Sr Product Management Manager - Portfolio Manager

GE Vernova • Greenville, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As the Portfolio Manager on GE Vernova's Gas Power Systems Architecture Team, you will serve as the operational backbone of the team, owning budget management, program governance, business case oversight, and portfolio prioritization across all Systems Architecture initiatives. Operating with high autonomy at the intersection of engineering, finance, and product strategy, you will ensure that the Systems Architecture Team's portfolio of initiatives is well-planned, properly funded, and effectively executed to deliver value for GE Vernova's Gas Power business. Your work will directly impact the team's ability to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and capacity outcomes by ensuring initiatives are prioritized, resourced, and governed effectively.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance, or a related field from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in program management, product management, engineering operations, or a related discipline, with demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-initiative portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, business cases, and financial planning processes, including Capex and Opex management.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex program and portfolio information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, with experience influencing stakeholders and driving alignment across cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging data and program management tools to track performance, identify risks, and generate actionable insights.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and influence peers without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in engineering, business, or a related technical or management discipline.
• Familiarity with R&D governance processes including R&D council approvals, L-gate processes, and technology readiness management
• Highly organized with data, tools, and communications; uses a systematic, data-driven approach to portfolio governance
• Familiarity with GE Vernova products, systems, commercial processes, and financial tools including Handbook and SIOP
• Decisive, data-driven, and comfortable making independent recommendations in ambiguous situations
• Experience with lean methodology and a continuous improvement mindset

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage the Systems Architecture Team's budget to the program and initiative level, including engineering hours, Capex, and Opex, ensuring alignment with business priorities and funding cycles.
• Guide the team on prioritization, funding planning and allocation, and obtaining approvals through R&D councils and other governance bodies, applying independent judgment to recommend the most impactful use of resources.
• Proactively manage and support resource planning in collaboration with Engineering, Global Supply Chain, Finance, and other functional partners to ensure initiatives are appropriately resourced.
• Support budget planning cycles and provide independent oversight of budget assumptions, driving standardization across the portfolio.
• Facilitate tracking of programs and initiatives including milestones, budget, risk mitigation, and governance adherence, ensuring teams follow established processes including L-gate approvals and R&D council requirements.
• Update and maintain portfolio data in RISE, Wave, and other program management tools, ensuring data quality and accuracy across the portfolio.
• Schedule and facilitate gate reviews and other critical program reviews, providing guidance and governance at the sub-program and initiative level.
• Provide guidance and control on change implementation from programs and initiatives within the business, working with business lines to ensure timely and effective cut-in of approved changes.
• Support Product Managers in the application of the Power Now tool and other operational support activities as needed.
• Support Systems Architecture Team members in the creation and development of business cases, providing guidance on tool usage, assumptions, and methodology to ensure consistency and quality across the portfolio.
• Provide independent oversight and controllership of business cases across the portfolio, serving as the authoritative source for assumptions and driving standardization in business case development.
• Manage and maintain the business case template, including updates to key assumptions such as volume data from SIOP and other relevant inputs.
• Partner with Finance to provide oversight and monitoring of all initiative costs, including Handbook costs and services costs, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting across the portfolio.
• Maintain dashboards leveraging data in Wave, RISE, and other tools, following standard work processes to provide real-time visibility into portfolio health and performance.
• Facilitate Daily Management meetings for the Systems Architecture Team, supporting preparation for deep dive reviews and follow-ups at the L1 and L2 MOR level.
• Provide TRM oversight to support Product Managers in TRM follow-up and ensure alignment between technology roadmaps and initiative execution.
• Interpret portfolio KPIs and performance data to identify risks, recommend corrective actions, and communicate portfolio status clearly to team leadership and stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between the Systems Architecture Team and PM Operations and Engineering Operations, ensuring effective communication and alignment on portfolio priorities and program status.
• Communicate complex portfolio and program information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership, engineering teams, finance partners, and commercial stakeholders.
• Influence stakeholders across functions to adopt consistent processes, governance standards, and prioritization frameworks that improve the effectiveness of the Systems Architecture Team's portfolio.
• Support the Systems Architecture Team leader in preparing materials for leadership reviews, strategic planning sessions, and other key business forums.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
• access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
• 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
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior