What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Sales for Heat Recovery & Efficiency position at Siemens Energy?
A Snapshot of Your Day
As Sales Team Lead – Heat Recovery & Efficiency for North America, you will lead a dedicated Tiger Team of approximately 5–6 sales professionals focused on one of the region's largest growth opportunities: transforming gas turbine installations into highly efficient combined-cycle and cogeneration solutions. Working closely with utilities, data center developers, independent power producers, industrial customers, EPCs, and Siemens Energy's Gas Turbine and Service organizations, you will identify, develop, and secure opportunities that maximize customer value through heat recovery, steam cycle integration, waste heat utilization, and overall plant efficiency improvements. You will combine strategic leadership, direct customer engagement, and hands-on opportunity development to establish Siemens Energy as the preferred partner for Heat Recovery & Efficiency solutions across North America.
How You’ll Make An Impact
About The Team
The Heat Recovery & Efficiency Sales Team is a newly established strategic growth initiative within the Siemens Energy Steam Turbines & Generators (STG) organization. As part of STG, the team combines the strengths of Siemens Energy's steam turbine, generator, and heat recovery portfolio to address one of the fastest-growing opportunities in the North American power generation market. The team is dedicated to capturing the significant market potential created by increasing power demand, data center expansion, industrial electrification, and customers' need for higher efficiency and lower emissions. A key focus is helping customers unlock additional value from existing and new gas turbine installations through cycle-closing solutions, combined-cycle applications, cogeneration, waste heat recovery, and steam cycle integration. Operating as a focused Tiger Team, the organization consists of approximately 5-6 highly specialized sales professionals dedicated to developing and winning new business opportunities. Working closely with Siemens Energy's Gas Turbine, Service, and Electrification organizations, the team serves as a growth engine for STG, accelerating market penetration and expanding Siemens Energy's leadership position in Heat Recovery & Efficiency solutions across North America. Mission: Build and lead a focused North American sales organization that systematically captures cycle-closing, combined-cycle, cogeneration, and waste heat recovery opportunities behind gas turbines, converting unprecedented market demand into profitable growth for Siemens Energy's Steam Turbines & Generators business.
Our Transformation of Industry division is decarbonizing the industrial sector. Increasing electrification and efficiency are key and demand for green H2 and derivative fuels will rise. We enable decarbonization of the industrial sector and the transition to sustainable processes, building on a strong industrial customer base, a global network, diverse technologies, and integrated execution capabilities. Candidates want to learn about the divisions they will be joining–the structure, how it works together, and the role it plays in driving Siemens Energy’s mission forward.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90 countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With 100,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.
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
Rewards
As Sales Team Lead – Heat Recovery & Efficiency for North America, you will lead a dedicated Tiger Team of approximately 5–6 sales professionals focused on one of the region's largest growth opportunities: transforming gas turbine installations into highly efficient combined-cycle and cogeneration solutions. Working closely with utilities, data center developers, independent power producers, industrial customers, EPCs, and Siemens Energy's Gas Turbine and Service organizations, you will identify, develop, and secure opportunities that maximize customer value through heat recovery, steam cycle integration, waste heat utilization, and overall plant efficiency improvements. You will combine strategic leadership, direct customer engagement, and hands-on opportunity development to establish Siemens Energy as the preferred partner for Heat Recovery & Efficiency solutions across North America.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Lead and mentor a specialized North American sales team focused on Heat Recovery & Efficiency opportunities across combined-cycle, cogeneration, waste heat recovery, and steam cycle integration projects.
- Develop and execute commercial growth strategies and targeted sales campaigns for greenfield and brownfield gas turbine installations across the North American power generation market.
- Identify opportunities to improve power output, fuel efficiency, reliability, and decarbonization through innovative heat recovery and efficiency solutions.
- Partner with Siemens Energy Gas Services, Gas Turbines, Steam Turbines, Generators, and Digital organizations to develop integrated customer solutions and value propositions.
- Build executive-level relationships with utilities, industrial customers, data center operators, developers, and EPC contractors while leading customer engagements, strategic negotiations, and the full sales cycle through contract closure.
- Establish long-term account strategies and monitor market trends, energy demand, data center growth, and decarbonization initiatives to identify and capture new business opportunities.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline. Minimum 8–10 years of experience in power generation, energy infrastructure, industrial equipment, or related sales environments.
- Strong understanding of gas turbines, steam turbines, combined-cycle power plants, cogeneration, HRSGs, and heat recovery technologies. Demonstrated success in developing and winning complex capital equipment projects. Deep understanding of the North American utility, industrial, and energy markets.
- Proven leadership experience managing and motivating high-performing sales teams.
- Ability to build strong internal and external stakeholder networks across multiple business functions. Strategic mindset combined with strong commercial execution skills.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Willingness to travel extensively across North America (approximately 30–50%).
About The Team
The Heat Recovery & Efficiency Sales Team is a newly established strategic growth initiative within the Siemens Energy Steam Turbines & Generators (STG) organization. As part of STG, the team combines the strengths of Siemens Energy's steam turbine, generator, and heat recovery portfolio to address one of the fastest-growing opportunities in the North American power generation market. The team is dedicated to capturing the significant market potential created by increasing power demand, data center expansion, industrial electrification, and customers' need for higher efficiency and lower emissions. A key focus is helping customers unlock additional value from existing and new gas turbine installations through cycle-closing solutions, combined-cycle applications, cogeneration, waste heat recovery, and steam cycle integration. Operating as a focused Tiger Team, the organization consists of approximately 5-6 highly specialized sales professionals dedicated to developing and winning new business opportunities. Working closely with Siemens Energy's Gas Turbine, Service, and Electrification organizations, the team serves as a growth engine for STG, accelerating market penetration and expanding Siemens Energy's leadership position in Heat Recovery & Efficiency solutions across North America. Mission: Build and lead a focused North American sales organization that systematically captures cycle-closing, combined-cycle, cogeneration, and waste heat recovery opportunities behind gas turbines, converting unprecedented market demand into profitable growth for Siemens Energy's Steam Turbines & Generators business.
Our Transformation of Industry division is decarbonizing the industrial sector. Increasing electrification and efficiency are key and demand for green H2 and derivative fuels will rise. We enable decarbonization of the industrial sector and the transition to sustainable processes, building on a strong industrial customer base, a global network, diverse technologies, and integrated execution capabilities. Candidates want to learn about the divisions they will be joining–the structure, how it works together, and the role it plays in driving Siemens Energy’s mission forward.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90 countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With 100,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.
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
Rewards
- Career growth and development opportunities
- Supportive work culture
- Company paid Health and wellness benefits
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- 401K savings plan with company match
- Family building benefits
- Parental leave