Product Line Release Manager - Detection & Signaling 80-100%

Together with our customers, we combine the real and digital worlds

With technology, software and services for smart buildings, we transform the everyday for everyone. By combining the real and digital worlds, we empower our customers to reach their decarbonization goals, lower their operating costs and create world-class occupant experiences for their people. It's not just about improving buildings - it's about creating efficient, safe, adaptable and sustainable environments, which improve the way the world lives and works.

Within our buildings business, our diverse global team will support you through your career and challenge you to grow in new and exciting ways, as we transform the world's infrastructure. Our shared journey could take you anywhere...where would you like to go? 

Our comprehensive global Fire Safety technologies encompass a wide range of areas, including detection, alarming, evacuation, extinguishing, danger management, and building management. With our extensive product offerings, we ensure the protection of individuals, assets, and businesses with unparalleled performance and efficiency.

The Detection & Signaling Product Line provides innovative and state-of-the-art detectors, signaling, and supplementary peripherals that safeguard life, health, and assets within the global fire safety ecosystem. It upholds a commitment to sustainability and technology with a purposeful intent.

Within our dedicated Detection & Signaling team, we are seeking an experienced Product Line Release Manager to drive the successful execution of our product line roadmap. In this role, you will take end-to-end responsibility for coordinating all releases - from concept to launch - across the complete product line portfolio. You will lead the release management process, and ensure readiness for market introduction while meeting scope, budget, and quality targets.

As the central point of coordination, you will work closely with product managers, engineering teams, and release managers to synchronize timelines, manage dependencies, and maintain governance standards. This position requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and the ability to orchestrate complex, multi-project environments without direct project execution responsibility.

Join our team and collaborate with us in shaping a more prosperous future. We eagerly anticipate introducing you to our dynamic and engaging environment.

Location: this role will be based in Zug/Switzerland. Please note that qualified candidates need to be legally eligible for work authorization in Switzerland.

Your new responsibilities:

• End-to-End Release Management: Oversee the global product line roadmap and ensure successful execution of all releases from concept to launch by coordinating dependencies across multiple projects to ensure timely delivery within defined scope, budget, and quality targets
• Strategic Planning: Develop strategic and annual release plans, including resource and capacity planning, while aligning priorities with key stakeholders such as the Product Line Head, Product Managers, and project teams
• Performance Analysis: Monitor key performance indicators to ensure development efficiency, product quality, on-time delivery, effective risk management, and optimal budget utilization
• Team Leadership: Coordinate the global release manager team to ensure consistent processes, synchronized timelines, and effective communication for multi-project dependencies
• Process Ownership: Optimize and orchestrate release management processes, while maintaining comprehensive planning documentation
• Compliance and Governance: Ensure adherence to internal governance, regulatory requirements, and security standards throughout the development process
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as the main coordinator between product line and product development teams, tracking project progress and reporting status, dependencies, and milestones
• Innovation & Roadmap Support: Facilitate innovation, product strategy and roadmap development, ensuring seamless collaboration with product managers and engineering teams

Your talents and experience:

• University degree or higher education in engineering, project management, or a comparable field
• 10+ years of project management experience, in product development or engineering projects, preferably within safety-critical or regulated environments
• Proven track record in planning, executing, and delivering complex hardware and software programs on time and within scope, with strong emphasis on meeting regulatory compliance, and quality requirements
• Experience within the fire safety industry or related building management systems and services is highly valued
• Demonstrated ability to manage and coordinate a consolidated budget across multiple interdependent projects
• Excellent leadership and people management skills, with proven experience in leading global teams and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders
• Familiarity with lean/agile development methodologies, such as SAFe, is advantageous
• Resilience in challenging situations, a well-structured and analytical approach to work, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential
• Proficiency in English is a prerequisite. Knowledge of German is an advantage

Employee benefits

• 2-3 days per week of mobile working is standard
• Access to employee share programs
• Further information about employee benefits can be found here

What it's like working for us
We place significant emphasis on fostering an inclusive and flexible working culture that encourages everyone to be their authentic selves. Equal opportunities and diversity are important to us and contribute to an enriching culture. We actively embrace mobile working to provide every colleague with more autonomy and the chance to achieve a good work-life balance. Learn more here

Are you a good fit?
Our culture at Siemens Switzerland is defined by more than just the working environment. It is the heart of our daily interactions and the key to our success. Do you have what it takes to become a Siemens employee? Take our quiz now and find out! Culture quiz

Frequently asked questions and contact information
Here you will find a collection of frequently asked questions and a way to contact us directly.

I look forward to receiving your application

Carmen
Talent Acquisition Partner

Information for recruitment agencies: Siemens is not accepting applications from recruitment agencies for this position. Thank you for your understanding.