Principal Program Manager - Digital Project Management
Gevernova · Bellevue WA US; Atlanta
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Sign up free →Help utilities keep the lights on. You lead customer software projects from initiation through acceptance. You coordinate with customers, delivery teams, and partners who rely on dependable power.
You are the main delivery contact for customers. You turn commitments into results by leading software solution projects from start through acceptance and handover. You work with colleagues in engineering, product, quality, finance, and sales, and you share success with them.Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the main customer contact for delivery. Set clear expectations, share updates early, and link decisions to customer value.
- Define scope, deliverables, and acceptance criteria. Manage changes through documented impact reviews.
- Build and actively manage the project schedule, spot delays early, and guide recovery plans.
- Manage cost, margin, forecasts, cash flow, and billing readiness. Understand contractual obligations and handle change orders in line with contract terms.
- Identify and pursue opportunities to expand customer value, solution adoption, and grow project scope in partnership with commercial teams.
- Track risks, issues, and decisions with clear owners and due dates. Escalate with facts, options, and a recommendation.
- Lead cross-functional teams using Lean and Agile practices. Provide clear status reports to customers and executives.
- Coordinate testing and quality checks, support the handover to customer operations, and work with account teams to grow customer value.
Who You Are You are a collaborative project manager with a record of delivering customer-facing software projects. You bring people together and keep work moving.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. We are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements.
- 10+ years of project management experience in customer-facing software, technology, systems integration, or solution delivery.
- Experience managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, change control, and executive reporting.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and guiding customers through complex projects.
- Working knowledge of Agile, Scrum, hybrid, and Waterfall methods.
- Strong communication, analysis, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills across technical, commercial, operational, and executive audiences
Preferred Qualifications
- Certification such as PMP (Project Management Professional), PMI-ACP (Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner), or Certified ScrumMaster.
- Experience delivering electric utility software, including control-room or mission-critical operational solutions.
- Knowledge of utility operations and grid applications such as SCADA, energy management, advanced distribution management, or outage management.
- Experience with global teams and implementation partners.
Travel You travel about 5-20% of the time to customer sites in your region, depending on project needs.
What We Offer GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. We offer competitive benefits that depend on your employment status and local requirements. Our programs support the way you live and work today. You also have room to grow through ongoing on-the-job learning and development.
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Additional Information
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No