Senior Director, Total Rewards, Wind Segment m/f

GE Vernova; Remote; GBP 126,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global energy company is seeking a Total Rewards Leader for the Wind Segment. This pivotal role entails shaping and executing global compensation and reward strategies while serving as a strategic advisor to senior leadership. The role involves extensive collaboration with HR, Finance, and Business teams to align reward strategies with business objectives. The ideal candidate should possess significant experience in global Total Rewards leadership, particularly in executive compensation and stakeholder engagement, ensuring competitive and fair compensation practices that support organizational goals.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Comprehensive medical benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Retirement savings plan

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in global Total Rewards leadership roles across complex organizations.
• Proven expertise in executive compensation and governance.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to execute impactful reward strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Total Rewards agenda across the Wind Segment.
• Drive harmonization of compensation and benefits programs.
• Collaborate with Finance and Legal to align pay philosophy.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Executive compensation

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Change management

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Total Rewards Leader for the Wind Segment plays a critical leadership role in shaping, governing, and executing global compensation and total rewards strategies across one of three major business segment of GE Vernova. This leader will serve as a strategic advisor to the Wind Senior HR and ELT Leadership Teams and the Global Total Rewards COE, driving a unified rewards philosophy that accelerates transformation, talent growth, and organizational performance.

This role demands a balance of strategic vision, operational excellence, and external insight to craft competitive, equitable, and sustainable reward solutions. The role partners closely with Wind Segment Finance, HR, and Business leadership to ensure reward strategies align with business priorities, M&A integration imperatives, and financial performance objectives.

This position reports to the Global Head of Total Rewards, with a strong matrix partnership to the segment HR and business leadership teams.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Total Rewards agenda across the Wind Segment, shaping and executing a cohesive compensation strategy aligned with the company’s transformation, growth, and digitalization goals.
• Serve as a key member and trusted advisor to Wind HR Senior Leadership team.
• Serve as a key member of the Total Rewards Senior Leadership Team, partnering with the Corporate Total Rewards COE to shape enterprise‑level program design, ensure consistent policy governance, and drive effective deployment within the segment.
• Lead annual and off‑cycle compensation planning across all levels (budgeting, merit, incentives, and promotions), ensuring fairness, transparency, and alignment to business outcomes, while overseeing executive compensation for the segment in partnership with the Corporate Executive Compensation team.
• Drive harmonization and standardization of compensation and benefits programs across the Wind Segment, including during M&A and portfolio integration activities, ensuring consistent and competitive practices aligned with enterprise‑level principles.
• Lead external benchmarking, market intelligence, and workforce analytics to guide proactive talent and compensation decisions.
• Monitor global and regional regulatory trends, adapting programs to maintain compliance and competitiveness across multiple geographies.
• Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing Total Rewards team supporting the segment; coach and mentor TR professionals to strengthen technical, analytical, and consultative capabilities.
• Drive capability‑building across HRBPs and business leaders to strengthen rewards acumen and decision‑making.
• Collaborate across HR, Finance, and Legal to align pay philosophy, internal equity, and external competitiveness, and to design compliant, risk‑managed, and financially sustainable total rewards programs.
• Support communication and change management for total rewards initiatives, ensuring transparency and employee understanding globally.
• Flexible location EU /Americas

Qualifications

• Extensive progressive experience in global Total Rewards leadership roles across complex, matrixed, and multinational organizations.
• Proven expertise in executive compensation, global mobility, M&A integration, and compensation governance.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate business priorities into impactful reward strategies.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, and change leadership skills.
• Experience leading distributed teams and partnering across regions and functions.

