Agile Team (ART) Manager – Lighting & Visibility ART

General Motors; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic individual to lead product development in the Lighting domain. This hybrid role involves collaborating with teams to drive improvements, manage the ART roadmap, and ensure product completeness. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in embedded software development, strong leadership skills, and the ability to thrive in an agile environment. Join a forward-thinking company where your contributions will significantly impact innovative automotive solutions and help shape the future of technology in the industry.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of embedded software development experience required.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills for team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and engage in product-related ceremonies and initiatives.
• Develop and communicate the ART Roadmap and backlog.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal Skills

Time Management

Communication Skills

Embedded Software Development

Agile Methodologies

Automotive Software Standards

Software Configuration Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics, Software, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

GIT Ecosystem

Jira

Job description

Work Arrangement:

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Markham Elevation Centre (MEC) or Oshawa Elevation Centre (OEC) three times per week, at minimum.

What you will do

Demonstrate Leadership

• Demonstrate thorough technical understanding of the Lighting domain (requirements, in-house controls/software work, deployment activities & landscape, etc) so you can lead the ART:

  • Look Ahead: anticipate issues, "see around corners," and plan ahead

  • You are the ART's glue: act as a dot connector, bridge builder and translator

  • Focused leadership: channel diverse viewpoints so the ART can work as a team towards common goals

  • Convey background, context and "WHY"

  • Note: the successful candidate is not expected to own specific technical strategy/solutions

• Lead, support and/or actively engage in all product-related ceremonies & forums, such as: Program Increment Planning, Iteration Retrospectives, ART Inspect and Adapt Workshops, Pre-PI Planning, Post PI Planning, Backlog Refinement, ART Synchronizations, Communities of Practice, Product Syncs, Product/Program team forums, etc

• Lead, support and/or actively engage in product-related activities & initiatives, such as: capacity allocation, planning studies related to new/unplanned work, swimlane strategies, new initiatives, BDD/TDD, TFRP, BTS, etc

• Demonstrate drive for relentless improvement (eg: boldly providing feedback, identify and action improvements to product/process, etc)

• This is an individual contributor's role.

Own the ART Roadmap and Vision

• Develop, maintain and effectively communicate the ART Roadmap, Product & Solution Vision, including rationale behind prioritization of work

• Proactively collaborate with Product Team, internal/external customers and stakeholders to understand priorities, dependencies, deliverable and timing needs

• Create and effectively communicate Program Increment Objectives

• Support & maintain a comprehensive CoSim plan for the ART

Own the ART Backlog

• Ensure alignment with product strategy and vision

• Review, prioritize and manage work requests coming into the ART and document in the ART backlog

• Lead ART backlog refinement activities to ensure the highest priority/highest value work items are ready for PI Planning; examples of work items include new features, enablers, technical debt, unplanned interrupts, etc

• Responsible for backlog health and readiness - quantity, quality & completeness of features, well-defined documented acceptance & done criteria

• Identify and work through dependencies with other ARTs when deliverables are dependent on other teams for completion/delivery

Ensure Product Completeness

• Verify work has been completed with high quality as per definition of done criteria

• Support ART leads (Architects, PO, etc) to ensure ART features are accepted & released on time

• Identify content not on track to plan - investigate, troubleshoot, resolve and/or escalate as appropriate

• Partner with ART Lead (formerly known as Release Train Engineer (RTE)) in tracking and assessing metrics, including evaluation of business value achieved versus planned

• Champion Read Across, PRD, Safety Tethers, etc.

• Lead and/or participate in all product-related forums (eg: demos, workshops, ART ceremonies, etc) to assess product readiness

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics, Software, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

• 7+ years of embedded software development experience

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a geographically dispersed team

• Excellent time management, oral and written communication skills

• Experience with automotive software standards, test methods/procedures and build processes (test-driven development and behavior-driven development (TDD and BDD))

• Experience working in an agile environment, preferably SAFe

• Experience with software configuration management processes and tools (eg: GIT Ecosystem, Jira)

• Development or testing experience on SIL/HIL or other virtual environments

• Knowledge of controls theory and the software development process

• Must be legally allowed to work in Canada and able to travel to the US