The role is accountable for program execution across schedule, budget, risk, stakeholder coordination, and operational data quality, while serving as a key day-to-day interface with airline customers, external partners, and verification stakeholders. This is a highly cross-functional role requiring strong judgment, operational credibility, and the ability to work effectively across technical, commercial, legal, methodology, regulatory, and airline operational teams.Job Description
The Program Manager & Operations Integration Lead will own both integrated program execution and airline OCC operational implementation for the Contrail CMOU program. You will:
Lead the integrated execution of the Contrail CMOU program across technical, operational, commercial, legal, and external stakeholder workstreams, including schedule management, action tracking, risk identification, leadership updates, and budget oversight.
Serve as the primary day-to-day interface with airline partners, driving program management cadences, decision-making, issue resolution, and alignment across customer and internal teams.
Lead implementation of dispatcher workflow standard operating procedures within airline OCC environments, including on-site support during development, shakedown trials, and early monitoring to ensure operational adoption and workflow effectiveness.
Drive operational data quality and monitoring readiness, including audit trail requirements, reconciliation of relevant flight planning and operational records, and corrective actions needed to support validation and verification activities.
Coordinate with airline stakeholders, technical partners, methodology experts, legal counsel, commercial leaders, and independent assurance bodies to support certification, monitoring, verification, and issuance-related milestones.
Support GE Aerospace’s developing software solution for UK and EU non-CO2 MRV requirements by managing engagement with regulatory stakeholders, consulting with airlines on implementation considerations, and coordinating with third-party verifiers on data access and verification needs.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma / GED with significant relevant experience in program management, aviation operations, sustainability, carbon project development, software implementation, or related fields.
Experience leading complex cross-functional programs involving multiple stakeholders, dependencies, external partners, and customer-facing deliverables.
Experience working with regulated programs, external assurance processes, reporting frameworks, or verification-driven operating environments.
Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with executive stakeholders, operational personnel, technical experts, regulators, and external auditors.
Willingness and ability to travel internationally and domestically, including extended periods at airline customer locations during critical phases of program deployment and monitoring.
Desired Characteristics
Experience in the voluntary carbon market, including support for a carbon project from design through issuance under Gold Standard, Verra VCS, or a comparable standard.
Familiarity with carbon project lifecycle activities such as PDD development or review, validation and verification processes, registry operations, and issuance mechanics.
Understanding of Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification principles and the role of third-party verification in sustainability or emissions reporting programs.
Experience working with airline operations, dispatch, OCC environments, or other real-time operational settings.
Familiarity with UK and EU aviation sustainability reporting developments, including emerging non-CO2 reporting requirements.
Strong project management discipline, including schedule management, dependency management, action planning, and risk mitigation.
Demonstrated ability to operate independently, make sound judgments under ambiguity, and provide candid recommendations supported by evidence.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust across customer, partner, regulatory, verifier, and internal teams.
Comfortable working in a first-of-its-kind environment where operational credibility, learning agility, and continuous improvement are critical to success.
GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.
Total RewardAt GE Aerospace we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.
As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;
Non-contributory Pension
Bonus
Life Assurance
Group income protection
Private medical cover
Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell
Security Clearance
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance: BPSS
Right to Work
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: No
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