Engineering Manager - GridOS Connect

AL7583 GE Power Norway AS; Oslo fylke; Presencial; NOK 1.400.000 - 2.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

GE Vernova in Oslo is seeking an Engineering Manager for the GridOS Connect team to lead a group of backend and platform engineers. You will enable high performance, support career growth, and ensure delivery on a regular release cadence in a people-first leadership role.

You will partner with Product Owner and Architect, own hiring and onboarding, align roadmaps, and promote AI-assisted development tools while strengthening architectural decisions across the Connect product portfolio.

Formación

• Substantial software engineering background with distributed systems experience.
• Formal engineering or technical degree is advantageous.
• Proven people management or team leadership with ownership of outcomes.
• Delivery management experience and familiarity with Agile/Scrum.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and develop your team — line manage engineers across backend and platform disciplines; run regular one-to-ones, set growth goals, support promotions and skill development, and foster a high-performing culture.
• Own hiring, onboarding — lead hiring interviews, design effective onboarding for new joiners, conduct performance reviews in line with HR guidance.
• Drive delivery and release confidence — ensure the team delivers on the two-sprint monthly release cadence and coordinate cross-team dependencies to remove blockers.
• Manage capacity and risk — track team capacity, plan for leave, flag resource risks early, adapt planning with evolving AI-assisted tools.
• Serve as the interface between engineering and product — align with Product Owner/Manager on roadmaps and backlog prioritisation; represent the team to service delivery and product leadership.
• Champion engineering excellence — promote adoption of AI-assisted development tooling and guide architectural decisions affecting the Connect product portfolio.

Conocimientos

People leadership

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Agile/Scrum

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Engineering degree

Herramientas

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Descripción del empleo

Job Description Summary

The energy transition runs on software, and GridOS Connect is one of the products at the centre of it. As Engineering Manager for the GridOS Connect team in Oslo, you will lead a team of around 10–11 backend and platform engineers delivering one of GE Vernova's flagship grid software products. Your primary focus is enabling your team: building the conditions for high performance, supporting career growth, and ensuring the team delivers with quality and predictability on a regular release cadence. This is a people-first leadership role that sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and delivery. You will work closely with the Product Architect, Product Owner, and senior technical leads, and as the organisation evolves, you will grow into broader product responsibilities over time.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

Lead and develop your team — line manage approximately 10–11 engineers across backend and platform disciplines; run regular one-to-ones, set clear growth goals, support promotions and skill development, and foster a psychologically safe, high-performing team culture aligned with GE Vernova values. Own hiring, performance, and onboarding — lead hiring interviews for the Connect team, design effective onboarding for new joiners, conduct performance reviews in line with HR guidance, and manage performance constructively where needed. Drive delivery and release confidence — ensure the team delivers consistently on the two-sprint monthly release cadence; facilitate cross-team coordination based on feature scope or technical span; identify and resolve dependencies proactively and remove organisational blockers before they become delivery risks. Manage capacity and risk — track team capacity, plan for leave and absence impacts, flag resource risks early, and adapt planning as AI (Artificial Intelligence)-assisted development tools change productivity baselines across the team. Serve as the interface between engineering and product — work closely with the Product Owner and Product Manager on roadmap alignment and backlog prioritisation; represent the Connect team to service delivery, other site engineering managers, and product leadership; and be capable of driving product direction conversations independently when product ownership capacity is limited. Champion engineering excellence — promote adoption of AI-assisted development tooling within the team and partner with senior technical leads and the Product Architect on architectural decisions that affect the Connect product portfolio.

About You

You are an engineering leader who understands that your impact is measured through the people you enable, not the code you write. You bring enough technical depth to hold credible conversations with senior engineers, combined with the delivery discipline to keep a complex product team moving forward. Required Relevant experience in software engineering — ideally in distributed systems, integration platforms, or enterprise SaaS (Software as a Service) environments; a formal degree in a relevant engineering or technical discipline is advantageous, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements. Relevant people management or team lead experience — formal or informal — with demonstrated ownership of team outcomes. Solid engineering foundation, sufficient to engage credibly with senior engineers on technical decisions without being a bottleneck. Delivery management experience — familiarity with Agile/Scrum, sprint planning, release management, and backlog management. Clear communication skills across engineering, product, and business stakeholder groups. Comfort working cross-functionally with Product Owners, Architects, QA (Quality Assurance), SRE (Site Reliability Engineering), and external Product Managers. Preferred Experience with integration platforms, messaging systems, or data flow products. Product management or product ownership capability — ability to translate business needs into engineering priorities independently. Familiarity with cloud-native, Kubernetes-based architectures and modern SRE practices. Experience working in a multi-site, globally distributed engineering organisation. Background in energy, utilities, or grid technology domains. Exposure to AI-assisted development tools and their implications for engineering team capacity planning.

Why GE Vernova

GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In Oslo, you will be part of a technically engaged, autonomous engineering team working on technology that directly supports the global energy transition. We provide varied, competitive benefits designed to reward high performers and help you manage your personal and family needs. GE Vernova invests in your continued on-the-job learning and development, and provides a clear path for career growth within a global organisation. 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