Project Operations Manager NEW

Job description

Project Operations Manager | Florence or Milan, Italy; Budapest, Hungary; Madrid, Spain; Warsaw, Poland; or Rugby, United Kingdom

Are you a natural operational leader who thrives on turning complexity into clarity and strategy into action? If you are ready to shape the way global projects are delivered, this could be the role for you.

GE Vernova is looking for an exceptional Project Operations Manager to join our Global Operations team, with flexibility to be based in Florence or Milan, Italy; Budapest, Hungary; Madrid, Spain; Warsaw, Poland; or Rugby, United Kingdom.

GE Vernova — The Energy to Change the World

With over 130 years of experience and proven innovation, GE Vernova is leading a new era of energy. We are electrifying the world while working to decarbonise it. Our name reflects our mission. “GE” carries a legacy of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” signals Earth’s lush ecosystems, while “Nova” nods to a new era of lower-carbon energy we are helping to deliver.

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.

Our Electrification solutions modernise grids, enable renewable integration, and strengthen energy systems. From software to power conversion and storage, we help create smarter, more resilient energy networks.

Let’s Talk about The Role:

The Project Operations Manager is responsible for driving key operational initiatives supporting Global Operations to improve execution rigour, consistency and performance across the HDNU Projects organisation. The role will lead efforts in data analytics and reporting, training repository development, project catalogue tool optimisation, standard work deployment, and process / QMS improvement.

This is a business operations role requiring strong hands-on analytical capability, rather than an IT or technical data specialist position. The successful candidate will be comfortable moving between detailed data analysis, operational reporting, and senior leadership communication.

This position requires strong cross-functional partnership with regional Poles and functional teams, as well as the ability to influence stakeholders and drive change across a complex global matrix.

Essential Responsibilities

• Own and lead data analysis and reporting to support business reviews, metrics tracking, and operational decision-making.
• Develop and maintain a centralized training repository to strengthen project execution team development and improve knowledge capabilities.
• Lead project catalogue tool expansion and optimization, including identification of improvement opportunities and coordination with relevant stakeholders.
• Partner with Poles and functional teams to identify processes and associated QMS procedures requiring improvement, simplification, and standardization.
• Drive the development, documentation, and deployment of standard work for HDNU Project organization
• Coordinate the monthly cross-functional metrics bowler reporting rhythm, ensuring timely updates, alignment, and follow-through on actions.
• Influence and align stakeholders across functions, regions, and leadership levels to enable successful implementation of priorities.
• Focus on the critical few business needs and drive structured problem solving to improve project execution effectiveness.

Skills for Success

You are a collaborative, structured, and execution-focused operational professional, with:

• Bachelor/Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, Business, or other technical or business-related field from an accredited university or college, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead independently, navigate ambiguity, and influence stakeholders in a complex matrixed environment.
• Proven experience in process improvement, operational standardisation, and change management within a complex, matrixed organisation within the same industry sector.
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to operate as a self-starter.
• Results-oriented with strong execution focus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, global, cross-functional environment covering multiple time-zones.

Desired Characteristics

• Demonstrated experience in Project Management or a subdivision of Project Management, with significant experience in Global Operations.
• Clear, structured thinker with the ability to identify and prioritise the critical few.
• Proven experience communicating across organisational levels, including EB+ leadership
• Previous professional experience within GE/GE Vernova would be considered as an advantage

What will help you to succeed

• Role requires strong cross-functional leadership and the ability to drive alignment without direct authority.
• Candidate should bring demonstrated familiarity with GE/GEV ways of working and experience operating within GE/GEV processes and culture.
• Prior experience supporting operational transformation, standardization, and business process improvement is highly valued.

Where and How You’ll Work

This is a permanent position and we offer a hybrid working model that gives you the flexibility to balance time in one of our offices — Florence, Milan, Budapest, Madrid, Warsaw, or Rugby — with working from home. We’re big on collaboration and connection, and we’ll work with you to find the right rhythm.