Lean and Quality Operations Leader

GE Vernova, Inc.; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 92,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Professional development

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Lean & Quality Operations Leader to partner with the Lean and Quality Team and operationalize the strategic vision across the organization.

This role will maintain team cadence, drive standard work, and build cross-functional relationships to deploy the GE Vernova Operating Method. The role emphasizes kaizen facilitation, project management, and operational excellence reporting, with travel up to 20-30%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5-7 years of lean, project management, quality, and KPI management experience.
• Strong operations background: manufacturing, logistics, materials, fulfillment, etc.
• Prior leadership or influencing role.
• Strong business acumen with cross-functional experience.
• Clear, concise communicator across all levels, including executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead operating cadences and drive weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual meeting rhythms with agenda design and follow-up.
• Track and report KPIs; develop action plans to address gaps and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to standardize shared processes for consistency and scalability.
• Act as a change agent; plan and support adoption of new processes, tools, and behaviors; ensure readiness and engagement.

Skills

Lean management

Project management

Quality management

KPI management

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Description Summary

The GE Vernova Lean & Quality Operations Leader will serve as a key accountability partner to the Lean and Quality Team. This leader will proactively work to help operationalize the strategic vision for Lean & Quality across the entire organization. This leader will be responsible for maintaining, facilitating, and continually improving the Lean and Quality team cadence and standard work. They will also work to drive synergies with other GE Vernova functions, building cross-functional relationships that support deployment of the GE Vernova Operating Method and alignment with enterprise Quality priorities.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead operating cadences Lead the development and execution of the team's weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual meeting rhythms, including agenda design, content coordination, and follow-up on action items.
• Track and report key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure team effectiveness and progress against goals. Support the development and execution of action plans to address gaps and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to standardize shared processes, ensuring consistency and scalability.
• Act as a change agent by planning, communicating, and supporting the adoption of new processes, tools, and behaviors. Ensure team readiness and engagement through clear communication, training, and feedback loops.

Lean Operating Method Deployment

• Facilitate and maintain the monthly Community of Practice call and its content, which is a network of Lean leaders that share good practices to accelerate performance improvements in SQDC.
• Support the development of new Lean tools as the Business system develops. Maintain updates to existing content and track revision changes as needed.
• Manage content on the Lean Watt Page, ensuring relevant content is shared across the GE Vernova organization, providing visibility and information pertaining to the Lean Operating Method, company-wide Lean events, and Lean and Quality resources.

Kaizen Facilitation and Project Management

• Own the end-to-end planning, logistics, and reporting for all corporate Kaizen events, with a focus on driving impactful outcomes across the enterprise.
• Support ad hoc kaizen facilitation across functions and businesses at various levels of the organization, as needed. This could include partnering with other corporate functions as a Lean Leader, facilitating strategy planning events, and more.
• Provide Operational Excellence reporting support and coordinate Lean inputs into consolidated enterprise reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.
• 5-7 years of experience with lean, project management, quality, and KPI management. Strong operations background: Manufacturing, Logistics, Materials, Fulfillment, etc.
• Prior leadership role or leadership experience in an influencing role.
• Strong business acumen and cross-functional experience and awareness.
• Clear, concise, and effective communicator across all levels of the organization, including executives.
• Strong alignment with GE Vernova culture and values: Innovation, Customers, Lean, One team, and Accountability.
• Comfortable working in a matrixed environment, influencing and motivating diverse teams to achieve a unified goal.

Desired Characteristics

• Problem-solver who proactively identifies problems, works collaboratively to find solutions, and develops and executes action plans to drive impact across an organization.
• Prior leadership program experience, such as OMLP, DTLP, FMP, CAS/LTT, Lean Leadership Programs.
• Strong project management and process improvement skills.
• Balances innovation with standard work rigor.
• Ability to travel 20-30%

*Sponsorship not supported

Additional Information

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $122,600.00 and $204,400.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on October 20, 2026.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and pres