Senior Digital Innovation Manager (f/m/d)

About the role

As a Partner of Choice, the Global Business Services (GBS) in Germany shapes the Shared Services landscape of the future by providing smart and digital end-to-end solutions to over 200 Siemens entities across the world, in around 20 different languages.

What we offer you

• An attractive remuneration package
• Appealing Siemens pension benefits
• 30 days of paid vacation and a variety of flexible work schedules that allow time off for you and your family
• Flexible training opportunities for both your professional and personal development that you can tailor to your interests
• Barrier-free locations

Since each of over 300,000 team members feels that other benefits are particularly important, and we cannot list our entire benefit portfolio here, you can find more information here.

The individual benefits are subject to regulatory, contractual, or corporate conditions.

You'll make an impact by

• You own and actively shape the Digital Solutions & Innovation agenda for Siemens Global
• Business Services (GBS), working cross-functionally with senior strategists, product leaders, engineers, and innovators to design and scale end-to-end digital business models that address material customer and business challenges. You take full responsibility for the conception, validation, and scaling of new digital solutions
• You identify, design, and prioritize high-value solution opportunities, leveraging state-of-the-art technologies with a strong focus on AI and Agentic AI, translating technological capabilities into measurable business impact
• You lead stakeholder alignment and decision-making by designing and facilitating workshops, driving structured discussions on alternative approaches, and transparently
• assessing risks, benefits, dependencies, and organizational impact
• You continuously analyze market signals, customer needs, and internal capabilities, refining opportunities and owning the full journey from early concept to scalable business
• You apply and adapt advanced innovation methodologies such as Design Thinking, Value Proposition Design, and Business Model Canvas to systematically identify, incubate, and mature innovation initiatives
• You lead and support innovation programs and projects end-to-end, from ideation through product innovation, using evidence-based validation, agile delivery models, and clear success metrics
• You drive customer discovery and validation activities, including direct customer engagement, interviews, and testing, to validate problem statements, solution hypotheses, MVPs, and customer demand
• You stay continuously informed on emerging technologies, AI trends, and innovation practices, proactively identifying opportunities to improve existing offerings and introduce new capabilities
• You apply a metric-driven, hypothesis-based development approach to guide product iterations, pivots, and resource allocation, ensuring rapid learning and strong product-market fit
• You actively foster a culture of feedback, transparency, and continuous improvement, promoting collaboration and product-centric thinking in line with Siemens' values

Your defining qualities

• Education
• Master or MBA/MBS in Business, Innovation Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience preferred
• Experience & Skills
• Many years of experience in a fast-growing company with a history of bringing innovations from concept to market and proven success creating and driving customer focused products in a fastpaced environment
• Demonstrated experience in innovation, preferably with a focus on digital products
• Experience in a (shared) service business is a plus
• Ability to succeed in an entrepreneurial environment and employ entrepreneurial techniques to exploring, validating, and developing new customer offerings and business opportunities
• Ability to identify and experiment with new opportunities to expand company product market fit and knowledge when to adjust when value, feasibility, viability, or usability is not viable
• Ways of working
• Strong initiative and proven ownership quality across functions and levels combined with ability to collaborate across groups and organizations
• Extreme comfort with ambiguity, demonstrating visionary ideas with storytelling for executive buyin
• Languages
• Demonstrably strong written and verbal communication in English (German is a plus)

You are much more than your qualifications, and we believe in the potential of every single candidate. We look forward to getting to know you!

At Siemens, we believe that feeling valued and included is the foundation for doing great work. That's why we aim to create an inclusive workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging, and where individual perspectives and experiences are celebrated. Our commitment to fairness and respect extends to every applicant.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage applications from persons with disabilities.

About us

Want to know more about GBS? Siemens Global Business Services (GBS) is a Siemens Service Company that provides innovative digital solutions and customer-oriented business services for companies and organizations in all sectors. Our portfolio in the areas of Finance, HR and Supply Chain Management include end-to-end services in Opportunity-to-Cash, Purchase-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Hire-to-Retire, Delivery Management and Digital Solutions. Check out more!

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