Talent Practice Leader – Skill Governance

GE Vernova

Talent Practice Leader – Skill Governance operationalizing GE Vernova’s enterprise skills strategy. Ensuring trusted, scalable, and well-governed skills foundation across the talent ecosystem.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $141,900 - $236,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the enterprise skills governance model, including decision rights, standards, and operating routines
Run the Skills Council—manage intake, prioritization, and ensure decisions are executed and sustained across the enterprise
Steward the enterprise skills framework, ensuring it is practical, consistent, and aligned to job architecture and learning (within system constraints)
Set quality standards for AI‑inferred skills, including validation rules and governance controls
Own skills data quality—establish audit routines, resolve issues, and ensure enterprise trust in skills data
Define business requirements and data standards for skills across Workday and related systems (no platform ownership)
Drive consistent adoption and adherence to skills standards across priority talent processes (career growth, mobility, learning, workforce planning)
Partner with HR Tech, Analytics, and COEs to translate skills strategy into usable standards, insights, and system requirements
Deliver clear insights on skills gaps, supply/demand, and emerging needs to inform workforce decisions
Translate enterprise business priorities into focused skills governance actions (e.g., critical roles, emerging capabilities)
Enforce enterprise skills standards, guiding functions and segments and resolving deviations where needed
Lead end‑to‑end program execution with strong project management, stakeholder alignment, and disciplined delivery

Requirements

What you’ll need

8–12+ years of experience in HR, talent COEs, people analytics, workforce strategy, HR technology, or related fields
Experience with skills taxonomies, skills-based talent models, job architecture, data governance, or adjacent domains
Proven ability to translate strategy into practical operating models, governance routines, and implementation plans
Strong program and project management capability, including driving cross-functional initiatives in complex, matrixed environments
Experience partnering across HR, business, and technology teams to deliver enterprise solutions
Comfort operating at the intersection of HR, data, and technology
Significant years of experience in HR, talent COEs, people analytics, workforce strategy, HR technology, or related fields (if hired outside the U.S.)
Ability to simplify complex concepts into practical standards and actions
Strong influencing and stakeholder alignment skills in a global, matrixed environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, and 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, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and 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

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Hard Skills & Tools

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Soft Skills

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