Senior Technical Program Manager, In-House Design

Job Description

Senior Technical Program Manager, In-House Design

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Technical Innovation Center in Warren (MI) or Mountain View (CA) three times per week, at minimum. This position can be located at either of these 2 locations.

The Role

As a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) in the Software and Services (S&S) Program Management org, you will be responsible for overseeing the timing, status, and readiness of new in-house design/design-first components. This role involves close collaboration with Engineering and Product Management. You will be pivotal in coordinating hardware engineering efforts, identifying key challenges, and partnering with systems and software teams to facilitate the production of design-first components.

What You’ll Do

• Work closely with company leaders and hardware/software Engineers to create and own program milestones, cross-team integration points, overall schedule and execution plans.
• Coordinate hardware design, development and validation efforts in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary, engineering environment.
• Develop hardware validation plans that align with internal customer needs and major company milestones.
• Proactively resolve issues and drive course corrections as needed - be directly involved in helping teams foresee and overcome barriers or blockers.
• Help manage and drive complex, fast-evolving hardware systems and components both in-house and by third-party vendor partners.
• Capture and track inter-team dependencies and handoffs; monitor and help resolve issues.
• Ensure that all business deliverables are identified and accounted for in the project plan with responsibility and due dates.
• Facilitate decision making among GM representatives to develop project scope of work documents and project plans based upon requirements, changes, variances and contingencies that arise during the implementation. Facilitate amicable solutions with the appropriate customer(s) and project sponsor/owner.
• Define program deliverables, metrics and KPIs, set up mechanisms to track/report.
• Communicate progress effectively across program teams, including third parties and lead meetings to present hardware engineering work to leadership.
• Conduct periodic retrospectives; continuously assess and improve processes and tools.
  
  
  

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree In Engineering, Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of technical project/program management or engineering design release experience
• 2+ years of experience managing contract manufacturers in the development of new hardware products, including responsibilities such as PCBA design release, BOM management, SMT processes, and manufacturing test implementation
• Ability to understand complex hardware/software systems and product development process
• Familiarity with hardware design and development processes including board-level design, mechanical engineering, and hardware validation
• Strong technical and non-technical communication skills
• Be detail oriented and able to confidently bring order and organization to any team
• Ability to handle ambiguities and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  
  
  

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience in wireless technology
• PCBA hardware development and Design for Manufacturing experience
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Project
  
  
  

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

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 compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.

• The salary range for this role is $111,000 to $202,000. 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.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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