Senior Sales Manager

Job Description SummaryGE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with approximately 75,000 employees across approximately 100 countries around the world. Supported by the Company’s purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova technology helps deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future.


About GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy
GE Vernova’s Nuclear energy business (GVH), through its global alliance with Hitachi, is a world-leading provider of nuclear fuel bundles, services, and advanced nuclear reactor designs. With a track record spanning more than six decades and deployment of 60 commercial nuclear plants in 10 countries worldwide, along with deep expertise in nuclear technology, global presence, and end-to-end life cycle execution capabilities, GVH is a foundational and resilient player in the nuclear industry.
The global energy landscape is undergoing unprecedented change. Driven by accelerating electrification, decarbonization targets, digitalization, and growing concerns over energy security, demand for cleaner, more reliable, and scalable electricity is surging. To advance their net-zero targets, countries and companies alike are seeking energy solutions that go beyond the limitations of today’s intermittent resources – solutions that deliver around-the-clock power, support industrial competitiveness, and ensure long-term grid stability.
Nuclear energy has a pivotal role of in achieving these goals, and the next generation of nuclear technology, led by SMRs, is redefining what is possible. GVH’s SMR, the BWRX-300, will be key to unlocking reliable, affordable, and cleaner energy at scale. The BWRX-300 is GVH’s 10th generation boiling water reactor (BWR) technology, one of the most well-understood and extensively licensed nuclear configurations worldwide. This deep operating history reduces regulatory uncertainty, streamlines licensing, and supports confident adoption by regulators, utilities and a diverse set of new nuclear customers. Among next-generation SMRs, the BWRX-300 stands apart as the only Western SMR under construction at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington site with expected commercial operation by 2030.
The opportunity is clear, the time for action is now, and GVH has the solution. Come join our team at this exciting time.
The Senior Sales Manager – Advanced Nuclear for GVH will have broad accountability to drive the success of assigned Advanced Nuclear deals focused on SMRs. This role will be directly responsible for opportunity development through order closure with assigned strategic customers and stakeholder, which include utilities, hyperscalers, manufacturers, developers, policy makers, and investors.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to develop and negotiate complex multi-year contracts.
• Support the design and deployment of scalable and repeatable processes to launch Advanced Nuclear customer opportunities globally.
• Work closely with customers to identify needs and potential solutions.  Bring together GE Vernova and GVH resources as needed to serve customer.
• Cultivate customer relationships at all levels of the customer organization.  Develop partner relationships where needed to put together total project solutions. Identify and resolve issues as needed.
• Be responsible for obtaining orders and sales by driving and implementing sales strategy for assigned markets/customers.  Develop winning bid strategies for opportunities.
• Contribute to defining and implementing marketing and commercial strategies to increase orders volume, scope and maximize profitability. 
• Keep leadership team up to date on market and strategic account intelligence.
• Maintain meeting rhythm with executive leadership and GE Vernova and GVH leadership with assigned strategic accounts.
• Develop winning bid strategies for opportunities.  Support proposals for respective customer opportunities, providing key customer inputs and strategy to the team, and leading negotiations.
• Support internal governance processes to obtain necessary management approvals for offers and resulting negotiations
• Update and maintain Customer Relationship Management tool (e.g. Salesforce.com) for respective opportunities and represent at various meetings in order to assist management with sales forecasts

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (Engineering or Business preferred).
• 5 years of progressive experience in Sales
• 5 years of experience in Commercial Power Generation Industry (Nuclear preferred)
• 5 years of experience negotiating and closing multimillion dollar contracts

Eligibility Requirements:

• The preferred work location for this role is at the GE Vernova Nuclear Energy Headquarters in Wilmington, NC; but highly qualified (US based) remote candidates will be considered.
• This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in business administration.
• Over 10 years’ experience in a Sales or Marketing position
• Over 10 years’ experience in nuclear industry
• In depth knowledge of nuclear products, fuels and services, particularly boiling water reactors.
• Experience developing large project contracts and working with EPC firms.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, experience in Lean and developing standard work.
• Demonstrated Program/Project management skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, ability to get along with customers and GE Vernova Hitachi colleagues at all levels and disciplines, particularly C-suite.
• Excellent communication skills: experience working across multiple levels, functions and regions; able to clearly communicate complex sales information in a clear and concise manner; able to deliver message effectively verbally and in writing
• Clear thinking / problem-solving: successfully led cross-functional projects/process improvement within sales function involving process improvement; able and willing to quickly grasp new ideas
• Advanced understanding of nuclear technologies, regulations and operations as well as customer electricity generating environment (e.g. how customers make money)
• Advanced understanding of commercial operations, deal structuring and contract term

The base pay range for this position is $166,000 to $230,000. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for bonuses, such as a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation/equity. This position is expected to close on Friday October 3rd

The company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120%, or 130% of salary in certain areas.

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, 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 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 planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a "Sponsor"). Each Sponsor 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 Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

#LI-Remote - This is a remote positionApplication Deadline: October 04, 2025