Full-Time
Licensing Director
Europe
GE Vernova
1,001-5,000 employees
Global energy provider: power, wind, electrification
No salary listed
Remote in UK
Remote
Remote position with business travel of up to 40% of working time.
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- A bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited university, or equivalent experience.
- Major experience in nuclear licensing, design, and operations.
- Proven experience in a leadership or management role with significant scope and responsibility.
- Willingness and ability to travel for business up to 40% of working time.
- Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a site security clearance, including required background checks, and an SGI/safeguards clearance.
- Establish the vision and strategy for Regulatory Affairs to accelerate licensing for deploying new technologies in Europe and outside North America.
- Oversee multiple product licensing efforts, including strategic efforts to accelerate bringing the BWRX-300 small modular reactor to market.
- Provide leadership and strategic guidance for new plant and product licensing activities in GEH and GNF.
- Build and mentor high-performing teams that bring new products and projects to the European market.
- Work cross-functionally with product and project managers, engineering, and senior management to formulate and execute strategy.
- Align with the North America NPP Licensing Director on regulatory strategy.
- Establish and manage relationships with regulators, customers, and industry working groups.
- Review, approve, and submit documents to regulators and industry working groups.
- Lead the strategic development and deployment of licensing for European customers and maintain relationships with European customers.
- Establish and maintain relationships with international working groups and European nuclear regulators as the main point of contact.
- Provide expert knowledge of international nuclear rules and regulations.
- Provide functional work direction to licensing managers, licensing engineers, and licensing project managers.
- Monitor applicable nuclear regulations and ensure GEH and GNF manage regulatory changes.
- Maintain nuclear licensing basis documents and correspondence records.
- Manage periodic and reactive nuclear regulatory inspections and audits.
- Lead resolution of nuclear licensing and regulatory compliance issues.
- Coordinate efforts and interfaces between Regulatory Affairs and other GEH and GNF teams.
- Coordinate interfaces with industry organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Nuclear Association.
- Manage the licensing budget.
- Enforce and ensure compliance with internal GEH Quality Program requirements.
- Experience working with regulatory and governmental agencies.
- Working knowledge of nuclear regulations, preferably regulations in European countries.
- Behaviors aligned with a strong Nuclear Safety Culture, including maintaining a respectful work environment where concerns can be raised.
- Ability to assess potential impacts of the regulatory landscape on the business and customers.
- Strong business and financial acumen.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, including facilitation.
- Ability to work effectively with senior executives.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Clear and credible communication on technical issues.
- Strong program and project management skills.
- Personal computer proficiency.
GE Vernova is a global energy company created in 2024 to support the electricity grid and the energy transition, with three focuses: Power, Wind, and Electrification. It sells large-scale equipment, signs long-term service agreements, and provides software to utilities, independent power producers, grid operators, and large industrial energy users. Its products include H-Class gas turbines that can burn natural gas with blends of hydrogen toward 100% hydrogen, Haliade-X offshore wind turbines up to 14.7 MW, and GridOS software that unifies grid data to help manage networks and integrate renewables. By combining hardware, services, and software under GE heritage, it aims to meet rising electricity demand while accelerating decarbonization across global energy systems.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$17.6M
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Founded
2022
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 orders rose 88% to $24.2 billion, led by Power and Electrification.
- Backlog hit $176 billion in July 2026, with gas equipment expected to reach 125 GW.
- August 2026 JV with LS Electric expands GE Vernova in Korea's HVDC market.
What critics are saying
- Vineyard Wind sued GE Vernova in April 2026; blade failures damaged offshore credibility.
- Wind execution remains fragile after the 2024 blade break and court-ordered project continuation.
- If gas-turbine production slips below 20 GW in 2026, backlog monetization stalls.
What makes GE Vernova unique
- GE Vernova controls Power, Wind, and Electrification across generation and grids worldwide.
- Its gas turbine backlog reached 116 GW in Q2 2026, supporting long-duration demand.
- GridOS, HVDC, and gas turbines position GE Vernova for AI-driven electrification buildouts.
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GE Vernova has hired Claire McDonough as CFO, effective 1 January, leaving electric vehicle maker Rivian to find her successor. McDonough joined Rivian in January 2021 and helped take the company public through a $13.7 billion IPO that November. She also negotiated Rivian's technology joint venture with Volkswagen, which agreed to invest up to $5.8 billion. Rivian shares fell more than 6% following the announcement, whilst GE Vernova shares declined about 3%. Analysts cited Rivian's lack of a clear succession plan as a factor weighing on its shares. Derek Mulvey, Rivian's VP of finance, is expected to serve as interim CFO after McDonough's departure. McDonough will join GE Vernova in November, succeeding Kenneth Parks, who is retiring.
Elon Musk's SpaceX is building a foundry in Bastrop, Texas, to manufacture blades and vanes for industrial gas turbines, according to The Information. Musk confirmed the move on X, saying in-house casting could accelerate natural gas turbines coming online by up to 18 months. The initiative targets the same supply chain bottleneck GE Vernova has flagged to investors. GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik said the company pushed suppliers to add capacity in 2024, sometimes providing capital for new furnaces. GE is mostly sold out through 2030 and aims to increase annual turbine production from 20 gigawatts this year to 30 GW by decade's end. SpaceX has committed over $2.8 billion to gas turbines over three years to support its Colossus data centres near Memphis. The move addresses growing power demand from AI infrastructure expansion.
GE Vernova has formed a joint venture with LS Electric to strengthen its position in the high-voltage direct current sector. Announced at the CIGRE 2026 event in Paris, the partnership will focus on South Korea's voltage source converter-based HVDC projects, which are crucial for transmitting renewable energy from the southwestern region to greater Seoul. The venture combines GE Vernova's VSC-HVDC technology with LS Electric's local capabilities and market presence. The companies also plan to pursue HVDC opportunities in other global markets. The move aligns with GE Vernova's strategy to capitalise on growing power infrastructure demand. During Q2, the company's Power orders jumped 135% year-over-year, whilst Electrification revenue grew 68%. However, the joint venture faces execution risks and may take time to generate meaningful revenue.