Gestionnaire principal de projets - Senior Project Manager

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead the execution of complex substation projects within GE Vernova’s Grid Systems Integration business. In this role, you will coordinate multiple sub-projects and workstreams, ensuring alignment across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, commissioning, and customer-facing activities. You will be responsible for driving project execution from planning through delivery, while consolidating progress, risks, and priorities into a clear overall project view.

Responsibilities

• Perform Project scope review and compare with the GEV quote upon transfer of the project file from the Commercial group to Project management.
• Lead the project kick-off meeting with all internal contributors and assign roles and responsibilities.
• Lead the customer kick-off meeting to communicate the nature of the work that will be done and clarify any issues in the order.
• Lead the overall execution of complex substation projects, ensuring delivery in line with contractual scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety requirements.
• Consolidate and coordinate activities across multiple sub-projects and workstreams, creating an integrated project view and ensuring alignment of priorities, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Drive project planning and execution across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, construction, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Establish and maintain effective project governance, including project reviews, action tracking, decision logs, escalation management, and leadership reporting.
• Maintain project performance against key metrics and proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, issues, delays, and cost impacts that could affect successful delivery.
• Support sub-project leaders and functional teams in resolving cross-functional challenges, removing execution barriers, and maintaining focus on critical path activities.
• Manage customer communication and stakeholder coordination to ensure transparency, alignment, and timely resolution of technical, commercial, and execution-related matters.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, internal processes, quality standards, and applicable regulatory and safety expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead change management activities, including evaluation of scope changes, schedule impacts, cost implications, and associated approvals or customer notifications.
• Prepare and deliver accurate, timely project status updates, forecasts, and executive summaries to leadership, highlighting performance, risks, decisions required, and recovery actions where needed.
• Drive a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the project team and interfacing functions.
• Support project closing activities, including final deliverables, lessons learned, financial closure, and transition to warranty or service phases where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, operations, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, Lean, Six Sigma) preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of project management experience relevant to the role, preferably in substations, grid infrastructure, energy, or other large and complex industrial projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects with multiple workstreams, stakeholders, and interdependencies.
• Experience working in cross-functional and international project environments.

Skills & Experience

• Strong background in project management methodologies, tools, and governance frameworks.
• Experience working with global or regional stakeholders, ideally in a matrixed environment.
• Strong leadership and coordination skills in complex, multi-workstream project environments.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and drive execution with a structured, proactive approach.
• Strong communication, coordination, and organizational skills.
• Clear communicator with the ability to engage effectively with teams, customers, and leadership.
• Strong problem-solving, risk awareness, and decision-making skills.
• Experience in substation or grid project environments is a strong advantage.
• French speaking is an asset.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to design scalable frameworks and anticipate operational needs.
• Change Leadership: Skilled at driving adoption, influencing stakeholders, and managing organizational change.
• Collaboration & Communication: Strong interpersonal skills to align diverse teams and communicate complex concepts clearly.
• Execution Excellence: Focused on quality, consistency, and continuous improvement.
• Problem‑Solving: Adept at diagnosing root causes, navigating ambiguity, and proposing practical solutions.
• Data‑Driven Decision Making: Uses metrics, trends, and insights to guide priorities and measure impact.