Siemens Energy

A Snapshot of Your Day

As the Senior Customer Innovation Partnership Manager, you will play a pivotal role in identifying and engaging with customers to create strong collaborations focusing on innovations within the digital power grid domain. This role involves validating new products and solutions, leading customer relationship workstreams in joint research & development projects, overseeing customer related prototyping efforts, and managing field validation and end-user feedback on early developments. A key aspect of this role is to manage and nurture strong partnerships with customers, ensuring mutual success and long-term collaboration. This is a hands-on role that demands a strong combination of professional partnership management and project management in fast paced innovative environments.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Identify and engage with key customers in the digital power grid sector in US to establish and nurture innovation partnerships.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, acting as a trusted advisor and innovation partner in the digital power grid domain.
• Drive Customer Pilots & Co-Developments:
• Collaborate with customers to validate new products and solutions, ensuring they meet the specific needs and expectations of the power grid industry.
• Lead customer relationship workstreams in joint research and development initiatives focused on digital power grid technologies, working closely with internal teams and customer stakeholders.
• Oversee prototyping process, ensuring timely and effective development of new digital power grid products and solutions.
• Manage field validation efforts, coordinating with customers to gather real-world feedback and insights on digital power grid innovations.
• Facilitate end-user feedback on early developments, ensuring continuous improvement and refinement of digital power grid products.
• Monitor industry trends and customer needs to identify new opportunities for collaboration and innovation in the digital power grid sector.
• Prepare and deliver presentations, reports, and updates to senior management and customer stakeholders.
• Ensure effective communication and alignment between customer needs and internal teams to drive successful project outcomes.

What You Bring

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related field.
• 4 or more years of relevant experience (i.e. in a similar role within the digital power grid industry, with a strong track record of successful customer engagement and innovation partnerships). Candidates with more experience can be considered for a higher level or vice-versa.
• Experience managing customer pilots and co-development projects, ideally in technology-driven or digital transformation environments.
• Exceptional communication and relationship‑building skills with strong project management abilities, capable of leading multiple initiatives and making data‑driven decisions.
• Creative, innovative thinker with a passion for digital power‑grid solutions, able to work independently and thrive in fast‑paced, collaborative environments.

Travel, as needed (15-20%, mainly US).

Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About the Team

Grid Technologies

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid! The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company! With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities
• Supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits & parental leave

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