General Motors

Corporate Strategy Manager

General Motors • $120K — $150K *
Detroit, MI 48228In-Person
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8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Marketing, or related discipline; MBA preferred
  • 8+ years of strategy experience, with prior managerial experience required
  • Successful history in developing and driving strategic growth initiatives, preferably from internal strategy teams or consulting firms
  • Strong expertise in corporate strategy formulation and execution coordination
  • Solid business and financial acumen with a grasp of data and analytics
  • Experience in customer-oriented industries emphasizing digital transformation; tech-oriented sectors are a plus
  • Proven leadership, relationship-building, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and define strategic project work scope, questions, and required analysis
  • Gather data and develop actionable recommendations to drive strategic directions
  • Engage with the business to design and implement innovative strategies and processes
  • Manage project teams and align cross-functional goals
  • Cultivate trust with leaders to implement collaborative growth strategies
  • Drive innovation and challenge the typical ways of conducting business
  • Explore potential M&A, joint ventures, or partnerships to enhance growth initiatives
  • Continuously refine core business approaches and conduct competitive intelligence.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model requiring in-office presence three times per week
  • Opportunity to work on high-impact strategic initiatives
  • Collaboration with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
  • Challenging projects with a focus on innovation and growth
  • Exposure to M&A and joint venture strategic exploration.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Manager, Corporate Strategy

Reporting to the Director, Corporate Strategy, this role will be responsible for collaborating and leading strategic projects, communication, and coordinated execution of GM's strategy process and the corresponding strategic initiatives.

Role Responsibilities:
  • Lead strategic projects including defining the scope, questions to be answered, analysis required to define the strategic direction and executing the work
  • Develop work plans, gather, and generate relevant data, drive analyses, and the development of actionable recommendations
  • Engage the business in defining and refining business strategies with a focus on designing and implementing new strategic approaches, ideas and processes that will grow the business and provide measurable results
  • Manage project teams, align on cross-functional goals and outcomes
  • Build credibility and trust with leaders across the organization to achieve collaborative implementation of growth strategies
  • Disrupt the status quo and drive innovation to transform the way business is conducted
  • In partnership with CorpDev, explore potential M&A/JV/partnership opportunities to strengthen the portfolio of mission-aligned growth initiatives
  • Develop ideas to continuously refine and improve the core business and conduct competitive intelligence
  • Serve as a strategy advocate and expert to the business, socialize the strategy framework/toolkit with others
  • Demonstrate the capabilities of intellectual curiosity, comfort with ambiguity


Skills and Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Marketing, or a related discipline. MBA preferred
  • 8+ years of strategy experience; prior managerial experience is required
  • Proven and successful track record of developing and driving strategic and purpose-driven growth initiatives; in an internal strategy team or at a strategy consulting firm
  • Strength and depth of experience in corporate strategy: formulation, activation, and execution coordination. Demonstrated strategy DNA developed from significant experience in strategy consulting or internal strategy leadership roles.
  • Strong business and financial acumen.
  • Knowledge and experience gained from leadership roles in relevant customer-oriented industries with particular focus on businesses that have successfully undergone digital transformation and technology-driven change. Automotive sector experience is not a requirement, but technology-oriented industries will be an advantage.
  • Strong leadership skills including building relationships internally and externally, influencing others, collaborative problem solving, and effective partnership with key internal stakeholders.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively with others while driving results.
  • Goes beyond strategy definition and into effective execution.
  • Strong project management skills with a keen attention to detail and operations with a sense of urgency to move from ideas to action.
  • Possesses high energy and resilience. Drawn to and skilled at solving complex problems.
  • Strong and consistent personal ethics and a high sense of integrity.
  • Strong grasp of data and analytics to ground decision making.


Hybrid This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Global HQ Hudson Building Detroit, MI three times per week, at minimum [or other frequency dictated by the business]

Relocation:This job is NOT eligible for relocation benefits

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.)

About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Learn more about General Motors
Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
NASDAQ
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