About the Role
Job ID
303164
Location
Germany
Bayern
Erlangen
Company
Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
Organization
Grid Technologies
Business Unit
Product Management
Full / Part time
Full Time or Part Time
Experience Level
Professional / Experienced
A Snapshot of Your Day
As the Technology Scouting & Innovation Manager (f/m/d), you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Grid Technologies. Your typical day will involve systematically identifying emerging technologies, monitoring market disruptions, and analyzing startup activities. You will serve as the organization’s “early warning and opportunity detection system,” translating external technology signals into actionable insights that inform strategy, portfolio steering, and investment decisions.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Develop and maintain a structured technology scouting process across H1–H4 horizons
- Identify emerging technologies with potential impact on Grid Technologies
- Own and continuously update the PRM Technology Radar and create strategic heatmaps of technology opportunities and threats
- Maintain visibility of startup, university, and research ecosystems to support partnership and investment opportunities
- Establish and maintain a central technology knowledge repository to ensure effective dissemination of insights
- Produce actionable intelligence reports for leadership teams and convert technology signals into portfolio recommendations
What You Bring
- Relevant and applicable bachelor’s degree/diploma
- Long-term experience in technology development and Ventures/M&A type projects
- Strong technical focus with a solid understanding of what Siemens Energy does, though not necessarily an expert in specific technologies
- Experience in innovation projects involving universities, research facilities, or similar environments
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills in global matrix organizations, with the ability to translate external signals into clear portfolio and roadmap insights
- Fluent in English
About the Team
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
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards/Benefits
- In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
- We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
- We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
- The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programmes and learning materials are available for this purpose
- In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical
We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.
