Talent Practice Leader – Skill Governance (m/f)

<h1><span class="emphasis-3"><b><b><b>Job Description Summary</b></b></b></span></h1>The Talent Practice Leader – Skill Governance operationalizes GE Vernova’s enterprise skills strategy and ensures the company has a trusted, scalable, and well-governed skills foundation.<br><br>This role owns the standards, governance model, and operating routines that keep skills data current, usable, and aligned across the talent ecosystem. The role partners closely with People Analytics, HR Technology, and Talent COE leaders to ensure skills are consistently defined, governed, and applied across key talent processes.<br><br>This role is accountable for the integrity of the enterprise skills foundation. Enterprise HR AI strategy, platform ownership, and broad HR AI adoption sit outside this role and are led centrally. This role defines the skills standards, controls, and requirements that enable those efforts.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h1><span class="emphasis-3"><b>Job Description</b></span></h1><p><b>Key Responsibilities</b></p><ul><li>Lead the enterprise skills governance model, including decision rights, standards, and operating routines</li><li>Run the Skills Council—manage intake, prioritization, and ensure decisions are executed and sustained across the enterprise</li><li>Steward the enterprise skills framework, ensuring it is practical, consistent, and aligned to job architecture and learning (within system constraints)</li><li>Set quality standards for AI‑inferred skills, including validation rules and governance controls</li><li>Own skills data quality—establish audit routines, resolve issues, and ensure enterprise trust in skills data</li><li>Define business requirements and data standards for skills across Workday and related systems (no platform ownership)</li><li>Drive consistent adoption and adherence to skills standards across priority talent processes (career growth, mobility, learning, workforce planning)</li><li>Partner with HR Tech, Analytics, and COEs to translate skills strategy into usable standards, insights, and system requirements</li><li>Deliver clear insights on skills gaps, supply/demand, and emerging needs to inform workforce decisions</li><li>Translate enterprise business priorities into focused skills governance actions (e.g., critical roles, emerging capabilities)</li><li>Enforce enterprise skills standards, guiding functions and segments and resolving deviations where needed</li><li>Lead end‑to‑end program execution with strong project management, stakeholder alignment, and disciplined delivery</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Qualifications</b></p><p></p><p>If hired in the U.S.</p><p></p><ul><li>8–12+ years of experience in HR, talent COEs, people analytics, workforce strategy, HR technology, or related fields</li><li>Experience with skills taxonomies, skills-based talent models, job architecture, data governance, or adjacent domains</li><li>Proven ability to translate strategy into practical operating models, governance routines, and implementation plans</li><li>Strong program and project management capability, including driving cross-functional initiatives in complex, matrixed environments</li><li>Experience partnering across HR, business, and technology teams to deliver enterprise solutions</li><li>Comfort operating at the intersection of HR, data, and technology</li></ul><p></p><p>If hired outside the U.S.</p><ul><li>Significant years of experience in HR, talent COEs, people analytics, workforce strategy, HR technology, or related fields</li><li>Experience with skills taxonomies, skills-based talent models, job architecture, data governance, or adjacent domains</li><li>Proven ability to translate strategy into practical operating models, governance routines, and implementation plans</li><li>Strong program and project management capability, including driving cross-functional initiatives in complex, matrixed environments</li><li>Experience partnering across HR, business, and technology teams to deliver enterprise solutions</li><li>Comfort operating at the intersection of HR, data, and technology</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Desired Characteristics</b></p><p></p><ul><li>Structured, systems-oriented thinker with strong governance and process design capability</li><li>Ability to simplify complex concepts into practical standards and actions</li><li>Strong influencing and stakeholder alignment skills in a global, matrixed environment</li><li>Analytical mindset with ability to convert data into clear, actionable insight</li><li>Pragmatic change agent focused on adoption, consistency, and measurable outcomes</li><li>High attention to data quality, transparency, and responsible use of AI within the skills domain</li></ul><p></p><p>If being hired in Hungary, successful applicant will be legally eligible to enter into an employment relationship under the laws of Hungary.</p><p></p><p>For Applicants in Spain</p><p>Nonnational candidates are responsible to know the minimum documentation requirements to be able to be contracted in country: NIE- Social Security Affiliation Number in Spain (NAF) and Bank Account in Spain. They must be in possession of them at the time of start hiring. GE will not sponsor this requirement</p><p></p><p><b>R5044511 Líder de Práctica de Talento – Gobernanza de Competencias (Skill Governance)</b></p><p></p><p>El Líder de Práctica de Talento – Gobernanza de Competencias pone en marcha la estrategia de competencias empresariales de GE Vernova y asegura que la compañía cuente con una base de competencias confiable, escalable y bien gobernada.</p><p></p><p>Este rol es responsable de los estándares, el modelo de gobernanza y las rutinas operativas que mantienen los datos de competencias actualizados, utilizables y alineados en todo el ecosistema de talento. El puesto colabora estrechamente con los equipos de People Analytics, Tecnología de Recursos Humanos y líderes de los Centros de Excelencia (COE) de Talento para garantizar que las competencias se definan, gobiernen y apliquen de manera consistente en los procesos de talento clave.