General Motors

ERG Program Manager

General Motors • $90K — $120K *
Detroit, MI 48228Hybrid
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in organizational development, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
  • 5+ years of professional experience
  • Extensive experience with ERG strategy implementation and sustainability
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite
  • Strong skills in project management and change management
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and manage stakeholder expectations

Responsibilities

  • Lead ERGs in developing annual business plans aligned with global strategy
  • Develop and implement governance frameworks for ERGs
  • Create and execute a cultural strategy in collaboration with ERGs
  • Plan and forecast ERG budgets, reporting on actuals
  • Facilitate ERG communications strategy and coordinate with outside agencies
  • Measure and report on the effectiveness of ERG initiatives
  • Manage project plans within the ERG portfolio, applying agile methodology

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs including medical, dental, and vision
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Retirement savings plan with employer contributions
  • Life insurance and accident benefits
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Tuition assistance programs
  • Employee discounts on GM vehicles
Full Job Description
Job Description

This is a hybrid role

The Role:

The ERG Program Manager is a critical part of the Corporate Citizenship Team. This team member will manage a portfolio of Employee Resource Groups and their initiatives to drive growth, success and business goals. Align and collaborate cross functionally to integrate ERG initiatives into the broader organizational strategies. ERG program managers will ensure our ERGs are viewed as key drivers of our effort and GM culture.

A successful candidate will have the ability to nurture / build productive relationships between ERG leaders, their networks, and Executive Champions. The ERG Program Manager will be accountable for measuring, reporting and shaping ERG initiatives within their portfolio and will look across the ERG landscape, to innovate, define new processes and drive adoption for best practices, by creating change management strategies tailored for their ERG portfolio, advocating for use of tools and processes with the full ERG portfolio to drive efficiencies and support for the intersectionality that we all experience. This role will be accountable for defining project plans, providing status updates, day-to-day oversight for their assigned ERGs including budget management, contract negotiations, when applicable, and general ERG support.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Lead ERGs in the development of their annual business plans and ensure strategic alignment to global strategy


  • Develop and implement governance for the ERGs to algin with company goals, values, and business impact


  • Create Cultural strategy with ERG, paired with a capacity plan and guide work across teams


  • Plan and forecast budget, including reporting back on actuals with their ERGs


  • Facilitate the development of ERG communications strategy, communications with leadership, and handle outside agency/consultants, as needed, to deliver on key initiatives for your ERG Portfolio


  • Track and measure the impact and effectiveness of ERG initiatives


  • Manage project plans within the portfolio, based on agile methodology.


  • Prioritize and execute process changes on key opportunities and streamline ERG practices and procedures


  • Partner across the enterprise to integrate ERG initiatives into business guidance/policy and practices


Must be able to demonstrate

  • Stakeholder Orientation: ability to prioritize the needs of stakeholders and foster custom relationships or experiences to ensure satisfaction with our products, services, or solutions


  • Problem Solving: Utilize resources and various inputs in decision making, deal with disputes in balanced ways, consistently look for process improvements, and practices high judgement, specifically related to problem solving


  • Workload Management: Manage multiple tasks or projects in a timely manner by prioritizing the most critical needs of the business without sacrificing work quality


  • Influencing: Has the ability to lead with influence, respectfully speaks up when sharing new ideas or concerns, can maneuver complex political situations, and encourages collaborative communication to drive compromise


  • Evaluate & Measure Impact: Ability to use data to drive meaningful initiatives with global impact. Demonstrate high judgement with the capability to assess current state (environment, emotional, social, political, etc.) and determine the right course of action


Other:

  • Project and Program Management


  • Relationship Building


  • Results Focused


  • Conflict Management


Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree with emphasis on organizational development, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related filed


  • 5+ years of professional experience


  • Extensive ERG experience including implementing and sustaining ERG strategy


  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills


  • MS Office Suite proficient


  • Strong project management and change management organizational skills


  • Ability to prioritize workload and communicate expectations to stakeholders


  • Strong written, oral, and executive presentation and interpersonal skills


  • Passionate, proactive, solution orientated, and approaches new initiatives with a growth mindset


Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week {or other frequency dictated by your manager}.This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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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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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
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