Senior Analyst, Operational & Strategic Risk

About the role

We're dedicated to achieving our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. This role serves as GM's front-line risk-controls professional supporting the deployment and improvement of Control Self-Assessments (CSAs) within the Global Product Development (GPD) organization, focusing on product safety.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage Control Self-Assessments (CSAs) through the STAR tool for Product Safety Principles (PSP) 1–6 within the GPD organization, ensuring timely and accurate assessment of safety-critical controls across engineering and product development business units.
• Maintain and update the GPD ORM Library, including CSA questions, risk linkages, and supporting control documentation using Fast Map templates and associated desk procedures.
• Identify and validate CSA assignees by collaborating with Safety leadership and SMEs to ensure the right leaders are assessed on the right controls, supported by data-driven candidate selection processes.
• Conduct validation reviews of completed CSAs, assessing the adequacy of rationale, evidence, and alignment with Product Safety Principle requirements.
• Manage action plans resulting from ineffective CSA findings, collaborating with business partners and SMEs to develop corrective actions, track resolution timelines, and ensure closed-loop remediation.
• Present ORM Plan status, CSA deployment progress, identified control deficiencies, and open action plans at quarterly Safety Process Improvement (SPI) meetings and Pre-Disclosure meetings with senior safety leadership.
• Develop, propose, and pilot new techniques to improve the CSA process — making it more targeted, better aligned with GM's known enterprise and business risks and audit results, building measurable mitigations to lower GM's risk exposure.
• Cross-train and support Strategic Risk Management initiatives, developing risk materials that will be shown at the highest levels of the company, including the board of directors.
• Develop and deliver risk products, including trend analyses, controls effectiveness reporting, and process improvement recommendations to support the evolution of the ORM and SRM programs.

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional experience in automotive engineering, finance, audit, or risk/controls management.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to independently plan, execute, and report on controls assessments or audit engagements with minimal guidance.
• Experience building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships with senior leaders, including the ability to present findings and recommendations clearly to executive audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to evaluate diverse information, identify control gaps, and propose practical, data-supported solutions.
• Proficiency with data management, reporting, and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Glean, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, or similar platforms).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with, or willingness to learn, governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platforms (e.g., IBM OpenPages / STAR or similar tools).
• Strong conviction for product safety, knowledge of the product development processes, vehicle safety regulations, and GM's Product Safety Principles.
• Experience deploying, assessing, or managing controls programs in a corporate environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement process improvements that increase efficiency and effectiveness of risk programs.
• Experience with AI tools, automation, or advanced analytics to enhance risk assessment or reporting processes.