</p><p></p><p>Este rol es responsable de la integridad de la base de competencias empresariales. La estrategia de IA de Recursos Humanos, la propiedad de las plataformas y la adopción general de IA en RR.HH. quedan fuera del alcance de este puesto y se lideran de forma centralizada. Este rol define los estándares, controles y requisitos de competencias que habilitan dichos esfuerzos.</p><p></p><p><b>Responsabilidades clave</b></p><ul><li>Liderar el modelo de gobernanza de competencias empresariales, incluyendo derechos de decisión, estándares y rutinas operativas.</li><li>Dirigir el Consejo de Competencias (Skills Council): gestionar la admisión, priorización y asegurar que las decisiones se ejecuten y mantengan en toda la empresa.</li><li>Administrar el marco de competencias empresariales, asegurando que sea práctico, consistente y alineado con la arquitectura de puestos y el aprendizaje (dentro de las limitaciones del sistema).</li><li>Establecer estándares de calidad para las competencias inferidas por IA, incluyendo reglas de validación y controles de gobernanza.</li><li>Ser responsable de la calidad de los datos de competencias: establecer rutinas de auditoría, resolver problemas y asegurar la confianza empresarial en dichos datos.</li><li>Definir los requisitos de negocio y estándares de datos para las competencias en Workday y sistemas relacionados (sin propiedad de la plataforma).</li><li>Impulsar la adopción consistente y el cumplimiento de los estándares de competencias en los procesos de talento prioritarios (crecimiento profesional, movilidad, aprendizaje, planificación de la fuerza laboral).</li><li>Colaborar con RR.HH. Tecnológico, Analytics y los COE para traducir la estrategia de competencias en estándares, conocimientos y requisitos de sistema utilizables.</li><li>Proporcionar información clara sobre brechas de competencias, oferta/demanda y necesidades emergentes para informar las decisiones de la fuerza laboral.</li><li>Traducir las prioridades comerciales de la empresa en acciones de gobernanza de competencias enfocadas (ej. roles críticos, capacidades emergentes).</li><li>Hacer cumplir los estándares de competencias empresariales, guiando a las funciones y segmentos, y resolviendo desviaciones cuando sea necesario.</li><li>Liderar la ejecución del programa de principio a fin con una sólida gestión de proyectos, alineación de partes interesadas y entrega disciplinada.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Calificaciones</b></p><p></p><p><b>Si la contratación es en EE. UU.:</b></p><ul><li>Más de 8–12 años de experiencia en RR.HH., COE de talento, analítica de personas, estrategia de fuerza laboral, tecnología de RR.HH. o campos relacionados.</li><li>Experiencia con taxonomías de competencias, modelos de talento basados en competencias, arquitectura de puestos, gobernanza de datos o dominios adyacentes.</li><li>Capacidad demostrada para traducir estrategias en modelos operativos prácticos, rutinas de gobernanza y planes de implementación.</li><li>Sólida capacidad de gestión de programas y proyectos, incluyendo el impulso de iniciativas interfuncionales en entornos complejos y matriciales.</li><li>Experiencia colaborando con equipos de RR.HH., negocio y tecnología para entregar soluciones empresariales.</li><li>Comodidad operando en la intersección de RR.HH., datos y tecnología.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Si la contratación es fuera de EE. UU.:</b></p><ul><li>Años significativos de experiencia en RR.HH., COE de talento, analítica de personas, estrategia de fuerza laboral, tecnología de RR.HH. o campos relacionados.</li><li>Experiencia con taxonomías de competencias, modelos de talento basados en competencias, arquitectura de puestos, gobernanza de datos o dominios adyacentes.</li><li>Capacidad demostrada para traducir estrategias en modelos operativos prácticos, rutinas de gobernanza y planes de implementación.</li><li>Sólida capacidad de gestión de programas y proyectos, incluyendo el impulso de iniciativas interfuncionales en entornos complejos y matriciales.</li><li>Experiencia colaborando con equipos de RR.HH., negocio y tecnología para entregar soluciones empresariales.</li><li>Comodidad operando en la intersección de RR.HH., datos y tecnología.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Características deseadas</b></p><ul><li>Pensador estructurado y orientado a sistemas, con sólida capacidad de diseño de gobernanza y procesos.</li><li>Capacidad para simplificar conceptos complejos en estándares y acciones prácticas.</li><li>Fuertes habilidades de influencia y alineación de partes interesadas en un entorno global y matricial.</li><li>Mentalidad analítica con capacidad de convertir datos en información clara y accionable.</li><li>Agente de cambio pragmático enfocado en la adopción, consistencia y resultados medibles.</li><li>Alta atención a la calidad de los datos, la transparencia y el uso responsable de la IA dentro del dominio de las competencias.</li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h1><span class="emphasis-3"><b><b><b>Additional Information</b></b></b></span></h1><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><span>GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an </span><a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Equal Opportunity Employer</a><span><a href="http://www.ge.com/sites/default/files/15-000845%20EEO%20combined.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">.</a> Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.</span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><span>GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). </span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><b>Relocation Assistance Provided: </b><span>No</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>#LI-Remote - This is a remote position<p></p><p></p>Application Deadline: July 01, 2026<p> </p><p> </p>For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $141,900.00 and $236,600.00. 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.<p> </p><p> </p>Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.<p> </p><p> </p>This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on June 16, 2026.<p> </p><p> </p>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.<p> </p><p> </p>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.

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