologies.
• Confidence creating and presenting content to all levels of management, both internal and external.
• Demonstrated experience having the difficult scope, cost, resource conversations with customers.
• Demonstrated experience supporting successful user‑acceptance and adoption of deployed capability; or participated in customer witness tests or similar events, industrial equipment validation and start‑up procedures.
• Make or support technical recommendations and implement overall system design of the integrated Closed‑Loop Manufacturing solution to include software (PLM, IIoT, etc.), hardware (controls, sensors, devices) and necessary industrial equipment.
• Manage contract acceptance and handover of projects to the customer.
• 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 in industrial, mechanical and/or manufacturing engineering, computer science, technology or equivalent experience (8+ years) in PLM.
• Eight to ten years in a project manager/leadership role, guiding a team of consultants during a significant software or industrial equipment implementation.
• Eight to ten years of experience working in a customer‑facing environment.
• Manufacturing execution systems experience and ability to interface with shop equipment.
• Demonstrated experience operating within an industrial setting such as a plant, shop, building infrastructure, shipboard or other industrial setting.
• Proactive self‑starter who can perform independently in high‑pressure situations with little supervision.
• Leadership skills and proven track record of leading multi‑disciplinary teams, including services delivery and project management teams across multiple locations.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Proven experience with iterative development practices such as scrum, agile or SAFe.
• Demonstrated soft skill abilities when supporting the team, interacting with customers and reporting to leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communications with the ability to present complex issues to multi‑level audiences of company and federal government executives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in engineering and/or manufacturing processes for design and development of products.
• Experience in implementing Teamcenter Solutions or similar products such as Enovia, ePMD, Windchill, Aras Innovator or Oracle Agile is desired.
• Experience working with third‑party contractors.
• PMP Certification, with working knowledge of project management processes and tools is highly preferred.
• 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.
• Understanding of Industry 4.0 principles and interrelation of data and processes between engineering, quality, service and manufacturing.
• Experience in identifying and implementing cost savings measures within services projects.
• Proven experience working with distributed, remote teams across multiple disciplines and time zones.
• Ability to promote complex solutions and drive acceptance with confidence.
• Comfortable with dev/ops and CI/CD capabilities.
• Experience with US Federal Government projects, contracts, policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of Change Management capabilities.
• Experience working with packages like JIRA, TFS, Polarion etc. is highly preferred.
• Working knowledge of using AI tools to support project management execution.
• Experience with ADKAR or other adoption methodologies preferred.

Travel

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%.

Security Clearance

• Candidate must be a United States citizen with the ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.

$110,900.00 $180,000.00 10%