Senior Associate – Corporate Development

General Motors

Support OEM partnerships from identification to execution at General Motors. Collaborate with cross-functional teams for strategic alliances and business initiatives.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeDetroit • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support strategic OEM partnerships from opportunity identification through execution.
Identify, evaluate, and develop new partnership opportunities across vehicle programs, propulsion systems, batteries, sourcing, purchasing, and other strategic business initiatives.
Build business cases and perform strategic and financial analysis to support partnership decisions.
Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across Planning, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Purchasing, Program Management, Sales, and After Sales.
Prepare executive presentations, meeting materials, agendas, and decision documents.
Support partnership negotiations and development of definitive agreements.
Lead assigned work-streams and drive projects to completion while ensuring alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
Build and maintain relationships with external OEM partners and internal business leaders.
Coordinate meetings with internal teams and external partners.
Develop executive-ready presentations and business recommendations.
Willingness to work a regular schedule that may include evening hours.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or related field
5+ years of experience in an automotive or related industry
Be self-motivated, action-oriented doers unafraid to act, decide, and lead in ambiguous contexts
Anticipate issues, evaluate potential solutions and distill complex problems efficiently
Leverage sharp financial acumen and computer skills to perform fundamental financial modeling and analysis with ability to clearly and concisely convey messaging to various audiences
Manage multiple, competing priorities, often within tight timing expectation
Effectively delegate, influence and indirectly manage the work of others, with focus on coaching and development towards success.

Benefits

Comp & perks

From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial analysisfinancial modelingstrategic analysisbusiness case developmentproject managementpartnership negotiationdata analysis

Soft Skills

self-motivatedaction-orientedproblem-solvingcommunicationinfluencingdelegationcoachingrelationship building

Certifications

Bachelor's degree