Senior Contract Management Leader (m/f/d)

Job Description Summary

At GE Vernova, we deliver high-quality turnkey solutions that strengthen, modernize, and expand energy infrastructure around the world. As a key enabler of the energy transition in Central Europe, we execute a broad portfolio of projects, from conventional onshore substations to large-scale, highly complex offshore wind transmission links. Across every phase of project delivery, we are committed to the highest standards of safety, quality, schedule performance, and cost discipline.

As Leader, Contract Management, you will have the opportunity to shape and lead a strategically critical function at the heart of our project business. This is a highly visible leadership role with significant impact across some of our most important and complex projects. You will drive excellence in contract management, strengthen our commercial and operational resilience, and help position the organization for long-term success in a dynamic and rapidly evolving market.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• As Leader, Contract Management, you will have the opportunity to shape and lead a strategically critical function at the heart of our project business. This is a highly visible leadership role with significant impact across some of our most important and complex projects. You will drive excellence in contract management, strengthen our commercial and operational resilience, and help position the organization for long-term success in a dynamic and rapidly evolving market.
• You will lead a highly experienced team of 20 Contract Managers with diverse expertise spanning legal, engineering, and project management disciplines. Together, you will provide contract management leadership across major projects throughout the full lifecycle - from tender development, contract structuring, drafting, and negotiation through project execution in sourcing and procurement, engineering, construction, erection, testing and commissioning, handover, and the warranty or defect notification period.
• In this role, you will set the tone for a balanced, professional, and commercially minded approach to contract management. Our mission is to manage all contracts in a fair and balanced manner, viewing our clients as long-term partners while consistently protecting our interests and contractual entitlements. Your leadership will ensure that contractual obligations, entitlements, and risk positions are clearly understood across project teams; that technical and commercial ambiguities are proactively addressed; that potential issues, including obstructions, are identified and mitigated early. We prefer to proactively avoid disputes or reach an amicable settlement before initiating dispute resolution proceedings. As a trusted leader within the project organization, you will empower your team to act as strategic business partners - helping drive early risk mitigation and protecting project outcomes related to safety, quality, schedule, and cost.
• Beyond project execution, you will foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, accountability, and continuous learning across the contract management function as well as neighbor functions.

• Significant leadership experience in contract management, supported by strong project management expertise; experience with offshore wind energy transmission projects is a strong advantage.
• Strong academic credentials in one of the following areas:
  • Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.), ideally with a specialization in high-voltage electrical engineering, combined with solid experience in international contract law; or
  • Law, with a specialization in construction law and proven experience in the execution of turnkey construction projects; full legal qualification preferred.
• Demonstrated success in senior roles on large-scale, complex EPC projects, with a proven record of contributing to successful project delivery.
• Executive-level leadership presence, with the ability to guide teams through complexity and uncertainty with a pragmatic, fair, and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams and creating an environment of trust, clarity, engagement, and high performance.
• Strong ability to foster open communication, encourage knowledge sharing, and build confidence across both the contract management team and the wider project organization.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is essential.

• Fluency in German is a plus