Staff Product Manager Occupant Position Experience
About The Position
At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard —from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features. Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale. The Role As Staff Product Manager, Occupant Positioning Experience, you will lead product strategy and execution for seating and occupant positioning experiences inside the vehicle cabin. You will help define customer needs, shape requirements, and guide cross-functional teams in delivering experiences that are intuitive, comfortable, and reliable. This role sits at the intersection of customer experience, system behavior, and vehicle integration. You will work closely with design, engineering, program, safety, and quality partners to make sound product decisions, manage tradeoffs, and drive alignment from concept through launch.
Requirements
- 5+ years of product management experience delivering technology products
- Experience defining product requirements, priorities, and roadmaps in cross-functional environments
- Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority across design, engineering, program management, and other stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to turn customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints into clear product direction
- Experience using research, data, and metrics to inform product decisions
- Comfort working through ambiguity and making principled tradeoffs
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading customer-facing products in complex, cross-functional environments
- Experience working across hardware and software teams to deliver integrated product experiences
- Automotive, consumer electronics, or other advanced product development experience
- MBA or other advanced degree is a plus
Responsibilities
- Lead product strategy and roadmap for occupant positioning and seating-related experiences
- Define product requirements, priorities, success metrics, and validation plans based on customer insights, research, and data
- Partner with Design, Engineering, Program, Safety, and Quality to deliver high-quality customer experiences
- Drive alignment across cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders on scope, priorities, risks, and tradeoffs
- Balance customer value, technical feasibility, cost, timing, and safety considerations in product decisions
- Support product delivery through planning, launch readiness, issue triage, and post-launch improvement
- Communicate product direction and execution status clearly to both working teams and leadership
Benefits
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
