General Motors

Program Manager – Global Manufacturing Electrical & SDV (VaaT)

General Motors • $110K — $130K *
Warren, MI 48089In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in program or project management in automotive or software-intensive environments.
  • Strong in risk, issue, and change management.
  • Experience with manufacturing plants and their operations.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with stakeholder management.
  • Proven ability to work in a fast-paced SDV/VaaT setting, showing ownership and adaptability.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional plans integrating SDV/VaaT with workstreams in software and manufacturing.
  • Manage project milestones, dependencies, and action plans creatively.
  • Ensure alignment between engineering, IT, and plant teams on operational readiness.
  • Conduct readiness reviews and provide status updates to governance forums.
  • Keep a comprehensive overview of program health and risk management.
  • Facilitate resolution of SDV/VaaT-related issues that affect deployment and manufacturing.
  • Clearly articulate manufacturing challenges into actionable plans.

Benefits

  • Potential for relocation benefits.
  • Supports growth in expertise with SDV and manufacturing integration.
  • Opportunities for frequent travel, enhancing personal networks and industry exposure.
  • Onsite work fosters collaboration and partnership-building across teams.
Full Job Description

Job Description

Global Manufacturing Electrical & Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) is seeking a program manager to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives that support the deployment of SDV and Vehicle as a Tester (VaaT) capabilities across manufacturing.

In this role, you’ll connect software and bench readiness, manufacturing processes, IT, validation, and plant integration. You’ll turn ambiguity into clear plans, align stakeholders, drive accountability, and escalate risks early to support launch timing and strategic commitments.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead integrated SDV/VaaT plans across software, bench, IT, process, and plant readiness workstreams.

  • Manage milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and action plans.

  • Align engineering, IT, validation, manufacturing, and plant teams on hardware, software, connectivity, and operational readiness.

  • Lead readiness reviews, governance forums, and status reporting.

  • Maintain a single source of truth for program health, owners, due dates, risks, and open issues.

  • Drive cross-functional resolution of issues involving VaaT deployment, software readiness, offline flashing, connectivity, validation, and manufacturing execution.

  • Translate manufacturing issues into clear problem statements, action plans, and trackable workstreams.

  • Support manufacturing launches and plant integration by aligning readiness criteria, operating plans, and communication.

  • Improve standard planning, reporting, and governance practices as SDV/VaaT expands across programs and plants.

  • Build strong partnerships across software, manufacturing, engineering, and program management.

Required Qualifications

  • Typically five or more years of program, project management, or Scrum experience in automotive, manufacturing, or software-intensive environments.

  • Strong risk, issue, and change management skills.

  • Experience working with manufacturing plants and understanding how test environments and software changes affect production operations.

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to translate technical details into clear plans and status.

  • High ownership, learning agility, and comfort working in an evolving SDV/VaaT environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with SDV, connected vehicle systems, or embedded software development and validation.

  • Experience coordinating hardware, software, and testing activities across multiple locations and stakeholder groups.

  • Knowledge of software development, GM release strategy, and tooling or software buyoff.

  • Experience with Vehicle as a Tester concepts, test benches, or in-plant test systems.

  • Experience supporting manufacturing launches or software and electronics integration events.

  • Experience with Jira, Confluence, or similar program management tools.

  • Familiarity with Agile, Scaled Agile, and modern software delivery practices.

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.

    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 categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis. The selected candidate will be required to travel at least 50% or more on a frequent basis. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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    157,000 employees
    Market Cap
    $46.9 billion
    Industry
    Manufacturing & Automotive
    Net Income
    $6.4 billion
    Founded
    1908
    5 Year Trend
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    Revenue
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