Assistant Program Manager

General Motors•Warren, MI

12d•Onsite

About The Position

GM's Design Organization is seeking an Assistant Program Manager (APM) who will represent Design in Engineering and Program Teams, ensuring that our vehicles have world class craftsmanship, quality, usability, and an engaged customer experience. The successful candidate is highly skilled at program management, creative problem solving, has passion for working cross-functionally, and has the attention to detail to deliver extraordinary products that meet General Motors’ purpose to pioneer the innovations that move and connect people to what matters. If this sounds like your next step, we'd love to hear from you! There has never been a more exciting time to work for GM!

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree qualifications in design, business, engineering, or equivalent work experience
5+ years of relevant experience
Strong facilitation skills with ability to adapt style to suit different audiences and situations
Ability to be predictive and proactive in a high-tempo work environment that is dependent on collaboration, decisiveness, and innovative thinking
Excellent influencing and negotiation skills
High level of project management skills
Detail oriented problem-solver
Self-motivated and ability to work with minimal direction
Strong team building and interpersonal skills

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting design or engineering functions is preferred
7+ years of relevant experience
Comprehensive understanding of Global Vehicle Product Development
Familiarity with AI tools for automation and documentation
Excellence in storytelling and facilitation, as demonstrated by driving timely decisions with stakeholder groups to move programs forward.
Change management skills, from experiences anticipating and managing the impact of design and content changes
5+ years of experience building strong relationships with cross-functional partners and Design leaders at various levels of the organization.
Skilled in influencing without authority to propel projects to the right outcomes.

Responsibilities

Directly support Program Manager with cross-functional execution of Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP) deliverables with goal of 100% on-time performance with quality
Utilize the GVDP and Design sub-processes to manage and deliver specific Design milestones
Represent the voice of Design cross-functionally to ensure deliverables and decisions are met per process and drive accountability as the neutral voice of the program internally
Facilitate Program Operations Meetings (POPs) to track and resolve program issues, including documenting decisions and tracking action items to closure
Act as Design’s single-point-of-contact for all cross-functional stakeholders for assigned programs
Make program status highly visible, anticipate potential program risks, and support issue escalation
Demonstrate ability to bring stakeholders together to resolve issues quickly and effectively.
Work with all levels of the organization, including facilitating Executive Chief Engineer (ECE) reviews and VP of Design reviews as needed
Develop and maintain strategic relationships between Vehicle Program Management, Advanced Vehicle Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Design functions
Utilize Momentum timing tools and author change requests in the Program Change Management (PCM) System
Maintain the Design Fabrication Bill of Properties
Follow and support property builds at Design Fabrication for assigned programs