Job Description
Senior Technical Program Manager
The Role
We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead programs involving AI foundational infrastructure and optimized developer workflows. As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) within the Autonomous Vehicle Cloud and Developer Infrastructure (CDI) team at GM, you will play a critical role in driving the development, testing, and delivery of complex, large-scale traditional and AI enhanced infrastructure to accelerate the delivery of next-generation autonomy software.
You will be responsible for running project timelines, resources, and scope across multiple teams, ensuring alignment among all partners, and driving projects efficiently. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, leadership, and critical thinking to innovate and drive the team toward achieving GM's goals, as well as a strong understanding of developer experience, automation, and development ecosystems.
What You’ll Do
Partner with Technical Leads of customer engineering teams to turn their developer requirements and technical specs into achievable implementation roadmaps, including planning milestones and identifying cross-team dependencies
Drive the formulation and review of department roadmaps and objectives on a quarterly and monthly cadence
Work with Engineering Managers to ensure teams take on a balanced assignment of critical initiatives, iterative improvements, and proactive engineering excellence investments. Support calculation of team capacity vs estimated workload, and ensure teams can deliver on their commitments
Define and track KPIs, program metrics, and validation milestones to ensure timely delivery of engineering achievements
Work with Technical Leads on design decisions, and contribute to the department design reviews to ensure we continue to raise our technical standards
Ensure smooth execution of programs and continuously improve execution over time
Proactively identify risks and blockers across software and operations—and drive mitigation plans in real time
Lead program reviews with technical and executive stakeholders across AI Developer Experience teams
Establish confidence from partner teams to continuously minimize distractions or conflicts and push groups to improve their output
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
Proven experience in technical program management, especially within the developer experience and IT service fields.
Experience implementing and delivering developer experience or engineering productivity tooling and automation in a production environment.
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and executive leadership
Strong systems thinking with the ability to connect high-level architecture to on-the-ground execution details.
Deep familiarity with automation and CI/CD program delivery; and technical development workflows
Familiarity with project tracking and status reporting tools like Jira and Confluence.
Passionate about AV technology and its impact on the world.
3+ years of experience in complex technical systems, demonstrating a strong track record of successful project delivery.
BS in Computer Science or related field OR equivalent work experience.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
Knowledge of software development pipelines, shell scripting, and CI/CD systems.
Cloud computing capacity planning, cost, and supportability best practices.
5+ years of experience in complex technical systems, demonstrating a strong track record of successful project delivery.
Hybrid: This role is Hybrid if you live within a 50-mile radius of Sunnyvale; you are expected to report to that location three times a week. This position can be considered Remote if the successful candidate is in the Seattle, Washington area.
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.)
Compensation:
The expected base compensation for this role is: $110,000 - $168,900. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Benefits : GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include 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 and more.
Not eligible for relocation
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