Project Manager for Grid Software

Job Description/Specification:

The Project Manager – Grid Software role in Doha combines project delivery, software integration, smart-grid technology, commercial management, and customer engagement. The position is responsible for taking projects from sales and solution development through technical delivery, financial control, and successful implementation.

This senior opportunity is suited to experienced project managers with a background in software development, systems integration, utilities, Smart Grid solutions, and Agile project delivery, particularly those comfortable managing regional and international teams.

💼 Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery from sales engagement and solution design through implementation and completion.

• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, reporting, contractual obligations, and delivery risks.

• Maintain strong relationships with customers and communicate project progress, risks, changes, and decisions effectively.

• Coordinate engineering resources, back-office teams, subcontractors, and regional delivery resources.

• Review technical, commercial, and project documentation before submission to customers.

• Identify and qualify suitable subcontractors in coordination with Procurement.

• Manage projects according to established Siemens project-management processes.

• Identify change opportunities and drive variation orders through structured change management.

• Conduct regular regional Project Review Meetings and monitor project performance.

• Support the preparation of technically and commercially accurate proposals, including RFQ analysis, solution design, costing, and commercial offers.

• Participate in customer workshops, field-sales activities, business-development initiatives, and industry events.

• Support development of regional delivery teams and contribute to team capability improvement.

• Coordinate resources across the region to maintain productivity and delivery objectives.

• Work with the software product lifecycle team to ensure product enhancements and rollout features meet contractual commitments.

• Support product lifecycle management during software implementation.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of project management experience in software development, systems integration, and/or Smart Grid environments.

• Experience working with utilities is preferred.

• Exposure to Smart Grid areas such as Grid Control, Grid Simulation, Smart Metering, Grid Edge, or related consulting is advantageous.

• Experience managing software and integration projects using Agile methodologies.

• pm@SIEMENS or PMP certification is required.

• Strong customer-management and stakeholder-communication skills.

• Experience managing international or cross-border projects.

• Strong intercultural awareness and team-building capabilities.

• Ability to manage multiple projects with changing requirements, schedules, and priorities.

• Strong leadership, customer orientation, assertiveness, and results focus.

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

• German language skills are an advantage.

• Willingness to travel approximately 10%.

🚀 Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• The position combines project management, software, energy infrastructure, and Smart Grid technology.

• It provides exposure to projects across the Middle East region.

• The role covers both delivery and commercial aspects, including proposals and business development.

• Project managers gain experience working with software product lifecycle teams as well as engineering and customer organizations.

• The position includes opportunities for professional development and learning in a digital energy environment.

• A hybrid working arrangement is described as part of the role's working model.

👤 Who Should Apply?

This position is aimed at experienced IT Project Managers, Software Project Managers, Systems Integration Project Managers, Smart Grid Project Managers, and Energy Technology Project Managers.

The strongest profile will combine formal project-management capability with practical knowledge of software implementation and integration. Experience in utility environments is particularly relevant because the role involves Grid Software solutions and Smart Grid applications.

The candidate should also be commercially aware. This is not solely a delivery position: the role contributes to proposals, solution development, customer workshops, pipeline development, and regional business objectives.

⭐ Skills That Will Help You Succeed

Important capabilities include:

• Software project management

• Systems integration

• Smart Grid technology

• Utility-sector knowledge

• Agile project delivery

• Budget and financial management

• Resource planning

• Risk and change management

• Contract and scope management

• Customer relationship management

• Proposal and presales support

• Commercial estimation

• Subcontractor management

• Regional team coordination

• Product lifecycle management

• Cross-cultural communication

The ability to balance technical requirements with commercial commitments is particularly important because project decisions can affect scope, profitability, timelines, and customer outcomes.

💡 How to Stand Out

Your CV should demonstrate specific software, integration, or Smart Grid projects rather than describing project management responsibilities in general terms.

Highlight project budgets, team sizes, geographic scope, implementation timelines, technologies involved, and your responsibility for delivery. Where possible, quantify improvements such as reduced implementation time, successful milestones, cost control, or improved project margins.

Make your PMP or pm@SIEMENS certification immediately visible.

Also emphasize experience with utilities, Grid Control, Smart Metering, Grid Simulation, Grid Edge, or other energy-management technologies. If you have contributed to RFQs, technical proposals, solution architecture, costing, or variation orders, include those achievements.

🎤 Interview Preparation

Expect questions covering project delivery, software integration, commercial management, Agile practices, customer relationships, and leadership.

Potential questions include:

• How do you control scope, budget, and schedule on a complex software project?

• How would you handle a customer requesting a change outside the contractual scope?

• How do you manage multiple projects with competing resource requirements?

• What experience do you have with Agile software implementation?

• How would you manage a delayed subcontractor?

• How do you identify and communicate project risks?

• Describe your experience delivering projects across different countries or cultures.

• How have you supported a technical proposal or RFQ response?

• How do you balance customer expectations with commercial and contractual requirements?

• What challenges can arise when integrating Grid Software with existing utility systems?

Prepare practical examples that demonstrate leadership, structured decision-making, financial awareness, risk management, and customer communication.

📈 Career Growth

Experience in this position can support progression toward roles such as Senior Project Manager, Program Manager, Regional Project Director, Smart Grid Program Lead, Delivery Manager, or Business Unit leadership.

The combination of project delivery, software, utilities, commercial management, and regional exposure can also provide a foundation for moving into broader digital-energy or technology leadership positions.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

How much experience is required?
The role requires at least eight years of project-management experience in software development, integration, and/or Smart Grid-related fields.

Is utility experience required?
Utility experience is preferred, particularly exposure to Smart Grid markets and technologies.

Is Agile experience important?
Yes. Experience managing software and integration projects using Agile methodology is specifically required.

Which certification is required?
The position states that pm@SIEMENS or PMP certification is a must.

Does the role involve travel?
Yes. The stated travel requirement is approximately 10%, alongside responsibility for projects and teams across the Middle East region.