Senior Project Management Manager

Job Description SummaryGE Vernova’s Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that help enable a lower-carbon future. As a global leader in gas turbines and power plant technologies and services, we are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the execution of Simple and Combined Cycle projects within our Heavy Duty Gas Power business.
In this role, you will be accountable for the full project lifecycle, from contract signing through completion of all contractual obligations. You will ensure customer satisfaction by effectively managing project activities, resources, timelines, and cross-functional teams, while driving successful delivery of customer equipment, facilities, or infrastructure projects. This role also carries responsibility for project delivery, profit and loss performance, and adherence to budgets and operating plans. Working with moderate to high autonomy, you will use strong evaluative judgment and operational acumen to influence outcomes, improve ways of working, and support business objectives.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Customer & Stakeholder Leadership

• Serve as first and primary customer contact for assigned projects
• Lead customer engagement, negotiations, and issue resolution to ensure successful project outcomes
• Manage and align multiple internal and external stakeholders including customers, partners, contractors, and vendors to achieve project targets and deliverables
• Influence peers and stakeholders to adopt alternative perspectives or solutions when required for problem solving

Project Execution & Governance

• Direct the end‑to‑end execution of mega, complex, non‑turnkey, and product / equipment‑only projects along with less complex combined cycle projects.
• Develop early execution strategies in partnership with the ITO Commercial Manager and ensure successful transition into project execution
• Coordinate contract reviews to ensure full alignment on requirements, scope, and obligations
• Manage project execution with an SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) lens and provide the framework for “go and see” to best continuously improve. Financial and Performance Ownership

• Full profit and loss responsibility, including Revenue, Contribution Margin, and Cash
• Steer ownership and accountability with mentorship to the teams on key project performance metrics
• Align teams when trade‑offs arise between cost, schedule, performance, and risk.  Develops and manages the risk register with mitigation action

Risk, EHS & Compliance

• Promote and drive GEV’s Safety Toolkit on project teams, partners, and subcontractors, placing health and safety above all other priorities, even under pressure. Develop and maintain the Risk & Opportunity Register, including mitigation actions
• Utilize multiple internal and external inputs to support sound, risk‑based decision making

Technical, Functional & Thought Leadership

• Develop deep expertise within project execution and/or technical discipline, serving as a subject matter expert where applicable
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and drive best practices to improve products, processes, or services

Operational & Manufacturing Problem Solving

• Lead teams to develop creative solutions within complex manufacturing, engineering, or production environments
• Employ advanced operational, engineering, and product management techniques across interdependent workstreams
• Collaborate closely with partnering functions to resolve cross‑functional issues and execution constraints

Team Leadership & Matrix Management

• Provide direct or indirect leadership of project teams and resources with moderate to high complexity, risk, and scale
• Support Functional Project Managers with escalations across functions, customers, and partners
• Present project, business, or technical solutions to internal and external senior leadership teams
• Influence without authority in a matrix organization to drive unified execution

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 8 years of Project Management experience within Energy, Construction, or large capital project environments
• Flexibility to travel occasionally to customer sites and other locations to support project execution up to 25-30% of the time.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience and demonstrated understanding of large capital project execution costs and estimates. 
• Certified Project Management Professional
• Field experience, Project Management, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple phased projects simultaneously and independently. 
• Demonstrated strong customer focus and the ability to foster strong relationships; Experience working with and influencing senior level leaders. Demonstrated strategic thinking, problem solving, business and financial acumen.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated presentation skills and ability to succinctly communicate complex messages. 
• An inclusive style and strong interpersonal and leaderships skills at all levels to gain acceptance and buy in from other matrix functions to accomplish goals. 
• Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions, manage conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment and effectively interface at all organizational levels
• Experience applying data and lean tools and technologies for strategic, operational and project efficiencies

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