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Job Description Summary Job Description Portfolio Execution Director – National Grid Account Stafford, United Kingdom Do you want to lead the execution of one of GE Vernova’s most strategically important UK transmission portfolios? GE Vernova is looking for an exceptional Portfolio Execution Director – National Grid Account to join our Grid Solutions team based in Stafford, United Kingdom. This is a senior leadership opportunity to shape how we execute a portfolio of complex energy infrastructure projects supporting National Grid and the transformation of the UK transmission network.
You will bring together project delivery, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, commercial and functional teams to strengthen execution across the portfolio, remove delivery barriers and ensure our commitments to the customer are delivered successfully. -------------------------------------------- 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 decarbonize it. 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. -------------------------------------------- Electrification Our Electrification businesses provide products, services and advanced technologies that help modernize grids, enable renewable integration and strengthen energy systems.
From grid infrastructure and power conversion to software and storage solutions, we are helping build smarter, more resilient electricity networks around the world. -------------------------------------------- Let’s Talk About the Role As Portfolio Execution Director , you will act as the senior execution lead for GE Vernova’s National Grid portfolio. Rather than focusing on the delivery of one individual project, you will take a broader view across the portfolio – creating alignment between project teams and functional leaders, strengthening governance, identifying common risks and dependencies, and ensuring the organisation has the capability and capacity required to deliver.
Working within a complex matrix organisation, you will provide senior-level oversight of portfolio performance and act as a key escalation point for significant execution challenges. You will also build trusted relationships with National Grid stakeholders, helping ensure our delivery strategy, ways of working and organisational capability continue to meet customer expectations. -------------------------------------------- How You Will Make a Difference Set and lead the execution strategy across the National Grid portfolio, promoting consistent and effective delivery across multiple complex infrastructure projects.
Build trusted senior relationships with National Grid stakeholders and act as a key point of escalation for portfolio-level delivery matters. Drive portfolio governance , ensuring clear visibility of project performance, risks, dependencies, resource requirements and critical delivery priorities. Align cross-functional teams across project management, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, commercial and other key functions.
Identify and remove systemic delivery barriers , including resource constraints, duplicated activity, competing priorities and cross-project dependencies. Strengthen execution capability by identifying best practice, improving project methodologies and creating greater consistency across the portfolio. Challenge and support project leadership teams where plans, assumptions, risks or recovery strategies require senior intervention.
Develop portfolio-level approaches to engineering, construction, commissioning, suppliers, contractors and resource capacity. Create greater organisational synergy , enabling teams to reuse capability, share learning and improve the way we manage commo