General Motors

Staff Product Manager, UI Experience Platform

General Motors$120K — $150K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in technology-powered products, including in-vehicle environments, as a Product Manager or related role.
  • Proven end-to-end experience in planning and executing vehicle software products or features.
  • Strong understanding of modern product discovery and delivery techniques.
  • Ability to resolve complex problems and provide data-informed solutions.
  • Experience defining success metrics and adjusting based on data and customer feedback.
  • Proven collaboration skills with cross-functional teams and partners.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage a comprehensive experience roadmap for the gmUI1 Experience Platform across various vehicle programs.
  • Act as the product DRI for gmUI1 and oversee its iterations by aligning priorities and managing launches.
  • Facilitate prioritization across product pillars and manage the UI1 backlog by coordinating feature integration and trade-offs.
  • Ensure solutions for gmUI1 are valuable for customers and align with GM's business objectives.
  • Collaborate with product teams and HMI design to incorporate key use cases into gmUI1’s framework and PRDs.
  • Manage a scorecard to track gmUI's performance metrics and coordinate reporting with various teams.
  • Lead UI1 demos and reviews, translating feedback into actionable improvements.

Benefits

  • Eligibility for a company vehicle evaluation program after completion of a motor vehicle report review.
  • Hybrid work schedule with required in-office attendance.
  • Potential eligibility for relocation benefits.
Full Job Description

Job Description

The Role:

As the Staff Product Manager for the gmUI1 Experience Platform, you'll sit at the center of one of GM's most complex and high-visibility product efforts, owning the experience strategy for an in-vehicle UI platform that touches millions of customers across multiple vehicle programs and display configurations.

This role is ideal for someone who ishands-on, highly collaborative, and comfortable with ambiguity, and who enjoys working across multiple teams to solve customer and business problems.

What Youll Do (Responsibilities):

  • Collate andshepherdindividual product visionsandstrategiesintoanoverall experienceroadmapfor the gmUI1 Experience Platform across all display configurations and vehicle programs,ensuring it supports GMs broader customer, business, and technology goals.

  • Serve as the product DRI for gmUI1 and its iterations (UI1.x) -aligning portfolio, program, and cross-pillar priorities for launches, continuous improvement, and updates/upgrades.

  • Collaborate andfacilitatecross-product prioritization across all product pillars within the product organization. Lead the UI1 cross-product backlog(waterline and 100% scope) by turning scattered features into a coherent roadmap and managing tradeoffs with HID and engineering based on resource constraints.

  • Beaccountable for ensuring the solutions we prioritize andultimately shipon gmUI1areboth valuable(customers love them) and viable(they support GMs business goals, technical capabilities, and regulatory constraints).

  • Partner with the System UI Product Manager infacilitating framework and experience working sessionswith other product teams and HMI design to integrate their hero use cases into the gmUI1 system framework and inform PRDs.

  • Manage a collective scorecard designed to inform the larger team ofgmUIsperformance to stated KPIs and measures.Partner closely withproduct,vehicle,design,and engineeringteamstoalign ontheappropriate measuresand frequency of reporting.

  • Act as the center of gravity for UI1 demos and reviews, translating CXR, quality, and usability feedback into targeted iterations for continuous improvement

  • Be the product point person for summative research that helps us understandhowcustomersengage withgmUI1. Work closely with marketing and user research teams to build and manage a high-level research roadmap for gmUI1. Ensure resultingdata and insightsinformfutureprioritization.

  • Act as the single threaded ownerfor gmUI1, aligning partners across design, engineering, architecture, privacy, legal, safety, marketing, and brands as needed.

  • Ability to travel - up to 10%

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

  • 7+years working on technology-powered products(e.g., automotive, consumer apps, platforms, or enterprise software) as a Product Manager or in a closely related role (product, design, engineering, data, UX research).Some in-vehicle experience is a MUST.

  • Demonstrated experience planning and executing vehicle software products or features end-to-end, from discovery through launch and iteration.

Product skills

  • Demonstrated understanding of modern product discovery and deliverytechniques (e.g., hypothesis-driven development, experimentation, dual-track discovery/delivery).

  • Proven ability to break down complex, ambiguous problems with many constraints and propose clear, data-informed solutions.

  • Ability to define product success metrics, analyze outcomes, and adjust course based on data and customer feedback.



Collaboration and leadership

  • Proven ability to build strong, collaborative relationshipswith engineering, design, program management, and cross-functional partners.

  • Comfortable leading cross-functional initiatives, managing dependencies, and resolving conflicts across teams.

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to craft concise narratives for leadership.

Business and customer understanding

  • Demonstrated ability to quickly learn multiple functional areas (e.g., engineering, design, finance, marketing, operations) and incorporate business constraints into product decisions.

  • Deep curiosity about customer behavior and experience; habit of using data and research to inform prioritization.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

  • Experience with connected vehicles, or complex hardware 6software systems(e.g., IoT, consumer electronics).

  • Priorworkon core platforms, infrastructure, or frameworksused by multiple product teams.

  • Familiarity with GMs Software & Services Product Managementpractices, PRD templates, and portfolio/roadmap processes.

  • Experience with Confluence, Figma,andother planning software tools

  • Vehicle software flashcoordination,fleetprep, and MPGdrivingaccess

Company vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, though 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.

#LI-KE2

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}. The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits. This position requires the ability to legally operate a motor vehicle on a regular basis and successfully complete a Motor Vehicle Report review.

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1908
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