Staff Product Manager - AV Capabilities

General Motors•Sunnyvale, CA

4d•$134,700 - $245,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At General Motors, Product Managers solve customer and business problems through collaboration with product management, program management, design, and engineering teams. The Staff Product Manager for AV capabilities leads the strategy, roadmap, and success metrics for specific autonomy capabilities and the underlying autonomy platform for GM’s next-generation AV products. The role works with Embodied AI, Systems Engineering, Consumer, and platform partners to turn product strategy into capability outcomes and deliver at scale, with quality and pace to meet product milestones. The position calls for strong technical judgment, principled decision-making, and the ability to build alignment across engineering, infrastructure, and cross-functional teams. The successful candidate navigates ambiguity, makes tradeoffs, and translates business needs into engineering priorities. This role is categorized as hybrid, with the successful candidate expected to report to the Warren, Michigan or Mountain View, California office at least three times per week.

Requirements

At least 5 years of product management or related industry experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
Proven technical product management experience leading the full product lifecycle from concept to introduction.
Strong analytical skills and ability to derive actionable insights from complex data.
Excellent presentation skills to communicate a clear vision and rally a team.
Technical proficiency in problem-solving with complex software solutions.
Experience defining vision and strategy for robotics or autonomy software products.
Exceptional communication and leadership skills, including the ability to gain stakeholder buy-in.
Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to understand technical concepts and explain them to non-technical partners.
Comfort with complex and ambiguous problems and ability to identify project risks.
Enthusiasm and resilience in a constantly evolving environment where creative solutions are common.

Nice To Haves

MBA or master’s degree in a related technical field.
Experience working on autonomous vehicle teams involving ML/AI models.
Experience fostering innovation and driving change in complex organizations.
Experience shipping hardware or AI-driven consumer products.

Responsibilities

Own the product vision and roadmap for specific AV capabilities and the underlying autonomy platform for GM’s next-generation autonomy products, balancing engineering constraints, business needs, and internal platform dependencies.
Communicate roadmaps, priorities, experiments, and decisions clearly to audiences ranging from internal customers to executives.
Synthesize technical and analytical insights into PRDs and requirements that clarify for engineers and partners what to do and why.
Lead executives and key partners through complex decisions to advance strategic goals.
Partner with Engineering, Program Management, Data Science, Commercial Operations, Systems Engineering, and Consumer Product to define goals and the roadmap for achieving them.
Identify and lead improvements to the team’s innovation and approach to scale the team and its impact.
Apply strong product development and management practices.
Define, track, and analyze product metrics and performance data to measure success and identify areas for improvement.
Monitor new technology and competitive products to drive continuous improvement, anticipate threats, and identify risks.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts.
Retirement savings plan.
Sickness and accident benefits.
Life insurance.
Paid vacation and holidays.
Tuition assistance programs.
Employee assistance program.
GM vehicle discounts.
Incentive pay program with payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Eligibility to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program after successful completion of a motor vehicle report review; participants must purchase or lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years, subject to limited exceptions.