Executive Aero Services Commercial Leader
Houston, TX - USA
Job Summary
The leader operates in a constrained supply and complex market environment balancing demand creation pricing discipline and execution risk to optimize long-term value. The role is responsible for strategic and tactical commercial outcomes across a $1B business today with significant growth and margin expansion targets.
Essential Responsibilities:
1. Global Commercial Leadership & Strategy
- Lead a globally distributed team of commercial professionals across Americas EMEA and Asia
- Set and execute the global commercial strategy aligned with Aero Services growth and profitability objectives
- Drive consistent commercial operating cadence governance and decision-making across regions
- Own commercial processes tools and policy frameworks to enable scalable execution
- Develop and expand new channels and commercial pathways to drive Aero demand creation
- Identify and capture new market opportunities including emerging segments (e.g. data centers hyperscalers)
- Balance share defense in core markets with expansion into higher-growth adjacencies
- Build a robust commercial pipeline aligned with long-range financial targets
- Lead global pricing strategy competitive intelligence and deal structuring
- Establish advanced underwriting frameworks incorporating delivery risk cost and capacity constraints
- Drive margin expansion through disciplined deal selection and pricing governance
- Manage portfolio trade-offs between legacy contracts and premium-priced growth opportunities
- Standardize and optimize commercial processes across Poles to drive efficiency and consistency
- Lead proposal strategy and execution for complex global deals
- Implement tools and analytics to improve forecasting pipeline quality and conversion
- Drive transformation of commercial operations to reduce risk leakage and inefficiencies
- Align commercial commitments with supply chain and operational realities
- Embed risk management into deal structures to mitigate margin leakage and execution losses
- Allocate constrained capacity to highest-value opportunities
- Lead cross-functional alignment across commercial supply chain and fulfillment organizations
- Lead coach and develop a high-performing global commercial organization (35 HC)
- Drive talent development succession planning and performance management
- Foster a culture of accountability customer focus and disciplined execution
- Provide leadership on strategic priorities and cross-functional initiatives
- Bachelors in Engineering Finance or Business Management from an accredited college or university
- Minimum 8 years experience in Sales and/or associated Commercial functions (i.e. Comm Ops Application Engineering or Contract Management etc.)
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
- Aero experience
- Business strategy experience
- People leadership experience
- Strong influencing skills across a matrixed organization
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
- Strong customer service mindset
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position the pay range for this position is between $232000 and $348000 USD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience education and skill set.
GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual 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
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