Senior Sales and Business Development Manager, Onshore Wind, UK and Nordics

Senior Sales and Business Development Manager, Onshore Wind, UK and Nordics

GE Vernova is looking for an exceptional Senior Sales and Business Development Manager UK and Nordics to join our Commercial team for Onshore Wind based in the UK

GE Vernova - The Energy to Change the World

With over 130 years of experience and proven innovation, GE Vernova is leading a new era of energy. We are electrifying the world while working to decarbonize it. Our name reflects our mission. “GE” carries a legacy of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” signals Earth’s lush ecosystems, while “Nova” nods to a new era of lower-carbon energy we are helping to deliver.

Focused on the future, GE Vernova is accelerating the shift to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. We help customers power economies and deliver electricity vital to health, safety, and quality of life.

Wind

Wind energy is essential to a low-carbon future. We design and build advanced Offshore and Onshore Wind technologies, as well as high-performing Wind Turbine Blades, to capture the power of nature and turn it into progress.

Role Overview

The Senior Sales and Business Development Manager UK and Nordics is responsible for leading the commercial assessment, strategy development, and structuring of business opportunities, strengthening GE Vernova’s market position through informed commercial judgement and effective stakeholder engagement.

This role exists to drive the identification, evaluation, and conversion of commercial opportunities in Onshore Wind across the UK and the Nordics, ensuring GE Vernova’s Onshore wind business remains well‑positioned in each market. Working closely with Commercial Operations, Technical Marketing, and Product Management, the role shapes commercial strategies, structures complex commercial arrangements, and serves as the primary interface with senior customer representatives.

Your Impact

• Generate and qualify commercial opportunities across key European regions, maximising customer value and securing high‑impact deals that balance competitiveness with appropriate risk.
• Drive short‑term commercial success in active markets while building long‑term growth pipelines through strategic business development in emerging or less active regions.
• Lead senior‑level customer relationships across all commercial dimensions, acting as the primary interface for key accounts and influencing decision‑makers up to C‑suite level.
• Represent GE Vernova with industry associations in the UK and Nordics, shaping discussions and advocating for the company’s strategic interests.
• Prepare and evaluate project budgets, assess competitive positioning, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure opportunities meet internal approval standards and transaction timelines.
• Develop market strategies grounded in robust analysis, identifying new partners and structuring innovative commercial solutions that enhance GE Vernova’s competitiveness.
• Collaborate across GE Vernova businesses to deliver integrated global energy solutions, using strong analytical and communication skills to influence internal and external stakeholders and support long‑term strategic outcomes.

What Success Looks Like in This Role

The ideal candidate is a commercially astute, technically grounded leader with proven wind‑sector experience, capable of influencing senior stakeholders, managing complex deadlines and budgets, and representing the business with empathy, confidence, and frequent travel.

• Brings essential prior experience in the wind industry, ideally with solid technical and commercial understanding.
• Demonstrates strong stakeholder management skills, able to communicate clearly, influence effectively, and build trust at all organisational levels.
• Comfortable leading a cross-functional bidding team, showing natural leadership qualities grounded in empathy, sound judgement, and collaborative decision‑making.
• Proven ability to work to strict deadlines while managing budgets, commercial priorities, and multiple parallel workstreams.
• Confident engaging with senior external partners and internal executives, including navigating complex or sensitive discussions.
• Willing and able to travel regularly to support customers, partners, and regional business needs.
• Adaptable, self‑driven, and capable of representing the organisation across diverse markets while maintaining a high standard of professionalism and integrity.

Our Culture

Every action shapes our future. That’s why our north star is a culture of impact, where everyone is empowered to thrive and achieve.

Addressing the urgent need to build a more sustainable electric power system while improving the trajectory of climate change emissions are global priorities, and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world We play a significant role in leading a new era of energy.

Our technology helps generate approximately twenty-five percent of the world’s electricity today, and we are working to power the rest. If we want the future of energy to be different, then join us and be the difference. Together, we are the Energy of Change!

We're determined to be the best place to grow

We believe that strong careers are built on a variety of experiences, strong connections, and continuous development. We’re committed to providing you the tools to navigate and shape a strong career journey that aligns with a healthy work-life balance. No two careers are the same, and yours should reflect your personal and professional goals. Your people leader and trusted mentors will support you through navigating your journey.

We also prioritize fair pay, performance-based rewards, and wellbeing programs for you and your family. With opportunities to move across teams and functions, your career can keep evolving while sustainability stays at the core of everything we do.

Inclusion & Diversity 

We are passionate about creating an inclusive work environment. By valuing the ideas and contributions of a diverse workforce we help inspire others to grow, succeed, and raise the bar for everyone.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, GE Vernova is committed to support disadvantaged groups whilst providing equal opportunities for both GE Vernova associates and applicants alike.

Join us at GE Vernova where results can be achieved by embracing a community of belonging.

Due to the high volume of candidates we receive, we will only contact successful applicants for the interview stage.