Lead Program Manager Controls Sub-System
Greenville, NC - USA
Job Summary
At GE Vernova we are united by a single urgent and optimistic mission: electrify to thrive and decarbonize. The world needs us to accelerate the transition to more reliable affordable and sustainable energy. Together we have the energy to change the world.
As a Lead Program Manager you will be responsible for planning coordinating and driving execution of the Controls sub-system scope across the product lifecycle. You will report to the Controls Integration Leader and work closely with the Sub-System Operations Leader program leadership systems engineering functional teams and partner sub-systems to ensure priorities schedules risks and deliverables are clearly aligned.
The successful candidate will be a proactive collaborative and structured program leader who can operate effectively in a global engineering environment support timely decision making and help teams deliver with quality and predictability.
Essential Responsibilities
- Develop maintain and communicate the integrated Controls sub-system program schedule including milestones dependencies budget inputs resource needs and key execution priorities.
- Partner with program leaders systems integration leaders functional managers and other engineering sub-systems to align Controls deliverables with overall Wind Engineering program objectives.
- Apply disciplined program management practices daily management routines and appropriate GE Vernova Wind tools and other planning and tracking systems.
- Identify track and help resolve programmatic and technical issues by facilitating cross-functional discussion recovery planning scenario evaluation and timely escalation when needed.
- Provide clear visibility to risks actions owners and decisions to support accountability stakeholder alignment and predictable execution.
- Coordinate change management execution to the product bill of materials related to Controls Sub-Systems parts.
- Prepare for and lead periodic Controls internal program reviews with the sub-system leader functional managers program leadership and other key stakeholders.
- Support compliance with engineering processes quality requirements and internal operating standards while promoting continuous improvement in execution practices.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in program management project management renewable energy engineering or a related technical field.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience coordinating work across cross-functional teams and managing multiple priorities in a structured execution environment.
- Demonstrated ability to organize work track actions communicate status and drive follow-through on commitments.
- Experience in wind turbine product development industrial controls automation or complex electro-mechanical systems.
- Demonstrated project management capability including schedule management risk management stakeholder communication and action tracking.
- Ability to analyze complex technical and programmatic information identify options and support effective decision making.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal facilitation and influencing skills in a matrixed organization.
- Proactive mindset attention to detail and ability to anticipate risks remove barriers and support continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of GE Vernova internal standards engineering processes product development practices and change management expectations.
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GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual 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.
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).
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