General Motors

Staff Technical Program Manager, Vendor Management & Supply Chain

General Motors$159K — $245K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years leading complex technical programs or systems engineering initiatives
  • Proven experience managing strategic suppliers in automotive, aerospace, or robotics environments
  • Strong understanding of embedded systems and vehicle E/E architecture
  • Demonstrated success in hardware-software integration with external vendors
  • Expertise in managing schedule risks and technical escalations
  • Experience collaborating with Purchasing and Supply Chain organizations
  • Deep understanding of product development lifecycles and production readiness

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end execution across strategic suppliers for vehicle platforms and AV systems
  • Own supplier timelines, technical dependencies, and risks
  • Ensure alignment of supplier deliverables with engineering milestones and production targets
  • Drive supplier reviews, performance tracking, and structured issue resolution
  • Manage escalations, recovery plans, and executive communications
  • Track supplier performance across schedule, quality, and cost
  • Coordinate supplier onboarding and engineering change management

Benefits

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

Staff Technical Program Manager, Vendor Management & Supply Chain

The Role

We are seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) - Vendor Management & Supply Chain to lead supplier execution across next-generation vehicle, compute, sensor, and software platforms.

In this role, you will manage a complex ecosystem of strategic partners supporting autonomous vehicle and software-defined vehicle (SDV) development, ensuring alignment across hardware, embedded software, platform infrastructure, and vehicle integration milestones.

You will operate at the center of Vehicle Engineering, Compute & Sensor Hardware, Embedded Software, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and AV Platform Development - driving execution from early concept through production launch.

Your impact will be critical in scaling future autonomous and connected platforms by ensuring supplier deliverables, technical dependencies, and integration activities are aligned to program milestones, quality targets, and launch readiness.

What You'll Do
  • Lead end-to-end execution across strategic suppliers supporting vehicle platforms, AV systems, and SDV programs
  • Own supplier timelines, technical dependencies, risks, and escalation paths across hardware, software, and infrastructure
  • Ensure supplier deliverables align with engineering milestones, validation gates, and production readiness targets
  • Drive operating rigor through supplier reviews, performance tracking, and structured issue resolution
  • Manage escalations, recovery plans, and executive communications to keep programs on track
  • Track supplier performance across schedule, quality, integration readiness, and cost
  • Coordinate onboarding, development milestones, validation readiness, and engineering change management
  • Partner with Purchasing and Supply Chain to inform sourcing strategies, mitigate risk, and enable platform scalability


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • 15+ years leading complex technical programs, supplier management, or systems engineering initiatives
  • Proven experience managing strategic suppliers in automotive, aerospace, robotics, or distributed systems environments
  • Strong understanding of embedded systems, compute platforms, vehicle E/E architecture, and software platforms
  • Demonstrated success driving hardware-software integration with external vendors and cross-functional teams
  • Expertise in managing dependencies, schedule risk, and technical escalations
  • Experience partnering with Purchasing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Engineering organizations
  • Deep understanding of product development lifecycles, validation, and production launch readiness
  • Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous, and highly technical environments


What will give you a competitive edge (Preferred Qualifications)
  • Experience supporting Autonomous Vehicle (AV) or Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) programs
  • Background managing suppliers across compute platforms, sensors, networking, or embedded systems
  • Familiarity with AV software pipelines, CI/CD, and release management processes
  • Experience with hardware bring-up, validation labs, HIL environments, or system integration testing
  • Exposure to sensor stack integration (camera, radar, lidar)
  • Experience managing global supplier ecosystems and complex escalations
  • Background in diagnostics, middleware, firmware, or platform infrastructure
  • Experience supporting advanced driver assistance or autonomy deployments (L2+/L3)


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 actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.
  • The salary range for this role is $159,400 - $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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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 may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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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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157,000 employees
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$46.9 billion
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Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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