Regional Contract Manager – LAM – Energy Projects

GE Vernova, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. seeks a Contracts and Commercial Risk professional to lead contract negotiations, manage risk, and ensure compliance across the deal lifecycle. You will support bids, strengthen governance, and analyze contracts to align with customer needs.

Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating T&Cs, NDAs, and consortium agreements, coordinating with Tax, Legal, Finance, and Operations, and driving mitigation strategies on complex projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Legal, Engineering or related field with commercial operations and contract management experience.
• Proven ability to lead and close T&Cs negotiations during ITO/Pre-Award phase with cross-functional review.
• Strong collaboration with Sales to develop competitive, risk-balanced proposals and clear communication.
• English fluent; Spanish/Portuguese advantageous; remote work within the region may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate customer and partner contractual documents, including T&Cs and NDAs.
• Assess, manage, and document commercial risks to maintain GE risk profile using available tools.
• Lead contract structuring and commercial models with Tax, Legal, Finance, and Operations.
• Own and strengthen commercial operations, risk governance, and KPI-driven actions.
• Support sales and ITO in developing proposals, identifying risks/opportunities, and mitigation.
• Provide end-to-end contractual support for large projects, including start-up, subcontracts, and claims.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

English fluency

Portuguese beneficial

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/Legal/Engineering

Tools

Salesforce

Risk Assessment Matrix

Job description

Job Description Summary

This role leads contract negotiations, manages commercial risk, and ensures compliance across the deal lifecycle. It supports proposals and negotiations, strengthens operational rigor, and analyzes contracts to improve performance, reduce risk, and align with customer needs.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate customer and partner contractual documents, including T&Cs, NDAs, consortium agreements, and related declarations.
• Assess, manage, and document commercial risks to maintain an acceptable GE risk profile, using tools such as Risk Assessment Matrix and Salesforce.
• Lead contract structuring and industrial/commercial models in coordination with cross-functional stakeholders including Tax, Legal, Finance, Controllers, Operations, and EHS.
• Own and strengthen commercial operations and risk governance processes in ITO, ensuring compliance with policies, consistent use of tools, metrics, and agreed actions.
• Support sales and ITO teams in developing winning proposals, improving KPIs, identifying risks/opportunities, and driving mitigation strategies and change management initiatives.
• Provide end-to-end contractual support for large and complex projects, including execution start-up, subcontractor flow-downs, claims, disputes, insurance, variation orders, and general contract guidance.

Required Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Legal, Engineering, or a related field, with solid experience in commercial operations, contract management, sales, risk mitigation, tendering, bid management, or project management.
• Proven ability to lead and close T&Cs negotiations during the ITO/Pre-Award phase, with strong contract review and redlining experience across legal, commercial, finance, tax, and insurance areas.
• Strong collaboration with Sales to develop competitive, risk-balanced proposals, supported by excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Fluency in English is required, while Spanish and Portuguese are advantageous; remote work within the same region may be considered.
• Additional value comes from exposure to OTR/Post-Award activities and experience in energy, power transmission, OEM, EPC, utilities, or other complex industries.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No