Technical Writer Manager

Job Family: Buildings

Req : 511599

Position Location: This role supports our Chicago, IL branch location, which serves customers throughout the greater Chicago, IL area.

Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. We are improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first.

Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you?

Our Smart Buildings help to create efficient, safe, adaptable, and responsible environments. Our aim isn’t just about improving buildings; it’s about creating perfect places that improve people’s lives.

As the Technical Writer Manager for a global organization, you will be responsible for leading a team of technical writers, overseeing the entire documentation lifecycle, and ensuring that complex technical information is translated into clear, accurate, and user-friendly documentation. This role balances people management (hiring, mentoring, performance management) with strategic planning, tool management, and cross-functional and cross-organizational collaboration.

If you are also a true team player who thinks and acts with a global perspective to achieve great things together, then you have come to the right place! Join our forward-thinking team and help us move into the next era of technical documentation.

• Collaborate with the global technical documentation organization in ensuring compliance with standards and driving quality measures.
• Within the framework of global team coordination within technical documentation, support innovative, efficiency-enhancing measures using AI and other efficiency-boosting measures in coordination with the editorial teams at other locations.
• Recruit, interview, and train new technical writers in the field of building technology.
• Set goals, provide feedback, conduct reviews, and guide career growth.
• Direct workload strategy by overseeing resource allocation and dynamically aligning team priorities to business objectives, ensuring balanced capacity and effective delivery.
• Define, implement, and continuously optimize workflows aligned with product and engineering practices (e.g., Agile, Git, Markdown), while enhancing the editorial work environment in collaboration with global team.
• Coach writers in writing style, technical accuracy, and editorial feedback.
• Serve as central point of coordination for documentation across projects, aligning deliverables to business and market priorities and ensuring execution of critical initiatives.
• Develop and implement new documentation and information concepts for the creation and maintenance of our documents.
• Champion user-needs and drive the team to design and implement documentation projects based on standards, style guides, and best practices to ensure the highest quality and consistency.

• 5+ years in technical writing, including 1–3+ years in a leadership capacity.
• Degree in Engineering, Technical Writing, Communications, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience leveraging CMS/CDP platforms and AI-driven technologies, with demonstrated ability to mentor and scale technical writing teams.
• Must be able to demonstrate:
  Proficiency in documentation tools (Markdown, Git, CMS platforms) and strong understanding of software development life cycles.
• Writing, editing, and proofreading skills with a focus on clarity, quality, usability, and user-centered design.
• Interpersonal, coaching, and project management abilities, with a proven track record of collaborating effectively with Engineering, Product, Support, and Marketing to deliver accurate, user-focused documentation; able to communicate clearly across varying levels of technical expertise with a goal-oriented mindset.

We value your unique identity and perspective. We are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society, while ensuring that we attract the best talent based on qualifications, skills, and experiences. We welcome you to bring your authentic self and transform the everyday with us.

Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here:

Pay range: $92,320 - $158,263 annually with a target incentive of 5% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

Organization: Smart Infrastructure

Job Type: Full-time

Category: Internal Services