Innovation & Partnership Senior Director

Job Description Summary

The Sr Director - Innovation and Partnership Programs Director is responsible for driving the execution and tracking of strategic initiatives, incl. highly complex cross-disciplined programs that span multiple organizations and various stakeholders (e.g.: within GE, customers, partners and governments agencies). S/he will be responsible for defining and executing programs, and tracking and monitoring execution, risks & opportunities to ensure program on-time delivery.

Job Description

Key Responsibilites:

• Support the definition of strategic roadmaps for Grid Solutions.
• Drive the definition of the Innovation Program, incl. milestones, for Grid Solutions's Incubator.
• Manage Risks & Dependencies between organizations.
• Define and implement processes for coordination between organizations

• Master's degree in science or engineering.
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience incl. software development project management, risk management, strategy. Along with established leadership credentials.

• Ability to influence a highly matrixed organization with varying levels of experience, competence and buy-in.
• The position calls for strong leadership skills, and the ability to motivate geographically and culturally diverse teams.
• The Sr Director - Program Management will combine strategic capability with a commitment to delivery, and the ability to be hands-on where required.
• Experience in Agile project management, Lean, Innovation methodologies (e.g. Design Thinking)
• Program Management capabilities for complex multi-business projects.
• Financial dexterity to manage business cases and support Prod. Mgt. and Marketing in business cases definition.
• Collaborative team player able to work across businesses and geographies.