Assistant Program Manager
This role requires an employee to be onsite on a full-time basis.
About 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 a 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.
Responsibilities
- Directly support Program Manager with cross-functional execution of Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP) deliverables with the 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
Requirements
- 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 the 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
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
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.
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