Industry Business Unit Leader

Job Description Summary
Industry Unit Business Leader

GE Vernova | Power Conversion & Storage - North Europe Rugby, UK (Hybrid: approximately 4 days on-site, 1 day remote per week)

The Opportunity

GE Vernova's Power Conversion & Storage business is expanding into data centres, into rail, and into new markets across North Europe. This role carries full profit and loss (P&L) accountability for that growth. You will lead an established industrial portfolio today and build the business unit that sits behind it tomorrow.

We are looking for two kinds of people for this role. If you are an experienced business unit director ready to step into something with genuine autonomy and a clear growth story, this is that role. If you are a senior leader with commercial & operational background who is ready to lead a growing business, this is a role where that ambition is explicitly welcome.

Either way, what matters most is what you have built, delivered, and led, not the title you currently hold.

About GE Vernova

GE Vernova is a global energy technology company purpose-built to accelerate the energy transition. With operations in more than 100 countries, we design, manufacture, and service the technologies that move, convert, and deliver the electricity the world depends on. Our Power Conversion & Storage business delivers advanced electrical systems, including battery energy storage systems (BESS), synchronous condensers, and integrated system solutions, to customers across industrial, marine, rail, and infrastructure markets.

Job Description

What You Will Do

You will take ownership of a business unit that is both executing today and building for tomorrow. Your remit spans commercial leadership, operational delivery, team development, and strategic growth.

• Own full P&L accountability for the North Europe industrial portfolio, including revenue, cost, margin, and forecasting across new equipment and project execution
• Lead and grow a cross-functional team, currently anchored by a Senior Project Manager and 12 direct reports, with engineering and sales functions expected to come under your remit as the business scales into data centres and rail
• Drive commercial and strategic growth by identifying new opportunities, supporting sales pursuits, and shaping the strategic roadmap for the business unit across industrial, data centre, and rail sectors
• Ensure disciplined project execution across a portfolio of projects ranging from £10 million to £70 million, working closely with the Project Management Office (PMO) on risk management, planning, and customer delivery
• Engage at senior level with customers and internal stakeholders, leading complex commercial negotiations and sustaining long-term customer relationships
• Build the organisation - attracting and developing talent, embedding high standards across safety, quality, delivery, and cost, and creating the structure needed to scale

Who You Are

You bring a combination of commercial sharpness, operational discipline, and the people leadership capability to build a team around a growing mandate. You may be coming from a confirmed business unit director role, or you may be a senior commercial or project leader ready to take the next step. Both paths are genuinely valued here.

Required

• Demonstrated accountability for a significant P&L, whether as the owner of a full business unit or as a senior leader with direct budget and commercial responsibility for a major portfolio
• Background in project management or commercial leadership within electrical, power, or industrial engineering as well as experience from comparable systems integrators is directly relevant
• A track record of winning new business, developing markets, and growing scope beyond the status quo
• Experience leading complex commercial negotiations across varied customers and contractual frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and influence across functions in a matrixed organisation
• Familiarity with the UK industrial market

Preferred

• Experience in data centre infrastructure, rail electrification, or adjacent high-growth sectors
• Product familiarity with BESS, synchronous condensers, or integrated electrical system solutions
• Experience working with or for global systems integrators (GSIs) on large-scale projects

Education

A formal degree in engineering, business, or a related discipline is a strong foundation, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements. Equivalent career experience will be given full consideration.

Compensation & Benefits

GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. We provide varied, competitive benefits designed to reward high performance and support you across every stage of your career and personal life. Our UK benefits package includes:

• Employer pension contribution
• Private health insurance
• Company bonus scheme
• Car Allowance
• Life assurance
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working model

This is a role with genuine growth built in, in scope, in team, and in responsibility. GE Vernova invests in your continued development through on-the-job learning and expanded leadership opportunities as the business scales.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Client-provided location(s): Rugby, United Kingdom

Job ID: GE_Vernova-R5033634

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-07-20T15:08:00