Senior Technology Manager – Signal & Power Distribution
About The Position
This is a high-impact senior leadership role responsible for defining and owning the enterprise technology strategy for Signal and Power Distribution across GM’s vehicle portfolio. Signal and Power Distribution encompasses network signals, IOs, and low voltage (LV) power distribution across the electrical architecture. You will set long-term strategic direction across hardware, software, and systems integration, lead a team of highly capable technology managers, and engage directly with senior executive stakeholders to drive organization-wide alignment. This role demands a rare combination of deep domain expertise, enterprise-level strategic thinking, and thought leadership to influence decisions at the highest levels of the company.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field
- 10+ years of engineering and technical leadership experience with demonstrated progression to senior leadership roles
- Deep expertise in low voltage electrical architecture, power distribution systems, or vehicle network/signal technologies
- Proven track record of defining and executing technology strategy with enterprise-wide impact
- Demonstrated ability to engage, influence, and align VP-level and senior executive stakeholders on complex, high-stakes decisions
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field
- Direct experience owning technology roadmaps for automotive electrical architecture across multiple vehicle programs and platforms
- Prior responsibility for Make vs. Buy decisions and capital allocation for hardware design strategy
- Experience with energy budgeting and allocation frameworks across complex electrical systems
- Track record of leading competitive benchmarking and translating market intelligence into product or technology strategy
- Strong familiarity with SDV architecture, Ethernet-based vehicle networking, and next-generation LV power management approaches
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the enterprise strategy for low-voltage power architecture and signal I/O technology across GM’s full vehicle portfolio
- Build and govern technology roadmaps aligned to cost, energy, mass, BEC KPIs, vehicle program timing, and long-term business priorities
- Lead executive reviews with VP-level stakeholders to drive alignment, decisions, and sustained organizational commitment
- Continuously evolve strategy based on program feedback, competitive trends, and changing business needs
- Serve as the enterprise owner for core low-voltage power architecture artifacts, including: Low Voltage Power Diagram, Low Voltage Power Topology, and Low Voltage Budget Dashboard
- Ensure strong governance, technical rigor, and cross-functional alignment across all architecture artifacts and related decisions
- Lead competitor benchmarking, market analysis, and technology assessments to identify opportunity areas and reduce strategic risk
- Translate external trends into actionable direction for GM’s low-voltage power and signal technology strategy
- Lead and develop a team of low-voltage power and signal technology managers, setting clear direction, building capability, and enabling high-velocity execution
- Act as the enterprise escalation point for the most complex signal and power distribution decisions across programs and platforms
- Lead make-versus-buy evaluations that shape GM’s in-house hardware strategy, capital investment, and resource allocation decisions
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
Senior
