Senior Director, Total Rewards – Wind Segment (M/F)

The Total Rewards Leader for the Wind Segment is a critical leadership role at GE Vernova, responsible for shaping, governing, and executing global compensation and total rewards strategies across the Wind Segment. This leader acts as a strategic advisor to Wind Senior HR and ELT Leadership Teams and the Global Total Rewards COE, driving a unified rewards philosophy that accelerates transformation, talent growth, and organizational performance. The role demands strategic vision, operational excellence, and external insight to craft competitive, equitable, and sustainable reward solutions, partnering closely with Finance, HR, and Business leadership.

Must Have

• Lead the Total Rewards agenda across the Wind Segment
• Shape and execute a cohesive compensation strategy aligned with company goals
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Wind HR Senior Leadership team
• Partner with Corporate Total Rewards COE on program design and governance
• Lead annual and off-cycle compensation planning
• Oversee executive compensation for the segment
• Drive harmonization and standardization of compensation and benefits programs
• Lead external benchmarking, market intelligence, and workforce analytics
• Monitor global and regional regulatory trends for compliance
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Total Rewards team
• Collaborate across HR, Finance, and Legal for compliant programs
• Support communication and change management for total rewards initiatives
• Extensive progressive experience in global Total Rewards leadership roles
• Proven expertise in executive compensation, global mobility, M&A integration, and compensation governance
• Strategic mindset with ability to translate business priorities into reward strategies
• Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, and change leadership skills
• Experience leading distributed teams and partnering across regions and functions

Perks & Benefits

• medical coverage
• dental coverage
• vision coverage
• prescription drug coverage
• access to Health Coach from GE Vernova
• access to Employee Assistance Program
• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan (401k with company match and contributions)
• access to Fidelity Executive Services
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off
• Restoration Plan (nonqualified plan with company credits)
• discretionary annual bonus
• Relocation Assistance Provided

Job Description Summary

The Total Rewards Leader for the Wind Segment plays a critical leadership role in shaping, governing, and executing global compensation and total rewards strategies across one of three major business segment of GE Vernova. This leader will serve as a strategic advisor to the Wind Senior HR and ELT Leadership Teams and the Global Total Rewards COE, driving a unified rewards philosophy that accelerates transformation, talent growth, and organizational performance. This role demands a balance of strategic vision, operational excellence, and external insight to craft competitive, equitable, and sustainable reward solutions. The role partners closely with Wind Segment Finance, HR, and Business leadership to ensure reward strategies align with business priorities, M&A integration imperatives, and financial performance objectives. This position reports to the Global Head of Total Rewards, with a strong matrix partnership to the segment HR and business leadership teams.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Total Rewards agenda across the Wind Segment, shaping and executing a cohesive compensation strategy aligned with the company’s transformation, growth, and digitalization goals.
• Serve as a key member and trusted advisor to Wind HR Senior Leadership team.
• Serve as a key member of the Total Rewards Senior Leadership Team, partnering with the Corporate Total Rewards COE to shape enterprise‑level program design, ensure consistent policy governance, and drive effective deployment within the segment.
• Lead annual and off‑cycle compensation planning across all levels (budgeting, merit, incentives, and promotions), ensuring fairness, transparency, and alignment to business outcomes, while overseeing executive compensation for the segment in partnership with the Corporate Executive Compensation team.
• Drive harmonization and standardization of compensation and benefits programs across the Wind Segment, including during M&A and portfolio integration activities, ensuring consistent and competitive practices aligned with enterprise‑level principles.
• Lead external benchmarking, market intelligence, and workforce analytics to guide proactive talent and compensation decisions.
• Monitor global and regional regulatory trends, adapting programs to maintain compliance and competitiveness across multiple geographies.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Total Rewards team supporting the segment; coach and mentor TR professionals to strengthen technical, analytical, and consultative capabilities.
• Drive capability-building across HRBPs and business leaders to strengthen rewards acumen and decision-making.
• Collaborate across HR, Finance, and Legal to align pay philosophy, internal equity, and external competitiveness, and to design compliant, risk‑managed, and financially sustainable total rewards programs.
• Support communication and change management for total rewards initiatives, ensuring transparency and employee understanding globally.
• Flexible location EU / Americas

Qualifications

• Extensive progressive experience in global Total Rewards leadership roles across complex, matrixed, and multinational organizations.
• Proven expertise in executive compensation, global mobility, M&A integration, and compensation governance.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate business priorities into impactful reward strategies.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, and change leadership skills.
• Experience leading distributed teams and partnering across regions and functions.

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $170,000 to $350,000 USD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.

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).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position only:

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on January 06, 2026.

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 Executive Services. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off, and the Restoration Plan, a nonqualified plan with company credits on eligible pay above IRS limits.

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.