Program Manager

ID1019 GE Vernova Electrification Software UK Limited; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova's Grid Software division is seeking a collaborative Program Manager to serve as the main delivery contact for utility customers. You will convert commitments into clear plans, manage scope, budgets and schedules, and guide complex software deliveries from initiation to handover.

You will work with software, engineering, product and commercial partners, apply Lean, Agile, or Waterfall methods as appropriate, and ensure successful customer outcomes while maintaining rigorous risk and

Qualifications

• Experience managing customer-facing software, technology or systems integration projects.
• Experience managing scope, schedules, finances, risks, change control and executive reporting.
• Experience with cross-functional teams and stakeholders through complex delivery situations.
• Working knowledge of Agile, Scrum, hybrid and Waterfall approaches.
• Clear communication with technical, commercial and executive audiences, including director-level customers.

Responsibilities

• Act as the main delivery contact for customers.
• Set expectations, share updates early and link decisions to customer outcomes.
• Define scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria.
• Manage changes through documented impact review and approval.
• Build and maintain integrated schedules, spot variances early and guide recovery actions.
• Manage cost, margin, forecast accuracy, cash flow and billing readiness.
• Work with commercial and account teams to find ways to expand customer value.
• Keep a current log of risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies (RAID log).
• Escalate with facts, options and recommendations.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, clarify who is accountable and bring commitments to completion.
• Apply Lean, Agile or traditional methods to suit each project, and share lessons learned with colleagues.

Skills

Customer-facing software projects

Scope & scheduling

Finances & reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile & Waterfall knowledge

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant subject

Job description

Job Description Summary

Help utility customers get dependable software into the control rooms that keep power flowing. As a Program Manager in GE Vernova's Grid Software business, you are the main delivery contact for customers. You turn commitments into clear plans and measurable results, from project start through customer acceptance and handover. You work alongside software, engineering, product, quality, cybersecurity, finance, commercial and partner colleagues to deliver for customers.

Job Description Responsibilities

• Act as the main delivery contact for customers.
• Set expectations, share updates early and link decisions to customer outcomes.
• Define scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria.
• Manage changes through documented impact review and approval.
• Build and maintain integrated schedules, spot variances early and guide recovery actions.
• Manage cost, margin, forecast accuracy, cash flow and billing readiness.
• Work with commercial and account teams to find ways to expand customer value.
• Keep a current log of risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies (RAID log).
• Escalate with facts, options and recommendations.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, clarify who is accountable and bring commitments to completion.
• Apply Lean, Agile or traditional methods to suit each project, and share lessons learned with colleagues.

About You

You are a collaborative program manager who builds trust with customers and colleagues, and you enjoy guiding complex software projects to a successful handover.

Required

Major experience managing customer-facing software, technology or systems integration projects. Experience managing scope, schedules, finances, risks, change control and executive reporting. Experience working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders through complex delivery situations. Working knowledge of Agile, Scrum, hybrid and Waterfall (step-by-step) approaches. Clear communication with technical, commercial and executive audiences, including director-level customers.

Preferred

• Experience delivering electric utility software, such as SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), energy management or outage management systems.
• PMP (Project Management Professional), PMI-ACP (Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner) or Certified ScrumMaster certification.
• Experience with global, distributed teams and implementation partners.

Education

A formal education and subsequent Bachelor or Master's degree in a relevant subject is nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements.

Why GE Vernova

GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. We offer a competitive benefits package, based on your employment status and national requirements, that supports you and your family. Our programs support the way you live and work today. You also have a path for continued on-the-job learning and career development.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Candidates should be aware that this role involves a client's critical infrastructure; shortlisted candidates would therefore be subject to heightened security checks as directed by our clients. All personal data will be handled with the utmost confidentiality and in accordance with our data protection policies, solely for recruitment and security purposes.

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