Senior Sales Manager

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4 Locations
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Energy • Manufacturing • Solar • Renewable Energy
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
Lead complex, long-cycle sales for global onshore wind and renewable energy infrastructure projects. Develop bid strategies, structure deals, manage executive customer relationships, and coordinate technical, commercial, legal, finance, engineering, and supply chain teams. Translate wind turbine, grid connection, execution, and service capabilities into customer-focused proposals while guiding negotiations through contract signing, project execution, and services. Monitor market trends, competitive positioning, and customer decision criteria to identify growth and cross-selling opportunities.
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Job Description SummaryThe Senior Sales Leader for Onshore Wind is a pivotal role responsible for developing the bid strategy, deal structuring and managing client relationships for wind projects of global importance. In this role, you will navigate complex, long-cycle sales processes, acting as the sales lead for high-value infrastructure projects. You will orchestrate internal cross-functional teams and engage with a diverse mix of local and international customers to deliver integrated renewable energy solutions that meet the evolving needs of the energy transition.Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

  • Lead the sales lifecycle for complex, long-cycle wind projects, from initial opportunity screening to securing preferred status, and then continue to maintain a strong working relationship with the customer through contract signing, project execution and into the services phase.
  • Build and sustain deep relationships with decision-makers across the customer’s organisation. Coordinate engagement strategies that span local and international stakeholders.
  • Translate technical wind turbine performance, grid connection capability, project execution and service capabilities into winning, customer-centric value propositions.
  • Work in a matrix organisation to lead proposal structuring, including technical solutions and value/pricing strategy
  • Act as the "voice of the customer" within the organization, influencing functional teams (Commercial, Legal, Engineering, Finance, and Supply Chain) to ensure a mutually beneficial commercial outcome.
  • Provide insights into market trends, competitive positioning, and economic decision-making criteria.

Qualifications, Requirements & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline. A postgraduate business qualification (MBA or equivalent) is highly desirable.
  • 7+ years of sales, commercial, or business development experience within the Renewable Energy, Power Generation, or large-scale infrastructure sectors.
  • Demonstrated track record of successfully managing long-cycle, high-value infrastructure sales
  • Exceptional ability to communicate complex concepts and negotiate at senior stakeholder levels, both locally and internationally.
  • Proven experience working effectively within a global matrixed organization.

Desired Characteristics

  • Ability to listen to and distill customer needs, and articulate these to internal stakeholders
  • Ability to evaluate conflicting data sources and translate complex business challenges into actionable, creative solutions.
  • Demonstrated success in developing account strategies that identify future growth and cross-selling opportunities across the broader GE Vernova portfolio.
  • Unwavering commitment to GE Vernova’s high ethical standards and a results-oriented mindset.
  • Strong grasp of both the technical (wind technology/grid integration) and commercial aspects of renewable energy projects.



Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
  • 7+ years of sales, commercial, or business development experience in renewable energy, power generation, or large-scale infrastructure
  • Track record managing long-cycle, high-value infrastructure sales
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts and negotiate with senior stakeholders locally and internationally
  • Experience working effectively within a global matrixed organization
  • Postgraduate business qualification such as an MBA
  • Strong understanding of wind technology, grid integration, and commercial aspects of renewable energy projects

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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