Staff Technical Program Manager, Developer Experience

General Motors

Staff Technical Program Manager at GM managing core programs for Developer Experience. Collaborating with teams to improve software building and shipping processes with significant operational impact.

Posted 7/31/2026full-timeWarren • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $134,700 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in program leadership and execution within complex, multi-team environments, focusing on driving technical and cultural change while enhancing developer productivity. Proficient in managing vendor relationships and tool integration, with a strong emphasis on data-driven communication and stakeholder influence.

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Program LeadershipChange ManagementVendor Relationship ManagementData-Driven CommunicationEngineering Enablement

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Hard Skills

DevOpsCloud EngineeringPlatform EngineeringProgram ExecutionTool IntegrationMetrics AnalysisAutomated GovernanceTechnical Change ManagementCross-Team CoordinationAI Tools Utilization

Soft Skills

Influence Without AuthorityStakeholder ManagementTrust BuildingCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

BS in EngineeringMS in Engineering

Industry Keywords

Enterprise SoftwareRegulated EnvironmentsDeveloper ProductivityChange AdoptionOperational Friction

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and drive program execution.
Turn priorities into plans and execution.
Take and run initiatives that improve GM developers’ lives.
Run the delivery cadence. Track work against targets, surface blockers early, and drive the decisions needed to keep momentum.
Manage complexity across teams. Coordinate multi-team initiatives so they land with minimal disruption to developers.
Drive alignment on shared problems. Bring IT, Engineering, Cyber Security, and Legal together to resolve program-level questions.
Help replace manual gatekeeping with automated governance that keeps developers safe without slowing them down.
Support vendor relationships. Coordinate work with key tool vendors and help ensure GM gets real value from what it spends.
Run tool evaluations. Structure pilots to produce clear data on productivity and security impact, and help turn that data into a recommendation.
Drive adoption, not just rollout. Support the change management that makes new tools and practices stick.
Help keep developer documentation current so the recommended way to build software at GM is also the easiest.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Program leadership: 7+ years leading technical programs in DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering.
Education: BS or MS in an engineering-related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Independent execution: Proven ability to own complex, multi-team programs end to end with minimal guidance, handling operational friction and cross-team coordination so engineering leaders can stay focused on architecture and code.
Change and adoption: Experience driving technical and cultural change in complex, regulated enterprise environments and getting real teams to adopt new tools and practices.
Vendor and tool acumen: Experience coordinating enterprise software vendor relationships and the practical aspects of tool integration such as licensing, identity, and support.
Data-driven communication: Ability to turn metrics into clear, honest narratives for engineering and leadership audiences, without dressing up activity as impact.
Engineering enablement: A real focus on making developers more productive.
Influence without authority: Strong stakeholder skills, with the ability to build trust with engineering and IT leaders, bridge gaps between teams, and drive agreement on hard decisions.
AI-native practice: You use AI tools in your own daily work and can speak from real experience about where they help and where they do not.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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: After a successful motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible for a company vehicle evaluation program.