Technical R&D Project Manager - FACTS (NPI)

AL7924 Grid Solutions Oy; Tampere; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GE VERNOVA Grid Solutions in Tampere, Finland seeks an experienced Technical R&D Project Manager to lead NPI programs for FACTS/STATCOM solutions. You will drive cross-functional teams across power electronics, control systems, and software interfaces from concept to delivery.

The role emphasizes program leadership, scope and schedule control, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement using tools like JIRA and Confluence.

Qualifications

• Experience managing R&D projects in power electronics or high-voltage sectors.
• Strong leadership of international, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Solid understanding of power systems and product development lifecycles.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Asset: cybersecurity experience for industrial systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage full lifecycle of complex R&D and NPI programs.
• Maintain control over scope, costs, and schedules.
• Navigate global cross-functional stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership in power electronics and control systems.
• Apply R&D processes and PM tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
• Prioritize projects with customer value and long-term business goals.

Skills

Power electronics

Control systems

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Job Description Summary

Job Description: Technical R&D Project Manager – FACTS (NPI) Location: Tampere, Finland Reporting to: Global FACTS NPI Leader Role Summary We are seeking an experienced Technical R&D Project Manager to join our global FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) New Product Introduction (NPI) team. Based in our Tampere Solution Line office, you will lead high-impact NPI and New Technology Introduction (NTI) programs for our industry-leading STATCOM solutions. At GE VERNOVA, we deliver high-power (>100MVAr) reactive power compensation and stability solutions that are critical to the global energy transition. You will manage complex, cutting-edge technology projects that directly enable a decarbonized and electrified world. While your primary focus is project execution, you will also act as a technical partner, contributing to the innovations generated by your project teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Leadership: Manage the full lifecycle of complex, large-scale R&D and NPI programs from initiation to delivery.
• Operational Excellence: Maintain rigorous control over project scope, costs, and schedules.
• Stakeholder Management: Effectively navigate a global, cross-functional, and multi-located team environment, ensuring alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
• Innovation & Technical Oversight: Proactively contribute to the development of power electronics and control systems; provide technical leadership to drive creative solutions.
• Continuous Improvement: Utilize established R&D processes, problem-solving methodologies, and project management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Imagine 2).
• Strategic Prioritization: Balance competing project demands with a clear focus on customer value and long-term business objectives.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: Has a track record in managing R&D projects, preferably within power electronics, control systems, or high-voltage transmission sectors. Proven experience working with power electronics devices and preferable some RD project management experience already gained.
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead large, multi-disciplinary, international teams with a strong emphasis on influence and consensus-building.
• Technical Literacy: Solid understanding of power systems, control platforms, and product development lifecycles.
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English; ability to present complex technical topics to diverse stakeholders.
• Asset: Previous experience or certification in cybersecurity protocols for industrial systems.
• Technology domain knowledge: Have a good understanding of power electronics, complex technical MMC products, Valves, STATCOMs , HVDC or other IGBT based products.
• Desired Personal Attributes:
  • Impactful Leadership: A "personality that ignites"—someone who energizes their team and maintains a positive, growth-oriented environment.
  • Adaptive Mindset: Curious, creative, and open-minded when facing technical or process-related challenges.
  • Mission-Driven: A genuine passion for grid modernization and the global transition to sustainable energy.

About us

GE VERNOVA is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE VERNOVA delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry. GE VERNOVA Grid Solutions, is serving customers globally with over 20,000 employees in approximately 80 countries. Grid Solutions helps enable utilities and industry to effectively manage electricity from the point of generation to the point of consumption, helping to maximize the reliability, efficiency and resiliency of the grid. https://www.gevernova.com/electrification/ In Finland, Grid Solutions is engineering and manufacturing products and systems for reactive power compensation and harmonic filtering in the Tampere factory and selling and marketing new equipment and solutions for power transmission. Our business is growing rapidly and 95% of the products manufactured in Tampere factory are exported globally.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help 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. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com