General Motors

Staff Product Manager Occupant Position Experience

General Motors$134K — $245K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of product management experience delivering technology products
  • Experience defining product requirements and roadmaps in cross-functional environments
  • Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience using research and metrics to inform product decisions
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making principled tradeoffs

Responsibilities

  • Lead product strategy and roadmap for occupant positioning experiences
  • Define product requirements and validation plans based on customer insights
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality customer experiences
  • Drive alignment on project scope, priorities, risks, and tradeoffs
  • Balance customer value with technical feasibility and safety considerations
  • Support product delivery through planning and post-launch improvement
  • Communicate product direction and status to teams and leadership

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Tuition assistance programs
  • Employee assistance program
  • GM vehicle discounts and participation in a company vehicle evaluation program
Full Job Description

Job Description

The Role 
 

As Staff Product Manager, Occupant Positioning Experience, you will lead product strategy and execution for seating and occupant positioning experiences inside the vehicle cabin. You will help define customer needs, shape requirements, and guide cross-functional teams in delivering experiences that are intuitive, comfortable, and reliable. 

This role sits at the intersection of customer experience, system behavior, and vehicle integration. You will work closely with design, engineering, program, safety, and quality partners to make sound product decisions, manage tradeoffs, and drive alignment from concept through launch. 

 
What You’ll Do  

  • Lead product strategy and roadmap for occupant positioning and seating-related experiences 

  • Define product requirements, priorities, success metrics, and validation plans based on customer insights, research, and data 

  • Partner with Design, Engineering, Program, Safety, and Quality to deliver high-quality customer experiences 

  • Drive alignment across cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders on scope, priorities, risks, and tradeoffs 

  • Balance customer value, technical feasibility, cost, timing, and safety considerations in product decisions 

  • Support product delivery through planning, launch readiness, issue triage, and post-launch improvement 

  • Communicate product direction and execution status clearly to both working teams and leadership 
     

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications) 

  • 5+ years of product management experience delivering technology products

  • Experience defining product requirements, priorities, and roadmaps in cross-functional environments

  • Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority across design, engineering, program management, and other stakeholders

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to turn customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints into clear product direction

  • Experience using research, data, and metrics to inform product decisions

  • Comfort working through ambiguity and making principled tradeoffs

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Experience leading customer-facing products in complex, cross-functional environments

  • Experience working across hardware and software teams to deliver integrated product experiences

  • Automotive, consumer electronics, or other advanced product development experience

  • MBA or other advanced degree is a plus

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the office three times per week, at minimum. This position will be located in Mountain View, CA or Warren, MI.

Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.

  • The salary range for this role is $134,700 to $245,000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

  • 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.

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

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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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1908
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