Gas Turbine Controls Configuration Management Leader

Job Description Summary

GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world? Come join one of the most innovative design teams in the Power Industry, GE’s Gas Power Controls team. At GE Gas Power Controls, we design and implement control solutions that have meaningful impact on people’s lives and enable the transformation of the energy sector. You will be empowered, work in a scaled agile environment driving meaningful change and continuous improvement using Lean principles. You will have a complete life cycle experience from initial concept development through detail design, implementation, and upgrades, working with over 500 global engineers with a single purpose: deliver the cleanest, most efficient power to our customers.

What impact you’ll make
As a People Leader in the Gas Turbine Controls Technology Value Stream, you will be leading a talented global engineering team that will be responsible for the lifecycle configuration management of the control system software standards for various GEV Heavy Duty Gas Turbine frames which are critical building blocks for supporting the GEV Gas Power HDNU and Services projects. In parallel, the team will also have the responsibility for using system thinking and close collaboration with cross-functional design teams in developing, validating, and determining productizing strategy for specific gas turbine software features sold to our global customers.

You will play a pivotal role in defining a year-over-year roadmap for the Gas Turbine Software Standard development, aligning technology upgrades with business needs and prioritizing safety & quality. As a People Leader, you will help build a strong team culture, enable reliable delivery, strengthen standard work, and ensure that people, priorities, and processes are aligned with business needs. This role combines people leadership, operational ownership, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement. You will create an environment where team members feel supported, accountable, included, and empowered to deliver high-quality configuration management outcomes for customers and internal partners.

As a People Leader, you will help drive the GE Vernova Way principles by providing mentorship and career coaching to your team members and establishing regular engagement checkpoints.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the global engineering team, creating clarity on priorities, roles, expectations, and development needs.
• Lead a global engineering team in the design, structuring, and validation of Gas Turbine control software standards.
• Build a strong team culture based on trust, accountability, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Translate business priorities into clear team objectives and ensure daily work is aligned with team goals and customer needs.
• Oversee workload, capacity, delivery performance, and quality to support reliable execution across configuration management activities.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering design teams, technical leadership, and project stakeholders to resolve priorities, risks, and escalations.
• Own & Lead People, Performance and Growth (PPG) process, with responsibility for employee development & performance management. 
• Establish daily management rhythm on monitoring and driving strong sense of ownership, accountability & urgency within the team in meeting critical business KPIs.
• Drive standard work, knowledge sharing, process discipline, and practical improvements that increase speed, quality, and transparency.
• Lead with integrity, customer focus, ownership, and respect, reflecting the GE Vernova Way in daily leadership practices.
• Remove barriers so the team can effectively address complex technical problems during the new software feature development phase.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical or Computer)
• Minimum 8 years working experience in engineering with at least 3 years in a technology development focused space.

Desired Characteristics

• MS degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical or Computer)
• Relevant leadership experience, such as direct people leadership, team coordination, project leadership, or operational leadership in an engineering, service, manufacturing, or technical environment.
• Experience leading engineering teams in a global matrix organization.
• Familiarity with software configuration management and new product introduction design processes.
• Strong foundational knowledge of gas turbine technology, applying expertise to engineering challenges.
• Experience implementing standard work, visual management, team operating rhythms, or continuous improvement practices.
• Ability to connect people leadership with operational performance, customer impact, and long-term capability building.
• Demonstrated ability to build team engagement, create psychological safety, and lead through change.
• Working knowledge of GEV Controls platform and tools.

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $131,700.00 and $219,300.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on November 10, 2026.Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.