Senior Project Manager - GridBeats Software Project
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 26, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 19, 2026. GE Vernova scores B on the Alion truth index.
Job Description Summary
Job Description
GE Vernova - The Energy to Change the World
With over 130 years of experience and proven innovation, GE Vernova is leading a new era of energy. We are electrifying the world while working to decarbonize it. Our name reflects our mission. “GE” carries a legacy of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” signals Earth’s lush ecosystems, while “Nova” nods to a new era of lower-carbon energy we are helping to deliver.
Focused on the future, GE Vernova is accelerating the shift to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. We help customers power economies and deliver electricity vital to health, safety, and quality of life.
Let’s Talk about the Role
As a Senior Project Manager you will lead a strategic software development initiative supporting the GridBeats Virtualization Journey for Protection Relays. The role demands strong leadership, project governance, stakeholder engagement, and executive communication skills to drive alignment across cross-functional teams and ensure successful delivery of project outcomes, meeting quality, schedule, and business objectives.
The successful candidate will manage all aspects of the project lifecycle, including planning, execution, risk management, resource coordination, governance, and delivery, while ensuring alignment between engineering, product management, quality, service, and business stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Project Planning & Delivery: Lead complex software development projects from initiation to successful delivery, ensuring quality, timelines, and business objectives are met.
- Project Performance & Resources: Develop and maintain project schedules, resource plans, budgets, milestones, and KPIs.
- Risk & Issue Management: Monitor project progress and proactively manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and mitigation plans.
- Project Governance: Drive project governance, reporting, decision-making, project reviews, retrospectives, and lessons learned.
- Stakeholder Management & Communication: Build strong relationships with engineering, product management, service, commercial teams, and senior leadership. Communicate project status, milestones, risks, and mitigation plans clearly.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate activities across Software Development, Product Management, Quality Assurance, Service & Support, Training, and Technical Documentation.
- Quality & Continuous Improvement: Apply Lean principles, monitor quality and delivery metrics, lead root-cause analysis, and drive corrective actions and best practices.
- AI-Enabled Project Management: Leverage AI tools for project planning, forecasting, risk identification, reporting, and productivity improvements, promoting their effective adoption within the team.
- Project Management Tools: Use project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, or equivalent platforms to support project planning, tracking, reporting, and delivery.to support project planning, tracking, reporting, and delivery.
What you’ll bring (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Extensive project management experience, including leading complex software development projects.
- Strong stakeholder management, leadership, and executive communication skills.
- Experience working in Agile environments, coordinating cross-functional teams, and using project management methodologies and tools.
- Fluency in English
What will make you stand out
- PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certifications (Scrum, SAFe, or equivalent).
- Experience in industrial software, energy management, or digital product development.
- Experience with AI-enabled project management tools and methodologies.
Our Culture
Every action shapes our future. That’s why our north star is a culture of impact, where everyone is empowered to thrive and achieve.
Addressing the urgent need to build a more sustainable electric power system while improving the trajectory of climate change emissions are global priorities, and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world We play a significant role in leading a new era of energy.
Our technology helps generate approximately twenty-five percent of the world’s electricity today, and we are working to power the rest. If we want the future of energy to be different, then join us and be the difference. Together, we are the Energy of Change!
We're determined to be the best place to grow
We believe that strong careers are built on a variety of experiences, strong connections, and continuous development. We’re committed to providing you the tools to navigate and shape a strong career journey that aligns with a healthy work-life balance. No two careers are the same, and yours should reflect your personal and professional goals. Your people leader and trusted mentors will support you through navigating your journey.
We also prioritize fair pay, performance-based rewards, and wellbeing programs for you and your family. With opportunities to move across teams and functions, your career can keep evolving while sustainability stays at the core of everything we do.
Inclusion & Diversity
We are passionate about creating an inclusive work environment. By valuing the ideas and contributions of a diverse workforce we help inspire others to grow, succeed, and raise the bar for everyone.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, GE Vernova is committed to support disadvantaged groups whilst providing equal opportunities for both GE Vernova associates and applicants alike.
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Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No