
Principal – Technical Program Manager
GE Vernova
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $190,440 - $285,660 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead alignment across domain initiatives through effective planning, dependency management, and proactive impediment removal
- Serve as the primary owner and escalation point for complex, cross-cutting technical programs
- Drive outcome-based delivery by refining guidance, processes, and forums that enable teams to unlock technical and operational blockers
- Monitor delivery progress, surface insights, recommend course corrections, and provide clear, frequent updates to stakeholders and executives
- Engage senior leadership using Lean operational practices to communicate progress, risks, and outcomes
- Own and evolve a scalable software development and release model that improves transparency and establishes a single source of truth for delivery commitments
- Enable and lead quarterly Big Room Planning (BRP) events, including logistics, pre-work, facilitation, and standard work adoption
- Ensure successful tracking and reporting of delivery, planning, and strategic metrics
- Define, document, and govern standard work aligned with compliance and audit requirements
- Champion continuous improvement through retrospectives, Kaizen practices, and a strong focus on automation and reduction of manual processes
- Coach and guide Scrum Leads, Product Owners, and Value Stream leaders in applying Agile and SAFe principles effectively
- Improve value flow across value streams and ensure realization of value committed by Product Management
- Drive the operating cadence for the Distribution Engineering organization, including meetings, communications, OKRs, planning, and reporting
- Partner with engineering, product, and UX leadership to create achievable, integrated delivery plans
- Advocate for and lead organizational change to advance Agile maturity and execution excellence
- Identify, manage, and escalate risks and dependencies that could impact ART delivery and strategic objectives
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, from an accredited college or university
- 10+ years of experience delivering highly complex, technical software programs in a product-based software organization
- 10+ years of experience building, leading, and managing global and offshore teams; preference for direct leadership of engineering, QA, and UX teams
- 7+ years leading high-performing, globally distributed technical teams
- Master’s degree in business, technology, or a related discipline (preferred)
- Solid understanding of system architecture and data analytics
- Leadership experience across both startup and mature product organizations
- 5+ years of program leadership in distributed Agile software development environments
- Proven success managing and influencing senior engineering and product leaders in India
- Experience in the energy or utilities sector is a plus
- Proven experience leading transformation initiatives in large, matrixed software enterprises
- Strong technical foundation with exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent programs in large-scale Agile environments
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging to engineers, product teams, and executive audiences
- Strong influencing and relationship-building capabilities
- Experience delivering cloud-based platforms at scale and resolving complex technical challenges in a hands-on manner
- Deep understanding of Agile methodologies and the SAFe framework, with strong facilitation and coaching skills
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
- 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
program leadershipAgile methodologiesSAFe frameworksystem architecturedata analyticscloud-based platformstransformation initiativestechnical program managementcontinuous improvementautomation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationinfluencingrelationship-buildingproblem-solvingcoachingfacilitationplanningstakeholder managementstrategic thinking