The Role
Individuals will define program scope, status, timeline, and resource planning ensuring alignment with business and product objectives, timely delivery, and exceptional quality. They take responsibility for the end-to-end execution of all programs and body of work in your portfolio of 4 to 6 significant programs.
What You’ll Do
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Connect the dots across programs, including adjacent work activity, pending requirements, leverageable technology assets, potential conflicts, integration across release cadences, and all potential touchpoints (marketing, legal, etc.)
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Ensure sequencing of all dependent stories and tasks to ensure they are understood and on track, and if not on track, determine the best path forward (and execute against it).
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Identify all risks and potential issues, including early warning signals, mitigation plans, 3rd party impacts. Develop and execute mitigation plans for all non-engineering-specific (e.g., code won’t compile) roadblocks, issues and bottlenecks
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Exhibit clear and concise communication to all levels, showcasing professionalism through compelling presentations that utilize storytelling and metrics to display project progress and insights. Able to communicate status, issues, risks, impacts effectively and in an unbiased, action-based manner. Provide all relevant metrics of progress, status and actions.
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Incorporate SRE and CI/CD/Dev Experience activities into program activities
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Ensure the quality of Product contribution to the program effort by driving to 18-month roadmaps, with clear capabilities, priorities and acceptance criteria.
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Effectively manage requirement intake into program activity
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Incorporate best practices in development workflows, change management, and engineering lifecycle - identifying opportunities to create and streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and optimize impact. This would demonstrate impact to specific programs, with engineering managers, and at a total PMO level.
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Apply business acumen, technical savvy and domain expertise to expertly execute programs, blending program management techniques, process, and tools
For Staff Program Leads:
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Understand the full body of work for the domain represented by the Engineering Executive (e.g., Commercial Software Engineering)
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Be the principal point of escalations for all issues, roadblocks, and unresolved risks impacting execution of domain engineering work product, with directly accountability mitigation responsibilities
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Ensure the integrity of how engineering work and demand are reflected in the tools (Jira, Align)
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Provide guidance and mentorship to cultivate program execution excellence among team members.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
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8+ years of experience in engineering, program management or product/program leadership.
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BS or MS degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
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Proven ability to lead large-scale, cross-functional software engineering programs, in complex enterprise environments.
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Experienced in leading cross-functional collaboration across technical and business domains to deliver unified outcomes
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Strong analytical mindset with exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate complex topics clearly and effectively
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Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities, with a passion for fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration
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Expertise in program management methodologies (Agile, hybrid, scaled delivery models) and deep proficiency in tools (e.g., Jira, Align, Confluence)
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
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Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or MBA with technical focus
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Technical experience in data structures, web development, software development and/or systems integration
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Experience in leading full program portfolios for an engineering team
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Experience building analytical and informational dashboards using BI or similar technologies
Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to either: Warren, Austin, Atlanta, or Mountain View three times per week.
These positions are a lateral only opportunity.
This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.
GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)
