Kirsten began her career with Siemens in 2005, following an internship with Siemens Ltd. in Lincoln, UK, and the completion of her Mechanical Engineering Diploma at the University of Hannover in Germany. She was awarded for the global graduate program at Siemens, where her initial assignments included Business Development and Project Management for Industrial Plants and Service in Duisburg and Nuremberg, Germany, as well as an eight-month placement to set-up a new factory with Siemens Ltd. in Shanghai, China. Through her role as a fact-finder at combined cycle power plants across Europe and Asia for two years, Kirsten expanded her international experience and was subsequently appointed to her first leadership position. In Service Engineering for large gas turbines, Kirsten and her team supported the sales organization with technical input and facilitated the introduction of new developments to the market. In 2016, Kirsten was tasked with leading the R&D team for Industrial Steam Turbines in Goerlitz, Germany, overseeing an international team across Germany, the Czech Republic and India, and managing a team of 100 people with accountability for the R&D budget. In 2020, she was assigned Head of Global Quality for large gas turbine blades in Berlin, Germany. Since 2022, Kirsten has served as the Vice President of Product Management at Siemens Energy, Transformation of Industry, Electrification, Automation, and Digitalization. In this role, she collaborates with her international team to develop integrated solutions for industrial customers, exploring new methods of co-creation and partnership to address industry growth and decarbonization challenges.