Senior Technical Proposals Leader

Job Description SummaryPreparation of wind turbine proposals/bids, contract negotiation and compliance with contract commitments and commercial risk assessments. Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of commercial team. Guided by commercial practices and policies that may be shaped by the role. Has significant influence over commercial priorities. There is moderate autonomy within the role to enter into/execute Commercial arrangements. High levels of commercial and technical judgement is required to achieve outcomes required.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Main point of contact for technical issues within the commercial operations team.

• Wind turbine technical bid development and negotiation. Owns the technical analysis of customer inquiries, RFQs, or tenders, to determine proposal requirements, scope of supply, and winning wind turbine configurations. Matrix leadership of technical team including application engineering, EHS, product engineering, product line and all other technical disciplines for proposal development.

• Accountable for ensuring high quality, well defined technical proposals and deliverables that include applicable scope of supply options to position GE to win profitable orders.

• Has in-depth knowledge of technical and commercial best practices and how that work product integrates with other teams; has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.

• Support sales team in closing orders by providing technical expertise, negotiation support and timely responses to customer needs.

• Responsible to participate in cycle time reduction, proposal quality improvement and technical risk analysis and optimization activities.

• Participation in weekly proposal risk reviews owning the technical risk review on each transaction.

• Participation in order release from sales to project implementation and associated critical process steps.

• Support functional reviews for forecasting, technical strategy development, technical risk management, technical issues resolutions, Technical Leader tools development & deployment, simplification, growth and lean initiatives.

• Mentor team members with less experience.

• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.

• Develop deep relationships with customers technical team to enable collaborative development of their project pipelines.

• Facilitate periodic touch points with customers to enable bi-directional communication/feedback on technical and project-specific issues.

• Perform other duties as required by management.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or a related engineering discipline (STEM fields preferred).

• Minimum of 5 years experience in power or wind projects, including tender preparation and/or project implementation.

Desired Characteristics

• Process improvement & team leadership experience.

• Success in working directly with customers, independent engineers, sales, engineering, product line and project management teams.

• Some travel required away from assignment location primarily for customer meetings and negotiations.

• Demonstrated sensitivity to customer needs and awareness of market conditions.

• Fluent in English.

• Strong knowledge of wind turbine components (gearbox, blades, tower, controls, etc.).

• Knowledge of mechanical loads analysis and wind resource assessment processes.

• Multi-tasking high volumes of work at various stages of maturity and ability to prioritize workload.

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.

• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.

• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.

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For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $128,400.00 and $213,900.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: sales incentive.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on December 01, 2025.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.