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $170,000 to $350,000 USD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Directeur(trice) Senior, Rémunération Globale – Segment Éolien

Résumé du poste

Le(la) Responsable de la Rémunération Globale pour le Segment Éolien joue un rôle stratégique essentiel dans la définition, la gouvernance et l’exécution des stratégies mondiales de rémunération et de total rewards pour l’un des principaux segments de GE Vernova. Ce(tte) leader agit en tant que conseiller(ère) stratégique auprès des équipes RH senior du segment Éolien ainsi qu’auprès du Centre d’Excellence (COE) Global Total Rewards, afin de promouvoir une philosophie de rémunération unifiée qui accélère la transformation, soutient la croissance des talents et renforce la performance organisationnelle.

Ce rôle exige un équilibre entre vision stratégique, excellence opérationnelle et connaissance pointue des tendances externes, afin de concevoir des solutions de rémunération compétitives, équitables et durables. Le poste requiert une collaboration étroite avec les équipes Finance, RH et Direction du Segment Éolien, afin d’assurer l’alignement des stratégies de rémunération sur les priorités business, les impératifs d’intégration post‑acquisition et les objectifs de performance financière.

Le poste relève du Responsable Mondial de la Rémunération Globale, avec un partenariat matriciel fort avec les équipes de direction RH et business du segment.

Description du poste

• Diriger l’agenda Total Rewards pour le Segment Éolien, en concevant et déployant une stratégie de rémunération cohérente et alignée sur la transformation, la croissance et les ambitions de digitalisation de l’entreprise.
• Agir en tant que conseiller(ère) de confiance auprès de l’équipe RH senior du segment Éolien.
• Être un membre clé de l’équipe de direction Total Rewards, en partenariat avec le COE Corporate Total Rewards pour définir la conception des programmes à l’échelle de l’entreprise, assurer une gouvernance cohérente des politiques et garantir un déploiement efficace au sein du segment.
• Diriger les cycles annuels et hors‑cycle de rémunération pour tous les niveaux (budgets, augmentations, primes et promotions), en veillant à l’équité, la transparence et l’alignement sur les résultats business, tout en supervisant la rémunération des dirigeants en collaboration avec l’équipe Corporate Executive Compensation.
• Piloter l’harmonisation et la standardisation des programmes de rémunération et d’avantages sociaux dans l’ensemble du Segment Éolien, y compris lors d’opérations de fusion‑acquisition, pour assurer des pratiques cohérentes, compétitives et alignées sur les principes d’entreprise.
• Diriger les activités d’analyse externe, d’études de marché et d’analytique workforce afin d’éclairer les décisions proactives en matière de talents et de rémunération.
• Surveiller les évolutions réglementaires mondiales et régionales et adapter les programmes pour maintenir conformité et compétitivité dans les différents pays.
• Constituer, diriger et développer une équipe Total Rewards performante au service du segment ; encadrer et accompagner les professionnels TR pour renforcer leurs compétences techniques, analytiques et consultatives.
• Renforcer les compétences des HRBPs et des leaders business en matière de décisions liées à la rémunération.
• Collaborer avec les équipes RH, Finance et Juridique pour garantir l’alignement entre la philosophie salariale, l’équité interne, la compétitivité externe et la conformité, tout en assurant la durabilité financière des programmes.
• Soutenir la communication et la conduite du changement pour les initiatives Total Rewards, en assurant transparence, cohérence et compréhension des employés au niveau mondial.

Qualifications

• Expérience significative et progressive dans des fonctions de direction Total Rewards au sein d’organisations complexes, matricielles et multinationales.
• Expertise avérée en rémunération des dirigeants, mobilité internationale, intégration post‑acquisition et gouvernance de rémunération.
• Vision stratégique avec capacité à traduire les priorités business en stratégies de rémunération impactantes.
• Excellentes compétences en gestion des parties prenantes, influence et conduite du changement.
• Expérience avérée dans la direction d’équipes distribuées et la collaboration avec des acteurs multiples à travers régions et fonctions.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) . 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: Yes

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position only:

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on January 06, 2026.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity Executive Services. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off, and the Restoration Plan, a nonqualified plan with company credits on eligible pay above IRS limits.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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.