Design Program Manager – Portfolio Management
General Motors
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Warren • Missouri • United States
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Salary
💰 $134,000 - $207,000 per year
About the role
- Lead end-to-end portfolio and resource management across the Human Interface Design organization, spanning Vehicle OS generations, Mobile Apps, Web Properties, Foundations, and Advanced UX workstreams.
- Partner with the Director of Design Operations, Directors of Design, and Product and Engineering Portfolio managers to design, refine, and operationalize portfolio management processes that enable long-range planning and organizational clarity.
- Apply deep domain knowledge across HID’s multi platform ecosystem to drive resource balancing, capacity planning, and roadmap definition for cross-dependency, cross-functional initiatives.
- Identify risks, constraints, and interdependencies early, and develop clear mitigation strategies and action plans that maintain alignment and momentum across teams.
- Relentlessly prioritize the portfolio, ensuring the organization focuses on the highest value work and enabling teams to forecast, plan, and execute with confidence.
- Use strategic influencing and relationship building skills to align teams and leaders around shared priorities, ensuring work is appropriately staffed and consistently delivered.
- Demonstrate professional courage and operational urgency, motivating collaborators to elevate engagement, meet commitments, and navigate ambiguity with confidence.
- Employ modern project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Lean) and leverage GM enterprise tools—including the Atlassian suite, Jira Advanced Roadmaps, and Power BI—to drive operational rigor and cross-team visibility.
- Communicate portfolio health, outcomes, and risks with transparency, tailoring insights and narratives for Directors, VPs, and cross-functional partners.
- Contribute thought leadership, role model effective operational behaviors, and mentor others to elevate HID’s portfolio management maturity and operational excellence.
- Travel Requirement: If this role is performed outside of Warren, MI, there will be up to a 25% travel requirement to Warren, MI.
Requirements
- BS in Business, Engineering, Human Centered disciplines, or equivalent experience demonstrating strong analytical and operational capability.
- 7+ years of experience in Project Management, Product Management, or Operations leadership managing large, diverse, and multi program portfolios spanning complex ecosystems such as software, hardware, services, or automotive systems.
- Proven ability to plan, manage, and optimize portfolios at scale, including multi- year roadmaps, cross-platform design initiatives, and high-dependency workstreams (e.g., Vehicle OS generations, mobile apps, web properties, design systems, and advanced UX).
- Expertise in portfolio management frameworks and capacity planning tools, including the Atlassian suite, Jira Advanced Roadmaps, Power BI, and related enterprise systems.
- Ability to interpret technical documentation, UX workflows, and design system dependencies and translate them into actionable portfolio and resource plans.
- Demonstrated strength in building data driven forecasts, scenario models, and resource strategies to inform leadership decisions.
- Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to synthesize complexity into clear narratives for Directors, VPs, Tech Leads, PMs, and Designers.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills with a demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority across multiple functions and levels.
- Proven ability to operate in ambiguity, create clarity, and lead teams through changing tools, processes, and operating models.
- Calm under pressure, skilled at managing escalations, resetting expectations, and navigating competing priorities in fast-moving environments.
- Analytical mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement in systems, processes, and operational rigor.
Benefits
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
portfolio managementcapacity planningproject managementproduct managementoperational excellencedata driven forecastingscenario modelingresource optimizationUX workflowsdesign system dependencies
Soft Skills
strategic influencingrelationship buildingcommunicationstorytellinginterpersonal skillsoperational urgencyanalytical mindsetability to operate in ambiguitycalm under pressurecontinuous improvement