Engineering Group Manager - Software Architecture
About The Position
GM's Embedded Software organization is driving the future of mobility through innovation, agility, and excellence. The team supports embedded controls across all vehicle systems, ensuring the delivery of beloved, safe, exciting, high-quality vehicles. This role is for an Engineering Group Manager to lead the Software Architecture team, a high-impact group that defines and evolves GM’s Software Architecture strategies across all vehicle platform domains. The ideal candidate is a confident, execution-oriented leader who simplifies complex situations, drives alignment across functions, crushes ambiguity, and moves with urgency. They will challenge constructively, make sound decisions under pressure, and ensure critical issues are addressed and driven to resolution. This role will champion Software Structure, Product Roadmap Execution, Governance and Cross-Functional Alignment, and the journey to software excellence. In this people leader role, responsibilities include the Embedded Controls Software Architecture strategy, developing and leading strategic action plans to reinvent GM from an auto manufacturer to a tech company. The core of this position is to take the complexity of large systems and condense them into simple, executable software plans, a key driver of scaling ambitions. The role involves building tomorrow’s culture, leading a team to innovative solutions, launching new products, developing engineers, and driving the strategy to an all-electric future.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
- 7+ years of experience in Embedded Control systems and Software Architecture
- 4+ years of direct people leader experience, leading and developing high‑performing engineering teams while driving delivery, coaching talent, and fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment
- Demonstrated experience guiding embedded controls and software architecture teams, including shaping architecture strategy, driving cross‑functional alignment on complex system designs, and influencing governance, KPIs/OKRs, and enterprise‑level development practices
- Strong knowledge of interacting embedded systems, critical path systems, and safety forward design
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders across functions and levels, resolve priority conflicts, and drive bold integrity-driven decisions
- Track record of defining innovative solutions in ambiguous problem spaces and converting ideas into execution
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Engineering or related field
- 10+ years of experience in Embedded Control Systems and Software Architecture
- 6+ years of engineering leadership experience, with a proven track record of scaling teams and driving complex technical initiatives across cross‑functional groups
- Experience leading engineering teams in Mechatronic Embedded Control systems
- Background in Propulsion, Battery, Vehicle Dynamics, Body or Thermal control domains
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of 12-15 Software Architecture Engineers and Technical Specialists to develop and oversee the organization’s Software Architecture strategy
- Establish and maintain Software Architecture governance, including adherence to requirements and best practices
- Define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to drive software Architecture efficiency, guide improvements and ensure alignment with our organizational goals and Built-in-Quality strategy
- Influence cross-functional partners, including teams that may be skeptical or resistant, to align on priorities, decisions, and standards
- Resolve competing demands, sensitive situations, and conflicts with other teams while keeping the organization focused on outcomes
- Navigate ambiguity, define clear action plans, assign ownership, and maintain momentum until results are delivered
- Speak candidly about risks, roadblocks, and gaps, and escalate appropriately when enterprise outcomes are at risk
- Champion continuous learning and skill development initiatives to strengthen Software Architecture expertise across the organization and build a sustainable, high‑performing technical workforce
Benefits
- 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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
