Work Arrangement
This role requires an employee to be onsite on a full-time basis.
The Role
GM's Design Organization is seeking an Assistant Program Manager (APM) who will represent Design in Engineering and Program Teams, ensuring that our vehicles have world class craftsmanship, quality, usability, and an engaged customer experience. The successful candidate is highly skilled at program management, creative problem solving, has passion for working cross-functionally, and has the attention to detail to deliver extraordinary products that meet General Motors’ purpose to pioneer the innovations that move and connect people to what matters.
If this sounds like your next step, we'd love to hear from you! There has never been a more exciting time to work for GM!
What You’ll Do
- Directly support Program Manager with cross-functional execution of Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP) deliverables with goal of 100% on-time performance with quality
- Utilize the GVDP and Design sub-processes to manage and deliver specific Design milestones
- Represent the voice of Design cross-functionally to ensure deliverables and decisions are met per process and drive accountability as the neutral voice of the program internally
- Facilitate Program Operations Meetings (POPs) to track and resolve program issues, including documenting decisions and tracking action items to closure
- Act as Design’s single-point-of-contact for all cross-functional stakeholders for assigned programs
- Make program status highly visible, anticipate potential program risks, and support issue escalation
- Demonstrate ability to bring stakeholders together to resolve issues quickly and effectively.
- Work with all levels of the organization, including facilitating Executive Chief Engineer (ECE) reviews and VP of Design reviews as needed
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships between Vehicle Program Management, Advanced Vehicle Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Design functions
- Utilize Momentum timing tools and author change requests in the Program Change Management (PCM) System
- Maintain the Design Fabrication Bill of Properties
- Follow and support property builds at Design Fabrication for assigned programs
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s Degree qualifications in design, business, engineering, or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- Experience supporting design or engineering functions is preferred
- Strong facilitation skills with ability to adapt style to suit different audiences and situations
- Ability to be predictive and proactive in a high-tempo work environment that is dependent on collaboration, decisiveness, and innovative thinking
- Excellent influencing and negotiation skills
- High level of project management skills
- Detail oriented problem-solver
- Self-motivated and ability to work with minimal direction
- Strong team building and interpersonal skills
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- 7+ years of relevant experience
- Comprehensive understanding of Global Vehicle Product Development
- Familiarity with AI tools for automation and documentation
- Excellence in storytelling and facilitation, as demonstrated by driving timely decisions with stakeholder groups to move programs forward.
- Change management skills, from experiences anticipating and managing the impact of design and content changes
- 5+ years of experience building strong relationships with cross-functional partners and Design leaders at various levels of the organization. Skilled in influencing without authority to propel projects to the right outcomes.
Sponsorship: GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
