Global Head Release Management Fire Safety 80-100%

Together with our customers, we combine the real anddigital worlds With technology, software and services for smartbuildings, we transform the everyday for everyone. By combining thereal and digital worlds, we empower our customers to reach theirdecarbonization goals, lower their operating costs and createworld-class occupant experiences for their people. It’s not justabout improving buildings – it’s about creating efficient, safe,adaptable and sustainable environments, which improve the way theworld lives and works. Our comprehensive Fire Safety portfoliospans detection, alarming, evacuation, extinguishing, dangermanagement, and building management solutions - protecting people,assets, and businesses worldwide. As Global Head of ReleaseManagement in the Fire Safety Portfolio Unit, you will play apivotal leadership role in ensuring that our product and solutionportfolio is released predictably, reliably, and with the highestquality across regions and product lines. Operating at portfoliolevel, you will coordinate release planning and readiness, managecross‐product‐line dependencies, and ensure transparency andgovernance across global deliveries within Smart InfrastructureBuildings. As part of the Fire Safety Portfolio leadership team,you will work closely with the Head of Global Portfolio Strategy,Head of Global Architecture, and Head of Portfolio ExecutionManagement / Product Development. Would you like to actively shapethe future of fire safety and make a measurable impact? Then you’vecome to the right place. Location : this role will be based inZug/Switzerland. Please note that qualified candidates need to belegally eligible for work authorization in Switzerland. Your newresponsibilities: - Own portfolio-level release planning,readiness, and cross-region, cross-product-line delivery governance- Ensure release readiness across product lines with respect toquality, cybersecurity, sustainability, regulatory, anddocumentation requirements - Synchronize release scope, content,and timelines across product lines and regions - Govern lean‐agilerelease processes at portfolio level based on the Siemens agileframework to ensure strong development productivity - Identify,manage, and mitigate cross-product-line dependencies, risks, andimpediments impacting delivery commitments - Drive alignmentbetween Product Lines, Product Development, Quality, andArchitecture to enable predictable releases - Provide transparentreporting on release status, risks, readiness, and key performanceindicators to portfolio and business stakeholders - Coordinateportfolio-level go-live activities and ensure consistent executionof the overall release plan - Facilitate Release Readiness Reviews,Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go decisions - Lead andcoordinate the global Release Management community to ensureconsistent practices and synchronized execution across projects andregions Your skills and experience: - Master’s degree inengineering, computer science, or a related field - 10+ years ofexperience in release management, portfolio delivery, orlarge‐scale product lifecycle coordination within a globaltechnology environment - Experience in fire safety, buildingtechnologies, or related systems is a strong plus - Consistenttrack record in environments with high regulatory, compliance, andquality requirements - Solid understanding of product lifecycleprocesses, lean‐agile delivery models, and release governance;
goodgrasp of DevOps andsoftware delivery excellence - Certificationsin Agile (e.G. SAFe, Scrum, Kanban) or Project Management are anadvantage - Validated leadership experience managing global teamsand aligning cross‐functional stakeholders - Strong ability tomanage cross‐regional and cross‐product dependencies at portfoliolevel - Proficiency with collaboration and lifecycle tools (e.G.Confluence, IBM JAZZ, Microsoft 365);
interest in AI technologiesis welcome - Analytical mindset with experience in KPI‐basedperformance monitoring and risk management - Full proficiency inEnglish communication skills. German is a plus Employee benefits -2–3 days per week of mobile working is standard - Access toemployee share programs - Further information about employeebenefits can be found here News and stories See for yourself howinnovative technology can change the present. If you want to findout more about what projects can be implemented using Siemenstechnology, here are some current examples Frequently askedquestions and contact information Here you will find a collectionof frequently asked questions and a way to contact us directly Ilook forward to receiving your application Carmen TalentAcquisition Partner Your way to Siemens - How we hire Informationfor recruitment agencies: Siemens does not accept applications fromrecruitment agencies for this position. Thank you for yourunderstanding.