HVDC Portfolio Technical Director - APAC

GE VERNOVA; Dadri; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

GE Vernova’s HVDC portfolio seeks a seasoned Technical Director to provide overarching technical strategy and leadership for APAC, ensuring on-time delivery and robust engineering execution from design to site commissioning.

The role requires deep HVDC expertise, program leadership across multiple streams, and strong stakeholder management across regional teams and customers. Willingness to travel and collaborate within a global framework is essential.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of extensive HVDC engineering experience across various disciplines.
• Proven experience working as Project Engineer Director or similar role, leading and managing complex project portfolios.
• Good understanding of all technical disciplines and their role in the HVDC solution. Expertise in system integration, requirements management, and technical interface management. Commissioning experience is an added advantage.
• Strong understanding of the APAC HVDC market landscape and ability to navigate regional stakeholder environments.
• Exceptional influencing and relationship-building skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical messages succinctly.
• Willingness to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the key technical interface for the APAC region, coordinating with GSI teams and regional customers.
• Define and establish technical strategies with the HVDC PDG and align with NTI teams to market demand and roadmaps.
• Direct and integrate activities across multiple technical workstreams to meet APAC project goals.
• Champion Return of Experience (REX) to improve design standards based on regional lessons learned.
• Monitor engineering activities for consistency with objectives and coordinate schedules for HVDC portfolio in APAC.
• Oversee site-based technical activities and provide guidance to field engineering and C&C teams; escalate commissioning issues.
• Act as the technical lead for commissioning challenges to ensure successful project execution and handover.

Skills

HVDC engineering

Project leadership

System integration

Requirements management

Technical interface management

Commissioning experience

APAC market knowledge

Influencing skills

Travel willingness

Job description

Job Description Summary

The HVDC Portfolio Technical Director (PTD) provides the overarching technical strategy, leadership, and integrated direction for the HVDC project portfolio, with a dedicated focus on the APAC region. The PTD is accountable for the quality, coordination for on-time delivery, competitiveness, and technical robustness of the HVDC solution. This role serves as the primary technical interface for customers and internal GSI teams, ensuring that engineering execution—from design through to site commissioning is cohesive, effective, and compliant with all requirements across the region.

Job Description

Regional Technical Strategy & Integration

• Serve as the key technical interface for the APAC region, working closely with GSI internal teams and representing the technical solution to regional customers.
• Define and establish technical strategies in collaboration with the HVDC PDG. Work in close partnership with the PDG NPI and NTI teams to ensure region technical strategies and market demand are aligned with product roadmaps.
• Direct and integrate activities across multiple technical workstreams, ensuring the solutions meet APAC project goals and strategic plans.
• Champion of "Return of Experience" (REX) to translate regional site-based lessons learned into improved design standards.
• Ensure all APAC engineering activities remain consistent with operating objectives.
• Lead the coordination and engineering schedules review for the HVDC portfolio in APAC with PDG, GEC team, ensuring timelines are realistic and milestones are achieved.
• Close monitor of software (SW) delivery and manage the effectiveness of design implementation.
• Verifying design consistency against contract requirements across the portfolio.
• Proactively identify, monitor, and mitigate technical risks and opportunities.

Engineering Schedule & Delivery Oversight

Project Execution

• Review engineering schedules in close collaboration with PEDs and PEMs to ensure that technical milestones support commissioning timelines and contract requirements.
• Oversee site-based technical activities, providing guidance to field engineering, C&C teams and acting as the final point of escalation for complex commissioning issues.
• Act as the technical lead for commissioning-related challenges. Facilitate the effective, timely resolution of technical issues encountered during site activities to ensure successful project execution and handover.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of extensive HVDC engineering experience across various disciplines.
• Proven experience working as Project Engineer Director or similar role, expertise in leading and managing complex project portfolios
• With a good understanding of all technical disciplines and their part in the overall HVDC solution. Demonstrated expertise in system integration, requirements management, and technical interface management. Commissioning experience is an added advantage.
• Strong understanding of the APAC HVDC market landscape. Ability to navigate complex regional stakeholder environments and drive alignment between global standards and local site requirements.
• Exceptional influencing and relationship-building skills. Ability to communicate complex technical messages succinctly. Proven track record of accountability and decision-making in fast-paced environments.
• High level of cultural competence, sensitivity, and the willingness to travel as required.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided

Yes

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.