NPI Program Manager – PAC Product Development in Stafford

Are you a seasoned program manager ready to help bring advanced protection, automation, control, software and digital grid solutions to market — and support the future of the global energy grid? GE Vernova is looking for an exceptional NPI Program Manager to join our Grid Automation and Software team. Stafford, United Kingdom is the preferred base location, although other approved GE Vernova locations may also be considered, subject to business needs and local employment requirements.

GE Vernova is leading a new era of energy. We are electrifying the world while working to decarbonise it. Our name reflects our mission. Focused on the future, GE Vernova is accelerating the shift to reliable, affordable and sustainable energy. We help customers power economies and deliver electricity vital to health, safety and quality of life.

The NPI Program Manager – PAC will lead the execution of New Product Introduction programmes across the Protection, Automation and Control portfolio within Grid Automation and Software. This is a programme execution role, focused on overseeing a portfolio of product development projects from early assessment and project initiation through to commercial launch. Each product initiative may have its own project manager, typically connected to R&D or Engineering. The NPI Program Manager will sit across the portfolio to ensure alignment, visibility, governance, execution discipline and timely escalation.

Working closely with Product Management, R&D, Engineering, Industrialisation, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Marketing, Sales, Services and regional teams, you will help transform product strategy into executable plans and successful market introductions. You will act as a key execution focal point: removing blockers, ensuring project managers and workstreams remain aligned, tracking programme health, supporting decision-making, and keeping senior stakeholders informed through clear reporting and governance.

This is a role for someone who thrives in complex, global, matrix environments; brings structure to ambiguity; and knows how to keep diverse technical, operational and commercial stakeholders moving in the same direction.

How You Will Make a Difference

• Lead programme-level execution across a portfolio of NPI and product development initiatives within the PAC portfolio.
• Oversee project execution from early assessment, planning and stage-gate governance through to launch readiness and commercial release.
• Ensure project managers and workstreams are aligned on priorities, milestones, deliverables, dependencies and critical decisions.
• Coordinate cross-functional activity across Product Management, R&D, Engineering, Industrialisation, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory, Marketing, Sales, Services and regional teams.
• Remove execution barriers, facilitate timely decision-making and escalate critical issues where required.
• Establish and maintain integrated programme plans covering technical development, industrialisation, validation, certification, manufacturing readiness and commercial launch.
• Monitor programme health through milestone tracking, schedule performance, budget monitoring, risk management and executive reporting.
• Build and maintain programme risk registers, identifying technical, operational, commercial, regulatory, supply chain and resource risks.
• Organise programme reviews, gate reviews, steering committee meetings and senior stakeholder updates.
• Coordinate launch readiness activities, including manufacturing readiness, training, documentation, certifications, product data, service enablement and commercial release.
• Support the transition from development into sustaining operations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of NPI governance, execution methodology, planning practices and programme management processes across the portfolio.

Skills for Success

You should be a highly organised, execution-focused programme leader with experience bringing complex technical products through development and launch. You will bring:

• Significant experience leading complex technical projects, product development programmes or engineering programmes.
• Strong experience in New Product Introduction, product development, technical programme management or software/digital product programme management.
• The ability to manage multiple concurrent projects or workstreams while balancing competing priorities.
• A strong understanding of product development lifecycles, stage-gate governance and structured programme execution.
• Experience working across globally distributed teams in a matrix organisation.
• The ability to influence without direct authority, building alignment across technical, operational, commercial and regional stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to provide clear, concise and business-relevant updates to senior leaders.
• Strong risk management, issue resolution, planning and stakeholder management capability.
• Experience using project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet or similar.
• Professional fluency in spoken and written English.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading technical projects or engineering teams.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing complex New Product Introduction, product development or technical programme management initiatives.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex cross-functional programmes in industrial, electrical, software, automation, energy, digital, electronics, telecoms, automotive, medical devices or similar technical environments.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-PgMP, Agile or equivalent programme/project management certification.
• Experience within electric utilities, power systems, protection and control, substation automation or industrial digitalisation.
• Familiarity with hardware/software integrated product development and global product launches.
• Experience working in multinational engineering organisations.

This is a permanent position. Stafford, United Kingdom is the preferred base location, with hybrid working preferred where practical and regular connection to a GE Vernova site encouraged. Other approved GE Vernova locations may also be considered, subject to business needs, local employment requirements, right-to-work eligibility and compensation alignment.

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