Pioneering in America, from the first mile to the last, this is what drives us!

For more than 160 years, Siemens has been an integral provider of infrastructure, electrification, and transportation solutions in the United States. Automation's impact on the railway industry is second only to the effects of digitalization. Combine them, and the results are transformative! We work at the leading edge of this movement, applying our proven expertise in digitalization to rail infrastructure and automation.

Our innovative solutions deliver greater safety, punctuality, reliability, and sustainability across the line while reducing costs for mass transit and freight transportation systems. We are continuously developing new answers for rail automation, often to questions that have yet to be asked.

We seek an experienced Commercial Project Director with a proven track record of successfully leading international, sophisticated projects. As the Commercial Project Director, you will oversee a large complex high-speed rail project spanning 4+ years with a volume exceeding a billion US dollars. Your responsibilities will encompass commercial project execution across various phases, including order booking, planning, design, procurement, manufacturing, commissioning, and customer acceptance.

You will serve as the primary point of contact for all commercial matters with the end customer and our consortium partner. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with operational departments in the US and Europe to achieve Order Income Calculation targets while ensuring customer satisfaction, cost control, schedule adherence, and high-quality deliverables. The role also involves fulfilling the World Project Controller function to maintain global project reporting level financial compliance and secure full alignment with the offshore entities involved in the project. Reporting to the Head of Finance for the Business Unit in the US, you will provide critical support to the Project Director in all aspects of the project.

You will be leading the team of Commercial Project Managers and a Team Assistant dedicated to the project in the project office in Las Vegas.

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Monitor and manage the financial performance of the assigned project.
• Anticipate changes in project scope, identify potential issues, and develop cost-effective contingency plans.
• Supervise and control project scope, schedule, budget, risks, and deliverables, aligning them with business goals. Collaborate with senior management and stakeholders.
• Assist the Project Director in developing and delivering monthly project reports, customer progress reports, change proposals, and presentations to internal and external partners.
• Coach, mentor, empower, and supervise project team members and contractors, fostering positive action and accountability.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Assist with customer sales channel activities.

To thrive in this role, you have:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance (preferred).
• 10 to 15 years of experience in the infrastructure industry, including several years in project management, is preferred.
• Experience in controlling, accounting, contracts, and claims within construction project management is preferred

This career is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. We offer a variety of health and wellness benefits to employees, including PTO, 401k match, and tuition reimbursement. Additional details regarding our benefits can be found here:

https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html

The base salary range for this position in Las Vegas, Nevada, is $172,800 - $233,800 and the annual incentive target is 20% of the base salary. The salary may be higher or lower depending on the budget and the candidate's experience, knowledge, skills, and qualifications.