Senior Internal Project Manager

GE Vernova • Schenectady, NY

8h • Remote

About The Position

The Internal Project Manager (IPM) for Equipment Projects (EO & EEP) is a leader on the Project Team responsible for managing delivery and cost of the Project through proactive risk & opportunity management, cross-functional mitigation action plans and mitigation coordination, and change management discipline. The IPM supports the Project by working closely with a core team of cost and schedule experts to achieve critical Project targets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 7 years of cross-functional business experience with operational and/or project management experience
• Must be fluent in written and spoken Spanish, able to converse about complex commercial and technical topics.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to lead and succeed in a cross-functional matrix environment
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Effective organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, resolve problems, and deliver results
• Passion for details and ‘can do’ approach
• Thorough competency in Microsoft Office Tools to do prepare and deliver complex tableau for Presentation at the PMO level
• Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt / Master Black Belt Certification or equivalent quality certification
• PMP / PMU certification

Responsibilities

• Leverage lessons learned from other similar projects to identify and assess scope and risks on the Project bid/proposal and provide feedback to ITO.
• Attend all Readiness Release, Advance Release, and Full Release Meetings led by ITO.
• Review the Key Handover Documents with the PM & CM and collaborate on strategizing and documenting the cost and schedule risks for the Project.
• Assemble the project team at launch to introduce the cross-functional team members, set project launch schedule and review the key Project risks, opportunities, and assumptions for execution related to delivery and cost.
• Support the Cost & Schedule Core Team members in their respective coordination of the Commitment Meetings, whereby the baseline, targets, forecasts, and risks are discussed with the Project Team and supporting functions to launch the execution plan.
• Conduct an IPM Execution Strategy Meeting during Launch to communicate the overall cost and schedule strategy to the Project Team and supporting functions, and to set the Project cost and schedule operating rhythm and expectations for daily management.
• Lead weekly IPM meetings with the Project Team members to review the latest cost and schedule risks and opportunities, and identify action plans required for mitigation.
• Drive specific mitigation efforts for cost and schedule risks with respective functional owners through current op rhythms and offline, set up ad-hoc meetings to solve complex/stuck issues, escalate when leadership support is needed and communicate for updates to PM & CM as needed.
• Support the PM & CM with the latest risk action plans and updates, and flow cost and schedule variance output from the weekly IPM rhythms into the PM’s Daily Management reviews.
• Create disciplined change management process and reporting to track all deviations and variances versus as-sold budget and scope with functions.
• For customer change orders, gather inputs on cost and schedule impact from the relevant functions, assess options, and track implementation of change.
• Work with the Project & cross-functional team to follow through on the Project's Cost Out initiatives to implementation, assessing progress during execution against cost savings targets and escalating to PM and leadership team to resolve critical issues.
• Develop and execute a plan to track Project Payment Milestone events and collect documentation from relevant functions to support the invoicing process.

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: Mid Level