Product Lifecycle Risk Leader

GE Vernova

2d•$134,900 - $224,800•Remote

About The Position

As the Product Lifecycle Risk Leader for Software & Controls Solutions, you will establish a capability to protect the long-term availability and supportability of control systems used in critical energy infrastructure. You will strengthen supply resilience, improve product transition planning, and support reliable delivery to GE Vernova customers. You will lead the lifecycle risk portfolio from identification through closure, advancing decisions, recovery plans, resources, and funding to address the highest-impact risks. The role brings together product, engineering, sourcing, materials, finance, and planning teams to identify lifecycle and obsolescence risks earlier, assess business and customer impacts, and coordinate mitigation decisions. This is a remote position with up to 10% travel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, operations, business, program management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
Extensive experience leading complex programs, portfolios, product lifecycle activities, or supply-risk initiatives in an industrial, energy, electronics, aerospace, defense, or other long-lifecycle product environment.
Experience coordinating work across engineering, product management, sourcing, supply chain, operations, finance, and senior business stakeholders.
Experience with one or more of the following: product sustainment, component obsolescence, supplier continuity, material risk, technology transitions, redesign, or new product introduction.
Demonstrated experience using analytical and business-case methods to translate complex technical or supply information into leadership recommendations and actions.

Nice To Haves

Experience building or scaling a cross-functional capability, program management office, governance process, or portfolio management system.
Experience with industrial electronics, controls, embedded systems, or other products that must remain supportable for many years.
Experience with component obsolescence, DMSMS, product sustainment, technology refresh, supplier lifecycle intelligence, or long-term service support.
Experience leading redesign, alternate-source qualifications, last time buys, product transitions, or customer migration programs.
Experience using product lifecycle, enterprise resource planning, business intelligence, or supplier risk data to create portfolio insights and leadership decisions.
Experience with data governance, risk modeling, dashboards, or portfolio analytics.

Responsibilities

Build and lead the enterprise lifecycle risk management capability, including its operating model, governance framework, enterprise risk register, and continuous improvement roadmap.
Lead the development, calibration, and continuous improvement of risk assessment, scoring, prioritization, and escalation.
Own the enterprise lifecycle risk and mitigation portfolio, including governance cadence, SIOP and leadership escalations, integrated recovery plans, resource and funding alignment, and verified risk closure.
Partner with Product Management to translate lifecycle risk exposure into sustainment, technology refresh, installed-base, and NPI roadmap decisions through fact-based analysis and mitigation recommendations.
Partner with Engineering on technical assessment, redesign and qualification roadmaps, and capacity planning.
Partner with Sourcing and Materials to identify and mitigate lifecycle supply risks through supplier intelligence, demand and inventory planning, alternate-source strategies, last-time-buy execution, and supply continuity planning.
Partner with Finance to validate exposure, investment, spend, business cases, avoided impact, and portfolio reporting.
Build and govern the lifecycle obsolescence management system, including data standards, portfolio analytics, risk dashboards, and metrics that enable proactive identification, prioritization, escalation, and mitigation of lifecycle risks.
Develop and coach future team members, including analytics and program-management roles, and build a cross-functional community of practice.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
Access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource.
Employee Assistance Program providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.
GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, including a 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions.
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.
Discretionary annual bonus eligibility.