PMO Operations – Contract Management Leader

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the execution of the enterprise project operating system and centralized project office capabilities for Steam Turbine, Generator, and Reactor Services Upgrades.

• Develop standardized processes, planning routines, tools, and escalation procedures for intricate engineered-to-order upgrades.

• Manage the project risk management framework and governance, excluding the responsibilities of Risk Managers and specific project risk mitigation.

• Control standardized execution processes, tollgates, and readiness criteria from the point of bid handover to project closeout.

• Establish project baseline, forecasting, change-control, assurance, and escalation standards.

• Evaluate compliance and system maturity while driving the resolution of systemic gaps with project owners.

• Integrate risk governance into execution tollgates, schedules, and reviews.

• Define integrated scheduling, critical-path, baseline, and change-control standards for cross-project sequencing, freeze windows, and resource conflict escalation.

• Identify portfolio constraints within the value streams.

• Lead centralized Contract Management for project execution.

• Incorporate contract exposure and entitlement visibility into project controls and escalation processes.

• Assume ownership of Project Team Wheel role competencies, proficiency levels, and assessment criteria.

• Establish qualification, certification, and reassessment standards for project team roles.

• Prioritize capability gaps, development, lessons learned, and digital/AI project controls in collaboration with Project Directors.

• Govern SMR processes, cadence, forecasting standards, escalation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Plan demand and capacity for PMs, Project Directors, Schedulers, PQMs, Contract Managers, and designated support roles.

• Assess supply-demand and skills gaps by role, location, and horizon; facilitate staffing scenarios and escalations.

• Monitor forecast accuracy, action closure, and competency readiness with accountable resource owners.

• Align P&L and functional leaders regarding execution standards and planning decisions.

• Conduct governance reviews for readiness, scheduling, risk framework, contracts, and SMR.

• Provide actionable insights while maintaining project, staffing, and financial accountability with segment teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Operations Management, or a related technical field.

• At least 12 years of experience in complex industrial projects, EPC, manufacturing, engineering, or energy services.

• A minimum of 5 years in leadership roles in project management, project controls, PMO, planning, or operations.

• Proven experience in establishing execution governance, scheduling standards, and project management resource demand/capacity planning.

• Familiarity with project risk frameworks, contract management, S&OP/SMR, and competency qualification systems.

• Ability to influence senior matrix stakeholders without P&L authority.

• PMP, PgMP, PMI-RMP, AACE, ASCM/APICS, or other relevant certifications.

• Over 15 years of experience, preferably in power generation, turbine/generator, nuclear services, or major industrial projects.

• Experience in implementing enterprise execution systems, scheduling CoEs, or project-resource SMR governance.

• Skills in designing competency matrices, proficiency assessments, and project team certification pathways.

• Expertise in master scheduling, skills-based capacity forecasting, resource prioritization, and scenario planning.

• Background in claims, change orders, extensions of time, and contractual entitlement protection.

• Ability to institutionalize risk standards without direct management of Risk Managers.

• Experience with digital planning, analytics, and AI-enabled project tools.

• Must possess legal authorization to work in the United States.

• Access to U.S. export-controlled information may necessitate authorization from the U.S. Government.

• Successful completion of a drug screening, if applicable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

• Access to a Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource.

• Employee Assistance Program providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.

• Participation in the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan.

• Tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions.

• Company contributions to retirement plans.

• Access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.

• Tuition assistance for further education.

• Adoption assistance available.

• Paid parental leave policy.

• Disability benefits included.

• Life insurance coverage provided.

• 12 paid holidays throughout the year.

• Permissive time off policy.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Note: Relocation assistance is not provided.

• Eligibility for discretionary annual bonuses.