Senior Sales Manager - Gas Turbines, Nigeria & Ghana

About the role

GE Vernova is looking for a Senior Sales Manager to provide strategic commercial leadership and drive profitable growth for its Gas Power portfolio across Nigeria, Ghana and the wider Sub-Saharan Africa market. The role leads the pursuit and conversion of complex power-generation opportunities in heavy-duty and aeroderivative gas turbine solutions (OCGT and CCGT). It is a remote position with no relocation assistance.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the sales strategy for Nigeria, Ghana and priority emerging markets, aligned with GE Vernova's EMEA commercial objectives.
• Leverage HDGT and aeroderivative expertise to shape differentiated OCGT and CCGT solutions focused on efficiency, reliability and value.
• Own the full commercial lifecycle, from opportunity identification and value proposition through negotiations, contracting and financial close.
• Mobilize application engineering, commercial operations, finance, legal and product teams to build winning customer solutions.
• Manage regulatory, macroeconomic and energy-market complexity, proactively mitigating risk.
• Build and maintain relationships with IPPs, utilities, EPCs, investors and lenders, government ministries and regulators.

Required profile

• Master's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering from a recognized university.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive sales and commercial leadership in power generation or utility-scale infrastructure, including 8+ years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven track record of closing major capital-equipment and long-term service agreements.
• Willingness to travel 50-60% across the region.
• Desirable: MBA degree.

Required skills

• Expertise in heavy-duty gas turbine and aeroderivative technologies, with strong knowledge of OCGT and CCGT systems.
• Project financing, TCO modelling, feasibility and COE analysis, and risk mitigation.
• Gas turbine and total-plant performance calculations, and electrical and mechanical balance-of-plant knowledge (generators, HRSGs, steam turbines, GSUTs).
• Negotiation, stakeholder management and leading cross-functional teams.