Group Program Manager, Hardware Design Program Management

General Motors•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$134,700 - $245,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Group Program Manager, Hardware Design Program Management in the Program Management Office (PMO) is a manager responsible for overseeing the Technical Program Management (TPM) team responsible for in-house designed components. This role involves close collaboration with the electrical Hardware Engineering team and other cross-functional teams. As a Group Program Manager, you will be pivotal guiding/mentoring the TPMs, creating and enhancing program management processes and ensuring consistency across the team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Minimum of 2 years managing technical program management teams (TPM) plus at least 10 years of program management experience in hardware engineering.
Minimum of 5 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 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.
This position requires the ability to legally operate a motor vehicle on a regular basis.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Experience in automotive industry.
PCBA hardware design and Design for Manufacturing.
Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of technical program managers to support in-house hardware designs.
Ensure the team is adequately resourced to support current and future workloads as the in-house engineering team grows.
Hire new TPMs as necessary to support in-house hardware design team growth and ensure that the overall skill level of the team is enhanced.
Lead the TPM team in the coordination of hardware design, development and validation efforts for complex, fast-evolving hardware systems and components designed in-house by hardware engineering.
Provide appropriate guidance and mentorship to the team members based on their experience and skill levels.
Guide team to proactively resolve issues and drive course corrections as needed - be directly involved in helping teams foresee and overcome barriers or blockers.
Ensure that the team is capturing and tracking inter-team dependencies and handoffs, plus capturing, monitoring and help resolving risks and issues.
Ensuring that all business deliverables are identified and accounted for in the project plan with responsibility and due dates
Define program deliverables, metrics and KPIs, set up mechanisms to track/report.
Ensure consistent and effective communication of status/progress across program teams.
Conduct periodic retrospectives; continuously assess and improve processes and tools.