Sr Director - M&A Deal Lead

GE Vernova•Greenville, NC

13h

About The Position

In this role, the candidate will be responsible for the program management of all DT tasks for the divestitures, mergers and acquisitions within the GE Vernova Mergers & Acquisitions team. This includes owning all DT separation and integration activities and TSA management throughout the deal cycle – from pre-sign through post-close. The candidate will handle escalations and engage key stakeholders as needed and will partner with a team of DT functional leads to ensure all aspects of the DT divestiture process are covered and completed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or equivalent knowledge or experience.
Significant experience in leading DT teams in Program Management
Experience with mergers and acquisitions, TSAs (Transitional Services Agreements) and Business Development practices.
Various experience in Project/Program Management, driving cross-functional engagement and benefits, leading large and global programs.
Experience with GE Vernova DT Infrastructure or applications, integrations and interdependencies.
Experience in developing creative solutions to address complex business situations that need input.
Experience with P&L financials, assessment models and financial management of DT budgets.
The candidate may requires to travel at least 15-20% (including outside of USA) to support M&A activities

Nice To Haves

Experience in Business Development activities through active management of parts of acquisitions and/or divestitures
Skilled in negotiation to align stakeholders and communicate a single synthesized perspective to all levels of the organization. Balances value propositions for competing stakeholders.
Demonstrated track record of implementing & operating standards for large organizations.
Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking and leadership with strong relationship management ability
Strong leadership skills with ability to influence outcomes and organize teams to attain shared goals.
Business acumen, financial acumen, proven ability to develop strategic relationships at the C-level.
Passion for leadership: high say-do ratio, excellent verbal and written communication skills (including documentation and follow-up of decisions and actions), and making team aware of expectations/ holding team accountable for delivery.
Digitally savvy: depth in understanding information systems models and standards and experience supporting best in class manufacturing processes.
Demonstrates knowledge on technical topics, such as caching, APIs, data transfer, scalability, and security.
Strong team player – collaborates well with others to solve problems and actively incorporates input from various sources.
Experience working with others on a global basis.
Applies knowledge to coach and mentor others.
Influences and energizes others toward the common vision and goal.
Maintains excitement for a process and drives to new directions of meeting the goal even when odds and setbacks render one path impassable.
Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to significantly add value to GE Vernova.
Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly.
Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address seemingly unanswerable problems.
Change oriented – actively generates process improvements; champions and drives change initiatives; confronts difficult circumstances in creative ways, balances multiple and competing priorities and executes accordingly.

Responsibilities

Own technology M&A readiness and execution across Day 1, Day 30, Day 100, and post-close horizons, ensuring secure, scalable, and value-aligned technology outcomes that support deal rationale and business continuity.
Lead deep technology due diligence and risk translation, converting findings across applications, infrastructure, data, cloud, and cybersecurity into clear deal risks, mitigation strategies, and executable integration or separation plans.
Drive technology synergy identification and value realization, including platform rationalization, vendor consolidation, cost optimization, and modernization opportunities, with measurable outcomes tied to deal objectives.
Define and govern target-state technology architecture and TSA exit strategy, ensuring TSAs are outcome-based, time-bound, and optimized to eliminate stranded costs while accelerating independence or integration.
Supports Leadership in executing on Business Development (BD) transactions including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments, partnerships / alliances, and licensing.
Operate as the primary point of contact for divestitures, acquisitions, and joint ventures on behalf of GE Vernova DT.
Leads various phases of the transaction process including analysis of inorganic strategy and markets, target identification and screening, structuring, valuation, due diligence, negotiation and closing.
Extensive engagement with GE Vernova BD team and Finance/Sourcing TSA team to manage deal pipeline, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA) requirements, due diligence negotiation and provision/request of information, creation of TSA estimates, creation of integration/separation project cost estimates.
Negotiate with counter party on behalf of GE Vernova, per the DT M&A Delegation of Authority.
Ensure wind-down activities across DT are properly managed.
Ensure no stranded costs to GE Vernova through TSA and Separation cost management while minimizing disruption to the employees (to/from GE Vernova’s internal systems and tools) and maintaining business continuity throughout the process.
Extensive engagement with GE Vernova Finance TSA team to ensure compliance with DT standards.
Implement program governance and oversight for the deal.
Work with DT community to define standards to be applicable across multiple acquisition.
Track and monitor program status and metrics to ensure milestones are met, and internal and external delivery commitments are met.
Lead cross-discipline teams to establish an integrated plan to deliver team commitments.
Collaborate with functional owners(s), project technical team(s), project managers within program and interdependencies teams.
Responsible for owning budget planning, resource management, and execution timelines.
Responsible for managing the selection, and contract negotiation for vendors of services that are utilized.
Leverage deep technology, process, and domain expertise to drive execution.
Ensure ongoing communication of progress against program objectives.
Leverage Lean to collaborate on and drive process improvement for GE Vernova M&A.

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