General Motors

Staff Program Manager – Occupant Comfort Modes

General Motors

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Warren • Missouri • United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Build and maintain operational plans, track milestones, and proactively manage risks to ensure on-time delivery of Modes features.
  • Drive alignment across product quads and support vehicle launch deliverables, issue resolution, and cross-team integration.
  • Lead adoption of tools and operational rhythms (e.g., Jira Align Cloud, Jira).
  • Conduct readiness reviews, launch syncs, and executive-level reporting leveraging PMO dashboards.
  • Forecast resources, manage program risks, and ensure safety-critical software development compliance.
  • Provide leadership with insights on dependencies, trade-offs, and overall program health.
  • Facilitate regular syncs to ensure clarity on current priorities and upcoming initiatives.
  • Travel between Toronto, Canada and Mountain View, California as needed (2–3x/year).

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field, or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of experience in Program Management or Engineering
  • 5+ years managing complex software or systems programs through full development-to-launch cycles
  • Direct experience with Body systems (Cabin Thermal, Lighting & Visibility, Vehicle Access) in engineering or program management
  • Proven ability to align cross-functional teams across product, engineering, supply chain, and operations
  • Experience influencing within matrixed organizations with strong executive presence
  • Expertise in Agile and Waterfall methodologies; proficiency with JAC, JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet or similar tools
  • Exceptional technical and non-technical communication skills with ability to present data-driven insights to leadership
  • Demonstrated success operating in complex automotive systems environments
  • Ability to drive a motor vehicle regularly
  • Ability to travel (2 – 3x/year)
Benefits
  • 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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