Sr. Program Manager- Global Innovation
General Motors

Job Info

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Job Description

About the Team:

The Global Innovation team's mission is to identify, grow, and nurture future businesses that present growth opportunities for General Motors. Building on our recent key wins with OnStar Guardian, OnStar Insurance and OnStar Vehicle Insights, we are looking to build more robust processes to drive efficiency across our business lines, ensure key milestone delivery, and accelerate growth.

About the Role:

The Sr. Program Manager will stand up and lead the program management discipline within the Global Innovation team with a focus on software related programs. The role requires the framing, development, and analysis of issues for program leadership decisions. Opportunities for which to build process and rigor may include product definition, engineering, prototyping, software development and IT/workload balancing.

A successful candidate will demonstrate ability to develop and establish a program management discipline with the team and over time, build out the capability to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall team. Responsibilities will include:

• Develop a GM Innovation specific process that is flexible to enable creativity and innovation, but provides clear gates and milestones to manage program performance, timing, and scope
• Manage a lean team of program managers
• Provide tools to track project progress, risks and provide GM Innovation leadership with visibility of across projects and priorities
• Define, implement, and share artifacts to capture best practices and learnings to extend across the Global Innovation team
• Work with program leads (business, product, and tech) to install process and tools and tailor them as needed
• Extend this capability and partner with business leads on priority projects and ensure deliverables are met
• Enable process and forums to frame and drive product and other decisions balancing customer and business considerations
• Communicate clearly through standalone presentations, leadership reviews, team meetings and 1:1 discussions with senior leaders
• Understand GVDP/GVPP/CX/GMF process and best practices across GM

*This role involves a high level of independent judgment and ingenuity. The ability to work cross functionally and with various levels of management is a necessity.

Additional Job Description

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• 7-10 years of experience in program management
• Evidence of strong framing and communication skills
• Software/Technical undergraduate degree preferred
• Experience within General Motors Planning (GVDP/CX/GMF) or Program Management preferred or equivalent experience (i.e. PMI certification)
• Experience with agile methodologies
• Understanding of many aspects of the business: including knowledge of Product Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, Finance and Planning

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or equivalent
• Start up and/or software experience
• Consulting role

Key Competencies:

• Organizational agility
• Business Acumen
• Adaptability
• Professional Courage
• Workload Management
• Results-Focused
• Team Leadership
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Strategic Orientation
• Critical Thinking
• Self-Direction
• Customer Focus
• Informative and Persuasive Communication
• Process Improvement

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statements

The policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us atCareers.Accommodations@GM.com. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

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