Senior NPI Project Manager (m/f/d)

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Berlin, DEU
In-Office
Senior level
Energy • Manufacturing • Solar • Renewable Energy
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
The NPI Project Manager will oversee New Product Introduction projects, ensuring successful execution, stakeholder management, and program alignment with organizational goals.
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Job Description SummaryGE Vernova is globally recognized for designing, manufacturing and delivering customized HVDC solutions for utilities worldwide. With over 130 years of pioneering experience, GE offers two HVDC technologies, Line Commutated Converters (LCC) and Voltage-Sourced Converters (VSC), to support a broad range of applications and deployable in different schemes including overhead line (point to point), back-to-back, submarine/land cable and offshore. https://resources.grid.gevernova.com/hvdc/hvdc-how-does-it-work
GE Vernova NPI Development team is looking for a NPI Project Manager (NPI PM) to manage portfolio of Power Electronics and Valves programs. The NPI PM will be responsible for the successful initiation, planning, budget control, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of New Product Introduction projects through to industrialization.
They will become a key interface to manage internal stakeholders within HVDC portfolio. The candidate must have a combination of skills including an ability to ask penetrating questions, detect unstated assumptions and resolve conflicts, as well as more general management, influencing and leadership skills.

Job Description
Key Responsibilities
  • Own and deliver programs using established project management methods such as PMI, Project Management Institute (PMI), PMP (Project Management Professional), and PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge).
  • Build and maintain detailed program plans, track scope, budget, schedule, and risks, and hold owners accountable for actions and deadlines.
  • Lead project meetings, chair gate reviews, and manage Program Increment release paperwork to support clear execution and decision-making.
  • Work closely with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety), Safety, Quality, IP (Intellectual Property), Cyber, and People teams to keep work moving smoothly.
  • Report program status, key performance indicators (KPIs), budgets, risks, decisions, and escalations to senior stakeholders.
  • Lead a matrix team to deliver complex projects on time, on budget, and to quality standards, with strong attention to cyber-secure automation and controls systems.
  • Align program goals with sponsors, product managers, principal engineers, and team members to keep priorities clear and execution focused.
Qualifications:
Required
  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, power electronics, or a related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience managing complex electrical, power electronics, or mechanical projects, ideally in industrial automation and control systems.
  • Strong skills with planning tools such as Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Excel, Primavera P6, JIRA, or similar tools.
  • Experience presenting to executive-level stakeholders and working across multiple business functions.
  • Clear communication, steady problem-solving, and strong program leadership, with the ability to bring structure to complex work and help different teams deliver together.
  • Fluent written and spoken English; fluency in German is a plus.
  • Travel flexibility up to 10%.
Preferred
  • Project management certification such as PMI, PRINCE2 (Projects IN Controlled Environments), or equivalent.
  • Experience working with engineering firms in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) or similar engineering domains.
  • Experience supporting software programs in complex, fast-moving environments.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, power electronics, or a related engineering field, or equivalent experience
  • Experience managing complex electrical, power electronics, or mechanical projects
  • Strong skills with planning tools such as Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Excel, Primavera P6, JIRA
  • Fluent written and spoken English; fluency in German is a plus

GE Vernova Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Vernova and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Vernova.

  • Retirement Support The 401(k) plan includes company matching contributions and additional company retirement contributions, with access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings beyond a basic match.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave is available with flexible, continuous or non-continuous usage, and is complemented by adoption resources and Work/Life Connections guidance. Maternity leave is described as extended relative to typical workplace norms.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off programs include 12 paid holidays, permissive time off for many salaried roles, and dedicated personal, illness, and caregiving time for U.S. new hires. Some hourly roles start with a defined PTO bank, while other roles may offer unlimited time off.

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The Company
HQ: , Cambridge, MA
75,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

GE Vernova is a planned purpose-built company on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.

Why Work With Us

Join our team, to evolve and grow, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry who help you get better every day. You’ll get the chance to rewrite the rules, work on cutting-edge technology, and be part of a global team for positive change.

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