Global Industrial Data Standards Lead

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Job Description Summary Defines and owns the global standard for how industrial data moves from manufacturing operations to business decisions across Gas Power manufacturing sites. Owns the Integration Contract at the OT/IT boundary, governs data product acceptance criteria, and ensures every site connects to a single global standard. DPE's primary voice in the MIDA engagement and industrial data architecture decisions. Job Description Defines and owns the global standard for how industrial data moves from manufacturing operations to business decisions across Gas Power Global Supply Chain. Positioned as a neutral peer to the Global Process Engineering Authority (GPEA) and Global Process Digital Authorities (GPDAs), this role defines the Integration Contract at the OT/IT boundary, governs how operational signals become business data elements, and ensures every site connects to a single global standard rather than building its own integration. Serves as the primary voice in the Modern Industrial Data Architecture (MIDA) engagement and in any industrial data architecture decision that affects how manufacturing data reaches the business. Key Responsibilities Global Standard Definition and Governance Authority Own the Integration Contract: the global governing standard at the OT/IT boundary that defines how operational technology signals are structured, named, and handed off to enterprise systems. This standard is the reference point for every GPEA data collection initiative, every GPDA data consumption requirement, and every new technology introduction that touches machine or operational data. Own change control governance for the Integration Contract: when signal structure, data definitions, or ERP integration patterns change, this role governs the process, assesses cross-system impact, and ratifies changes before they propagate across sites. Define data product acceptance criteria for all MIDA-connected sites: what a data product must look like, how it must be validated, and what constitutes readiness for business consumption. Maintain the target-state view of how industrial data flows across the Gas Power digital ecosystem, from machine to manufacturing execution systems to ERP to business decisions and ensure new technology introductions align to that architecture rather than fragment it. Serve as the primary voice in the MIDA engagement and any industrial data architecture forum where standards affecting manufacturing data are defined or changed. Cross-Functional Alignment and Standards Deployment Partner with the Global Process Engineering Authority as the primary upstream interface: the GPEA generates the data; this role defines the standard for how it is structured and handed off at the OT/IT boundary. Co-own the Integration Contract with the GPEA, ensuring OT and IT responsibilities are clearly delineated and jointly maintained. Partner with Global Process Digital Authorities as the primary downstream interface: GPDAs consume the data in their respective process domains; this role ensures the global standard meets their consumption requirements and that changes to the standard are communicated and absorbed without disruption. Partner with the New Technology Introduction Team to ensure every digital and AI solution evaluated or built against operational data meets the Integration Contract standard before piloting. Provide AI readiness guidance: assess whether data products are structured, complete, and reliable enough to support AI-enabled decisions, and define what remediation is required when they are not. Partner with the Master Data Governance Team to ensure the Integration Contract and enterprise data standards are aligned, and that operational data fields map correctly to master data definitions across SAP and Oracle. Partner with the Digital Automation Team to influence MIDA development and continuous improvement of the platform to enable future use cases as shop floor needs evolve. Site Network and Adoption Build and coordinate a cross-functional network of site-level representatives spanning GPEA, GPDA, and Digital Technology disciplines who implement and sustain the Integration Contract locally across Gas Power manufacturing sites. Establish and chair a cross-functional industrial data standards forum bringing together GPEA, GPDA, and Digital Technology representatives across sites. This forum is the ratification body for changes to the Integration Contract and data product acceptance criteria; decisions made here govern how data flows across the entire Gas Power manufacturing network. Monitor Integration Contract compliance across sites, identify deviations, and drive corrective action. Feed lessons learned from each site implementation back into the global standard, so every subsequent deployment is faster and more consistent than the last. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Computer Science, or a related technical field. 3+ years in manufacturing, industrial data, or process engineering with direct experience working on both sides of the OT/IT boundary. Working knowledge of industrial data architecture standards for structuring operational data, including ISA-95 / IEC 62264 equipment and material hierarchy models and asset and tag naming conventions, with experience applying them in a production environment. Able to read, critique, and arbitrate a data contract or payload schema: set naming and structure conventions, assess a data model for completeness, and push back credibly on designs proposed by process engineering and Digital Technology. Working knowledge of manufacturing execution systems, ERP (SAP and/or Oracle), and how enterprise systems consume operational data from the shop floor. Multi-site or global manufacturing scope experience; comfortable driving alignment across teams with different priorities and technical backgrounds. Desired Characteristics Working knowledge of data quality dimensions relevant to AI readiness, including completeness, lineage, latency, and consistency, sufficient to judge whether a data product is fit for business consumption. Awareness of OT connectivity and contextualization patterns such as OPC UA, MQTT, Unified Namespace, and plant historian platforms, sufficient to know what is feasible at the OT/IT boundary without owning the implementation. Demonstrated influential leadership across technical and functional communities: able to drive alignment with site teams, process engineers, and supply chain planners, and to engage credibly with enterprise standards bodies and cross-functional councils. Background in standards governance, understands the difference between a standard that is documented and one that is adopted, and has the experience to close that gap. Working knowledge of how machine data is generated and collected on the shop floor, sufficient to have a credible technical conversation with process engineers without owning the engineering content. Comfortable operating as a neutral convener across functions that have competing priorities, and able to drive alignment through the quality of the standard and the strength of relationships rather than through organizational authority. Experience with industrial data platform engagements or vendor partnerships where data architecture standards were defined or negotiated across organizational boundaries. Work Authorization Requirement: GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Additional Information 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: No For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $122,600.00 and $204,400.00. 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 August 12, 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.