Talent Practice Leader – Skill Governance (m/f)

GE Vernova

9d•$141,900 - $236,600•Remote

About The Position

The Talent Practice Leader – Skill Governance operationalizes GE Vernova’s enterprise skills strategy and ensures the company has a trusted, scalable, and well-governed skills foundation. This role owns the standards, governance model, and operating routines that keep skills data current, usable, and aligned across the talent ecosystem. The role partners closely with People Analytics, HR Technology, and Talent COE leaders to ensure skills are consistently defined, governed, and applied across key talent processes. This role is accountable for the integrity of the enterprise skills foundation. Enterprise HR AI strategy, platform ownership, and broad HR AI adoption sit outside this role and are led centrally. This role defines the skills standards, controls, and requirements that enable those efforts.

Requirements

8–12+ years of experience in HR, talent COEs, people analytics, workforce strategy, HR technology, or related fields
Experience with skills taxonomies, skills-based talent models, job architecture, data governance, or adjacent domains
Proven ability to translate strategy into practical operating models, governance routines, and implementation plans
Strong program and project management capability, including driving cross-functional initiatives in complex, matrixed environments
Experience partnering across HR, business, and technology teams to deliver enterprise solutions
Comfort operating at the intersection of HR, data, and technology

Nice To Haves

Structured, systems-oriented thinker with strong governance and process design capability
Ability to simplify complex concepts into practical standards and actions
Strong influencing and stakeholder alignment skills in a global, matrixed environment
Analytical mindset with ability to convert data into clear, actionable insight
Pragmatic change agent focused on adoption, consistency, and measurable outcomes
High attention to data quality, transparency, and responsible use of AI within the skills domain

Responsibilities

Lead the enterprise skills governance model, including decision rights, standards, and operating routines
Run the Skills Council—manage intake, prioritization, and ensure decisions are executed and sustained across the enterprise
Steward the enterprise skills framework, ensuring it is practical, consistent, and aligned to job architecture and learning (within system constraints)
Set quality standards for AI‑inferred skills, including validation rules and governance controls
Own skills data quality—establish audit routines, resolve issues, and ensure enterprise trust in skills data
Define business requirements and data standards for skills across Workday and related systems (no platform ownership)
Drive consistent adoption and adherence to skills standards across priority talent processes (career growth, mobility, learning, workforce planning)
Partner with HR Tech, Analytics, and COEs to translate skills strategy into usable standards, insights, and system requirements
Deliver clear insights on skills gaps, supply/demand, and emerging needs to inform workforce decisions
Translate enterprise business priorities into focused skills governance actions (e.g., critical roles, emerging capabilities)
Enforce enterprise skills standards, guiding functions and segments and resolving deviations where needed
Lead end‑to‑end program execution with strong project management, stakeholder alignment, and disciplined delivery

Benefits

medical
dental
vision
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
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