HVS Project Management Leader

GE Vernova; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Management Leader for Power Transmission. This strategic role leads the PMO, risk management, and contract management across the PT Switchgears portfolio, providing governance, oversight, and dotted-line leadership to a community of Project Managers.

You will drive PMO framework development, portfolio governance, and cross-site collaboration with manufacturing, finance, and legal teams to ensure milestone adherence and optimized margins.

Qualifications

• Experience establishing and leading the PMO framework for a product line.
• Ability to monitor portfolio health and provide executive visibility.
• Experience in risk management and contract negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Establish, lead, and improve the PMO framework for the PT Switchgears product line.
• Oversee governance, processes, and customer engagement across factories and stakeholders.
• Ensure coordination between PM team and manufacturing operations to reflect real production capabilities.
• Monitor portfolio health, milestones, and KPIs for executive leadership.
• Drive PM tools, templates, and methodologies deployment.
• Lead financial and operational targets for the portfolio (Sales, Cost, Margin).
• Drive working capital improvements and FAT sign-offs to speed billing.
• Oversee risk & opportunities reviews and mitigation actions.
• Enforce DOA-compliant decisions and major project oversight.
• Coach PMs and contract administrators; manage key negotiations and escalations.

Skills

PMO leadership

Portfolio governance

Risk management

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Senior Project Management Leader for Power Transmission is responsible for leading, developing, and governing the project management function across the PT Switchgears Product line portfolio.

This strategic leadership role acts as the Product Line hub for PMO, Risk Management, and Contract Management, providing robust oversight, governance, and dotted-line leadership to a community of Project Managers.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

PMO & Portfolio Governance

• Establish, lead, and continuously improve the PMO framework for the PT Switchgears product line, ensuring alignment with central and regional business objectives and the Business Line PMO team.


• Oversee execution governance, standardized processes, and consistent customer engagement across multiple factories, sites, and internal/external stakeholders.


• Ensure close operational interfacing between the Project Management team and manufacturing operations, ensuring that project milestones accurately reflect real production and assembly capabilities.


• Monitor portfolio health, milestones, and performance indicators, providing clear visibility to executive leadership.


• Drive project management transformation initiatives, ensuring the successful deployment of PM tools, templates, and methodologies.

Financials & Operational Working Capital

• Accountable for portfolio-level financial and operational targets, including Sales, Cost, Margin, and Margin Deviations.


• Optimize operational working capital by driving the reduction of Work-in-Progress (WIP), managing project-related inventory, and accelerating Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) sign-offs to trigger timely billing.


• Drive strict cash performance by overseeing billing (internal/external), collection, past dues, retentions, and bond/guarantee management from project kick-off to close-out.


• Ensure financial, commercial, and operational decisions adhere strictly to the Delegation of Authority (DOA).


• Take direct charge of major or strategic projects when necessary to secure delivery times and gross margins.

Risk & Opportunity Management

• Ensure regular, structured assessment of Risks & Opportunities (R&O) across the portfolio.


• Drive the definition, implementation, and follow-up of robust mitigation and action plans to counter potential overruns, liquidated damages (LDs), and execution issues.


• Lead and/or oversee High and Medium Risk Project Reviews, including transfer meetings (ITO to OTR) and structured Lessons Learned / Return on Experience sessions.

Contract Management & Complex Negotiations

• Enforce rigorous Contract Management processes toward customers, partners, and suppliers in coordination with Legal and Central teams.


• Support and mentor Project Managers in preparing and negotiating major Variation Orders (VOs), claims (ACT Management), and complex commercial disputes.


• Intervene directly in critical crisis situations, leading customer-facing recovery actions and high-stakes negotiations.

Operational Execution & Supply Chain Interface

• Load & Capacity Planning: Work closely with plant managers and operations planning to anticipate bottlenecks, secure critical material and electrical component supplies, and smooth out manufacturing load.


• Industrial Milestone Management: Validate critical manufacturing milestones-from Technical Design Reviews to Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)-by coordinating engineering, quality, and production teams.


• Non-Conformance & Quality Resolution: Coordinate rapid corrective actions for factory-floor or on-site quality issues, minimizing impact on project delivery schedules and gross margins.

PM Community & People Development

• Lead, coach, and develop the regional/product line PM team and Contract Administrators, setting clear performance standards aligned with the GE Performance Management cycle.


• Provide dotted-line coaching and functional guidance to factory and regional PMs, strengthening overall competencies and ensuring the right allocation of PMs based on project complexity.


• EHS Leadership: Demonstrate visible EHS leadership, drive the Zero Deviation Plan, promote hazard identification, and ensure a safe working environment for all teams-both in offices and across factory/site operations.


• For roles outside of the USA- This role requires significant experience in the Project Management & Operations Leadership. Knowledge level is comparable to a Master's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with