Head of Project Execution - Rolling Stock NAM

Purpose is the reason a company exists. It's not about making money or selling products - it's the deeper "why" behind everything we do. It answers the question: What problem are we solving? What positive change are we creating?

For Siemens, our purpose has been clear for over 175 years: We create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone.

The world needs technologies that work. Technologies that matter. Technologies that solve today's challenges and help shape a better tomorrow. And that's exactly what we build. By bringing together the real world (factories, buildings, power grids, trains) with the digital world (software, data, AI, digital twins), we help our customers become more competitive, resilient, and sustainable.

Our technology is everywhere - in trains and transportation, we help move people faster, safer, and more sustainably.

The Head of Project Execution, Rolling Stock North America provides executive leadership for the delivery of the regional rolling stock project portfolio, spanning Light Rail, Locomotives, and Coaches across the USA and Canada .

This leader is accountable for safe, predictable, and financially sound project delivery, ensuring commitments are met across customer, contractual, technical, quality, and commercial dimensions.

The role calls for a senior executive who can lead through complexity, strengthen delivery performance, and build confidence with customers and internal stakeholders in a demanding rail and infrastructure environment.

Working across a global matrix, this position partners closely with project execution, engineering, manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, quality, commercial, and portfolio and platform teams to align customer commitments, product strategy, and business performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the execution strategy for the North American rolling stock project portfolio, driving performance across safety, quality, schedule, cost, margin, cash flow, and customer outcomes.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for critical project challenges, including delivery risks, customer issues, technical concerns, supplier constraints, commercial disputes, and cross-functional barriers.
• Establish disciplined governance across risk, opportunity, change, claims, and performance management to improve delivery predictability and transparency.
• Represent the business in key customer and stakeholder discussions, building trusted relationships with transit agencies, partners, suppliers, and internal leaders.
• Partner with global, portfolio, and platform teams to align execution priorities with product strategy, lessons learned, and future business needs.
• Strengthen organizational capability by leading, developing, and empowering a high-performing, inclusive project execution team.
• Drive continuous improvement in execution discipline, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration across the portfolio.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Executive or senior leadership experience in project execution, program delivery, portfolio leadership, or similarly complex operations.
• Proven success leading large, cross-functional teams across project management, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, quality, commissioning, commercial, finance, and customer delivery.
• Experience managing complex projects with significant technical, contractual, commercial, and customer-facing scope.
• Strong command of delivery governance, KPI management, risk and opportunity management, scheduling, cost control, change management, and recovery planning.
• Experience in rail, rolling stock, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, mobility, engineering, or another complex industrial environment.
• Experience working effectively in a matrixed and global business environment.
• Experience with public agencies, transit authorities, infrastructure owners, or similarly complex customers is preferred.
• Experience working with portfolio, product, or platform teams is preferred.
• Familiarity with North American rail or infrastructure markets is desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, operations, project management, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience will be considered.
• Valid authorization to work in the United States is required.

Leadership Profile

The successful candidate will be a commercially grounded and inclusive leader who can balance customer commitments, business performance, and execution discipline while leading through complexity and change.

This leader will be known for:

• Leading effectively in high-stakes, ambiguous environments
• Making sound decisions with strong business, customer, and operational judgment
• Building credibility and alignment across functions, geographies, and seniority levels
• Driving accountability while fostering collaboration, inclusion, and respect
• Navigating escalation calmly and bringing focus to resolution
• Developing strong teams and strengthening organizational capability over time
• Communicating with clarity and influence across internal and external stakeholders

Success Measures

Success in this role will be reflected in:

• Consistently safe, high-quality, and predictable project delivery across the portfolio
• Improved performance against schedule, cost, margin, cash flow, and milestone commitments
• Stronger customer confidence and effective management of critical delivery issues
• Greater visibility into portfolio performance and stronger execution discipline
• Effective management of risk, opportunity, change, and claims
• Stronger alignment across regional teams, global stakeholders, and portfolio and platform priorities
• A more capable, engaged, and inclusive project execution organization

Inclusive Leadership Commitment

This role offers the opportunity to shape project execution performance for a critical North American rolling stock portfolio while leading a high-impact team in a complex, globally connected business. We welcome leaders with diverse backgrounds, career paths, and leadership styles. Candidates who meet many, but not all, of the listed requirements are encouraged to apply. We value inclusive leadership, sound judgment, learning agility, resilience, and the ability to deliver results through others.