Director Product Management – Protection & Control (m/f)

Remote from: UK
Annual salary: Undisclosed
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Department: Product & Operations
Employment type: Full Time,
Job posted: 16 Sep 2025
Apply before: 16 Oct 2025
Experience level: Director
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GE Vernova is purpose-built to electrify and decarbonize the world, uniquely positioned with a scope and scale of solutions to accelerate the energy transition.

Oil & Energy
2024

Actively Hiring

Job Description Summary

The “Grid Automation (GA) Protection & Control” Director Product Manager drives the overall business strategy of the GA mainstream products portfolio, focusing on market demand, product management, and technology differentiation. He/She will have direct responsibility over the product management and the technology development of a portfolio generating ~$1B revenues, leveraging a team of ~500 domain experts and optimizing the allocation of ~$50M of R&D spend.
The leader will oversee the industrialization, go to market strategy, and commercial development of the portfolio, interacting with Grid Automation supply chain, regions, customers, and industry leaders.
The leader will also interact within the broader GE Vernova, Electrification segment and Grid teams to maximize collaboration, cross businesses initiatives, impact, and performance.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

Develop customer connections, understand industry trends & growth opportunities for related segments
Define “GA Protection & Control” strategy, products/solutions roadmap, and business cases
Drive technology differentiation and roadmap, in coordination with GA CTO
Own wing-to-wing NPI program management and execution
Manage Products & Solutions life cycle, in coordination with GA regions and Global Supply Chain
Partner with GA regions to define marketing, commercial growth, delivery, and services strategies
Build efficient organization structure and diverse teams. Develop talents and capabilities to support individuals’ development and maximize business performance
Develop internal and external relationships to identify, lead or support cross-portfolio initiatives and projects
Contribute to Grid Automation long term strategy definition and execution, in coordination with GA CTO
Propose partnerships and acquisitions to meet business growth initiatives.

Basic Requirements:

Master’s degree from an accredited university or college, or equivalent knowledge/experience
Extensive experience in product management, technology development, and/or business management

Desired Characteristics:

Domain knowledge strongly preferred in Electricity Transmission, Distribution, Industrial, Automation markets
Strong business & technical acumen: A strong interest in business development, commercial aspects is an essential component to be successful in this role
Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and influential skills
Takes the initiative in thought leadership, innovation, and creativity