GE Vernova

Operations Strategy & Planning Leader

GE Vernova$151K — $252K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-year degree in a relevant STEM field or extensive Wind industry experience
  • 10+ years in wind energy operations or commercial/account management
  • Proven experience in negotiating and managing large-scale operational agreements
  • Strong understanding of turbine systems and maintenance frameworks
  • Experience in building long-term financial models

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement a cross-functional operational model
  • Lead financial narrative and maintain long-term service financial models
  • Translate technical feedback to improve fleet reliability
  • Navigate contractual obligations and operational realities
  • Manage weekly and monthly operational reviews for effective execution

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Access to Health Coach and 24/7 nurse resources
  • Retirement Savings Plan with company matching
  • Tuition and adoption assistance
  • Paid parental leave and disability benefits
  • Life insurance and 12 paid holidays
  • Permissive time off
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
You will be embedded at the intersection of some of the most commercially complex, technically demanding, and strategically significant customer relationships in the U.S. wind energy industry - and multi-billion-dollar partnerships between GE Vernova and select key customers.

You will own the operational backbone of that relationship - translating an interconnected suite of long-term commercial agreements into day-to-day execution discipline, financial predictability, and measurable fleet performance outcomes. You will design the operating model, write the playbook, and hold the cross-functional team accountable to it. When things get hard - and in accounts this complex, they sometimes will - you are the person in the room with the technical credibility, commercial judgment, and interpersonal composure to find the path forward.

This reports directly to the Executive Account Director for NAM Enterprise Accounts.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Architect the Operating Model: Design and enforce a cross-functional "closed-loop" rhythm across Sales, Warranty, MCU, and Engineering. You will eliminate "no man's land" turn over gaps, ensuring clear ownership and rapid escalation resolution, driving weekly underwriting reviews, monthly trend analysis, quarterly invoice reconciliation, annual strategy assessments and performing any other actions required by management.
  • Own the Financial Narrative: Lead our "one set of books" operating initiative. You will build and maintain long-term service financial models, aligning us with our customers on cost trajectories, inventory strategies, and capital investment timing.
  • Drive Fleet Performance: Translate field data and technical feedback into measurable reliability improvements. You will be the primary link between the customer's fleet needs and GE Vernova's capabilities - present and future.
  • Serve as the Contractual Conscience: Navigate the nuance between contractual obligations and operational reality. You will lead non-standard resolutions with a "non-zero-sum" mindset, finding creative solutions that bring mutual benefit GE Vernova and its customers.


Required Qualifications:
  • 4 year degree (or equivalent deep technical / Wind industry experience); STEM degree strongly preferred; equivalent technical experience in wind turbine systems, FEMA, and field operations will be considered.
  • 10+ years in wind energy operations, commercial / account management, or technical leadership.


Eligibility Requirements:
  • Approximately 25-30% travel required.


Desired Characteristics:
  • Demonstrated experience negotiating and managing agreements, as well as managing operations - preferably large-scale O&M, supply, or warranty agreements.
  • Demonstrated track record of collaborative problem solving with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Experience designing and implementing cross-functional operating models or SOPs in a complex, matrixed organization.
  • A strong grasp of turbine systems and maintenance frameworks.
  • Strong ability to build, and maintain long-term financial models.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence matrixed teams without direct authority and manage senior-level customer relationships.


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Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $151,400.00 and $252,200.00. 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: sales incentive.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on June 30, 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.

About GE Vernova

GE Vernova is an energy business company. They provide digital, energy consulting, energy financial services, gas power, grid solutions, nuclear energy, power conversion, renewable energy, steam power, and so on.

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There has never been a more opportune time to join GE Vernova, a leader in innovative energy solutions. As a pivotal player in the energy sector, GE Vernova offers a plethora of job opportunities that cater to a diverse range of skills and professional aspirations.

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