Staffing and Operations Manager - Datacenters

Job Description Summary

As a Workforce Planning and Operations Manager within our Power Conversion and Storage business, you will play a critical role in the successful execution of high-value, large-scale datacenter projects (exceeding $1B). You will be the central point of contact for human capital strategy, ensuring that our project teams are optimally staffed, properly mobilized, and compliant with international labor and immigration regulations.

Reporting to the Program Director - Datacenters, your leadership will ensure workforce readiness and mobilization while maintaining the highest standards of regulatory and labor compliance.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

1. Staffing and Recruitment Ramp Up

• Drive a comprehensive staffing strategy for project ramp-up, ensuring all roles are filled in alignment with aggressive project construction and commissioning timelines.
• Partner closely with the Central Talent Acquisition team to define job requirements, align candidate profiles, and prioritize hiring needs based on the $1B+ project schedule.
• Pace and synchronize recruitment activities with project milestones, ensuring a steady, high-quality pipeline of talent that avoids both hiring bottlenecks and idle labor costs.
• Monitor recruitment KPIs and "time-to-fill" metrics, escalating potential delays in talent acquisition that may jeopardize project milestones.

• Work with HR Business Partners to ensure the right technical skills are matched to project milestones.

2. Immigration & Global Mobility Oversight:

• Manage complex international labor mobility and immigration requirements for global teams working on datacenter sites.
• Act as the liaison between external immigration counsel, project management, and site leadership to ensure visa, work permit, and tax compliance.
• Mitigate project delays by proactively addressing regulatory or movement barriers for key personnel.

3. Prevailing Wage & Apprenticeship Compliance:

• Oversee and ensure project-wide compliance with prevailing wage requirements, ensuring all payroll and labor reporting meets specific local, state, or federal mandate thresholds.
• Monitor and manage apprenticeship utilization requirements, ensuring the project meets mandatory ratios by coordinating with local unions, trade schools, or internal apprenticeship programs.
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation regarding labor classifications, hours worked, and wage rates to mitigate project risk and legal liability.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors degree in business administration, human resources, commerce or a related field
• Experience: minimum 7+ years in resource management, project operations, or global mobility, specifically within large-scale industrial, energy, or datacenter infrastructure.
• Knowledge: Basic understanding of international immigration laws, cross-border workforce management, and labor compliance.
• Communication: Proven ability to influence stakeholders at the executive level and navigate matrixed organizational structures.
• Complexity Management: Experience working on "mega-projects" ($500M+) where multiple disciplines and global logistics are involved.
• Travel: up to 10% of travel based on the business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in Project Management (PMP) or equivalent experience.

Additional Information

- This is a remote positionApplication Deadline: October 28, 2026For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $114,100.00 and $190,200.00. 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: discretionary annual bonus.This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on October 20, 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 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.

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