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Sr Director - Program Management

GE Vernova
Wilmington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Nov 2025
💰 $258,800/yr($155,300/yr$258,800/yr)

About the role

Job Description Summary

GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) 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. Learn more at www.gevernova.com

The Sr Director - Heavy Duty New Units & Nuclear Office of the CIO is responsible for providing vision, leadership, and strategy for the transformation of service with the Heavy Duty New Units and Nuclear IT team. This person will establish and run effective operating rhythms, governance, the IT Lean strategy, and manage a portfolio of programs that drive improvements in operational efficiency and the health of the IT portfolio. This person will also partner with IT and business stakeholders on IT improvements to expand our Commercial capabilities and Mega deal support, as well as our Sales Inventory and Operational planning (SI&OP) capabilities.

Additionally, this role will have management responsibility for a multi-million dollar budget. They will establish comprehensive vendor management strategies, inclusive of building new engagement models with vendor partners that deliver modern value-based outcomes rooted in the success of our business partners. Finally, this role and scope may evolve as the GE Vernova and Power Office of the CIO (OCIO) roles are established and evolve.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

  • Leads operations, including monthly operating reviews driven by KPIs and required problem-solving and/or corrective actions.
  • Creates and executes to a framework for daily management (standard work) and communications that enable stable and secure operations and development.
  • Develops and maintains operational policies and procedures ensuring appropriate metrics, controls, and SOPs are in place to drive appropriate outcomes.
  • Drives continuous improvements to achieve reduction in incidents, improved customer satisfaction and cost improvements year over year.
  • Establishes IT Lean strategy and collaborates across the organization to drive measurable improvements in IT. Educate and cascade wider team on Lean principles and tools.
  • Establish and lead a Ways of Working initiative to address critical gaps between the IT teams that work together to deliver critical capability for our businesses
  • Partner with IT and business stakeholders to expand our Commercial capabilities
  • Partner with IT and business stakeholders to define and implement SI&OP capabilities
  • Lead and coordinate IT deliverables for Mega Deal projects that have IT requirements
  • Partners with Technical Product Owners and Architects in establishing and managing a process to incorporate operational inputs into backlogs to improve application stability, reliability, and usage.
  • Directly manages solutions for and adherence to IT compliance standards (SOX, ISO, Export Control) by establishing standard processes that minimize exceptions.
  • Effectively manages the run budget including comprehensive vendor management strategies to deliver innovation and improvements to the portfolio.
  • Management of IT financials including monthly pacing, YOY productivity, transformation challenges and partnership with Finance leaders.
  • Contributes to the broader organization, on inclusion and creates an environment of belonging where everyone can participate and contribute to their fullest potential.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
  • 10+ years of IT professional experience, along with established leadership credentials across product lines.
  • Demonstrated experience in leading at least two (2) significant transformation project, inclusive of organizational change management and delivering business outcomes.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 20% of the time
  • GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.
  • This position requires access to and/or use of information subject to control under the United States

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