Operational Innovation Enablement Partner

A Snapshot of Your Day

We are seeking an Operational Innovation Enablement Manager to lead the end-to-end operational innovation lifecycle across our manufacturing and operations environment, from idea identification and prioritization through piloting, value tracking, and scalable replication. Reporting to the Head of Operational Innovation & Effectiveness, this role partners closely with cluster and factory operations leaders, Maintenance and Manufacturing Engineering, EHS, Quality, IT/OT (Information/Operational Technology), Finance, and the Employee Innovation team to translate ideas into measurable impact. The manager drives strong governance through innovation review boards, leadership QBRs (Quarterly Business Reviews), functional reviews, and transparent dashboard reporting, while leveraging tools such as Orbit, analytics platforms, pilot dossiers, replication playbooks, and the TR (Transformer) innovation management process to embed innovation into daily operations.

How You’ll Make an Impact

- Designing and delivering enablement workshops, events, and structured learning paths to support ideation, problem solving, and innovation execution across roles and maturity levels.

- Coaching innovators, teams, and leaders through hands-on problem framing, experimentation, and scaling practices to accelerate real-world impact.

- Operating and evolving best‑practice sharing platforms, playbooks, templates, and reusable assets to capture and reuse innovation learnings across TR.

- Building local innovation capability by developing and training embedded innovation champions and partnering with TR functions to support change adoption.

- Running awareness campaigns, external exchanges, and program events to promote innovation initiatives, success stories, and cross‑factory collaboration.

- Tracking and reporting innovation program performance by maintaining dashboards, value metrics, risks, and priorities aligned to TR/GT OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) and scaling objectives.

What You Bring

- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, process engineering, innovation management, data science or equivalent. Masters is a plus.

- 3 or more years in operations/industrial engineering/continuous improvement or product industrialization. Candidates with more experience can be considered for a higher level or vice-versa.

- Advanced analytics and benefits modeling expertise, with comfort across OT/IT interfaces and a strong focus on data integrity.

- Program and portfolio management discipline, creating structure through templates, standard work, and repeatable, scalable processes.

- Proven change enablement capability, including training, communications, and stakeholder management in complex environments.

- Systems‑oriented, hyper‑analytical working style, with strong organizational rigor, checklist‑driven execution, collaborative mindset, and experience in heavy manufacturing and/or operational excellence ecosystems (innovation platforms, EHS/Quality, 3i).

Travel, as needed (up to ~20%).

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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(Applicable to US candidates only: This job may be based in various locations within the US. Siemens Energy offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://benefitsatenergy.com/thinking-of-joining.html. The base salary range for this position is $102,000-172,000 and the annual incentive target is 10-15% of base salary. Specific offers are determined by various factors, such as experience, skills, certifications, and other business needs. Employees typically do not start at the top of the range, though compensation depends on each individual’s qualifications.)

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