Project Director

GE Vernova

3d • $140,300 - $233,800 • Remote

About The Position

The Project Director owns portfolio customer relationships, operational excellence, and team leadership for an assigned area. The role oversees resources and logistics for customer-site services and maintenance activities, including preventive and remedial maintenance, repairs, and refurbishment of sold or existing products. It influences budgets and operating plans and operates with autonomy within its area, guided by operating policy and working across functions. The position requires evaluative judgment and operational acumen, and may have a major impact on a small business unit or a functional family or P&L.

Typically a second-line manager with senior professional direct reports, the role attracts and retains talent and often manages medium to large teams. It applies functional expertise and professional or thought leadership, influences policy, and ensures delivery across its area while linking with other parts of the organization. The Project Director interprets business challenges and industry trends, recommends practices to improve products, processes, and services, and leads others in solving complex operational or manufacturing challenges. The role may lead moderately complex functional teams or projects, present solutions to leaders, and influence or negotiate with internal stakeholders and, where appropriate, external partners, vendors, or customers.

GE Vernova describes a remote work arrangement. The U.S. pay range is $140,300 to $233,800, with geographic differentials in certain areas. The position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; a 24/7 nurse-based Health Coach resource; Employee Assistance Program; retirement savings plan with company matching and retirement contributions; tuition assistance; adoption assistance; paid parental leave; disability benefits; life insurance; 12 paid holidays; and permissive time off. Relocation assistance is not provided. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and an offer is contingent on successful completion of a drug screen where applicable. The application deadline is October 22, 2026.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in engineering, business, project management, or a related field.
• Significant experience in project management, program management, or portfolio leadership within power generation, nuclear services, steam power, or a related industrial environment.
• Experience leading multiple complex projects or project portfolios simultaneously, with accountability for financial, operational, and customer outcomes.
• People leadership experience, including direct management of project managers and leadership across matrixed or dotted-line organizations.
• Strong working knowledge of PMO governance, resource planning, risk management, and portfolio reporting in a highly regulated or operationally complex environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence senior leadership, customers, and cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in engineering, business, or a related discipline.
• PMP certification or another recognized project or program management credential.
• Experience leading portfolios in nuclear services, steam power outages, field execution, retrofits, repairs, or long-term service programs.
• Familiarity with nuclear quality, regulatory, safety, and compliance requirements in customer-facing project environments.
• Success driving organizational performance through talent development, standardization, operating rigor, and continuous improvement across a PMO or project organization.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including forecasting, margin management, contract execution, and portfolio-level decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Own portfolio customer relationships, operational excellence, and team leadership for the assigned area.
• Manage resources and logistics for customer-site services and maintenance activities, including preventive and remedial maintenance, repairs, and refurbishment.
• Influence budgets and operating plans and deliver within the assigned area of responsibility.
• Attract and retain talent and lead senior professional direct reports and medium to large teams.
• Influence policy and coordinate delivery with other parts of the organization.
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
• Use industry trends to inform decision-making.
• Lead others in finding solutions to complex manufacturing processes and interdependent production cycles, using operational, product management, manufacturing, or engineering techniques.
• Evaluate the quality of information, question conflicting data, and use resources inside and outside the function to support decisions.
• Lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, or complexity.
• Present business or technical solutions to leaders and communicate complex messages to influence stakeholders.
• Negotiate internally and, when needed, with external partners, vendors, or customers.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Prescription drug coverage
• Health Coach access
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) retirement savings opportunity with company matching and company retirement contributions
• Tuition assistance
• Adoption assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• Permissive time off
• Discretionary annual bonus

What This Job Offers

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