Senior Program Manager - Digital Products Engineering
Today• Atlanta, GA
Austin, TXMountain View, CAWarren, MI
Description
Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to either: Warren, Austin, Atlanta, or Mountain View three times per week.
The Role
Individuals will define program scope, status, timeline, and resource planning ensuring alignment with business and product objectives, timely delivery, and exceptional quality. They take responsibility for the end-to-end execution of all programs and body of work in your portfolio of 2 to 4 significant programs.
What You'll Do
- Connect the dots across programs, including adjacent work activity, pending requirements, leverageable technology assets, potential conflicts, integration across release cadences, and all potential touchpoints (marketing, legal, etc.)
- Ensure sequencing of all dependent stories and tasks to ensure they are understood and on track, and if not on track, determine the best path forward (and execute against it).
- Identify all risks and potential issues, including early warning signals, mitigation plans, 3rd party impacts. Develop and execute mitigation plans for all non-engineering-specific (e.g., code won't compile) roadblocks, issues and bottlenecks
- Exhibit clear and concise communication to all levels, showcasing professionalism through compelling presentations that utilize storytelling and metrics to display project progress and insights. Able to communicate status, issues, risks, impacts effectively and in an unbiased, action-based manner. Provide all relevant metrics of progress, status and actions.
- Incorporate SRE and CI/CD/Dev Experience activities into program activities
- Ensure the quality of Product contribution to the program effort by driving to 18-month roadmaps, with clear capabilities, priorities and acceptance criteria.
- Effectively manage requirement intake into program activity
- Incorporate best practices in development workflows, change management, and engineering lifecycle - identifying opportunities to create and streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and optimize impact.
- Apply business acumen, technical savvy and domain expertise to expertly execute programs, blending program management techniques, process, and tools
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Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- 3-5+ years of experience in engineering, program management or product/program leadership.
- BS or MS degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional software engineering programs, in complex enterprise environments.
- Experienced in leading cross-functional collaboration across technical and business domains to deliver unified outcomes
- Analytical mindset with exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate complex topics clearly and effectively
- Expertise in program management methodologies (Agile, hybrid, scaled delivery models) and deep proficiency in tools (e.g., Jira, Align, Confluence)
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or MBA with technical focus
- Technical experience in data structures, web development, software development and/or systems integration
- Experience building analytical and informational dashboards using BI or similar technologies
This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)
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Client-provided location(s): Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, Mountain View, CA, Warren, MI
Job ID: General_Motors-JR-202514693
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2025-08-24T00:09:57
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Adoption Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Happy Hours
- On-Site Cafeteria
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
- Stock Purchase Program
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Learning and Development Stipend
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Internship Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Woman founded/led
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
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