ISV Program Development Lead — AI, Automation, Hybrid

General Motors; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

GM Defense is seeking a Program Manager – ISV Process Excellence, Automation, and Program Development to standardize and optimize ISV program-management across contracts, IMS, and cost accounting. You will lead the creation of templates, playbooks, dashboards, and training materials while driving automation and AI-enabled solutions to reduce manual effort and improve decision support.

You will supervise 2–3 Assistant Program Managers, coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, and finance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• U.S. citizenship required to comply with federal government contract.
• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in program or project management, preferably in automotive, aerospace, defense, or a similarly complex product environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading integrated schedules, contract deliverables, cross-functional teams, and execution planning on multi-year programs.
• Strong working knowledge of structured program-management practices, including work breakdown structures, integrated master schedules, risk and issue management, baseline change control, and cross-functional dependency management and cost accounting.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the integration point for ISV contracts, variants, work directives, and program-management workstreams.
• Maintain a consolidated view of technical, schedule, financial, and contractual baselines.
• Translate contractual requirements into executable plans in partnership with Contracts, Finance, Engineering, Manufacturing, IPS, Quality, Supply Chain, and Business Development.
• Identify cross-functional dependencies, constraints, and decision points early to protect program commitments.
• Define, document, standardize, and maintain end-to-end operating processes for core ISV program-management activities.
• Own the development and lifecycle management of reusable work products (SOPs, templates, dashboards, etc.).
• Lead automation and AI-enabled solutions to improve program execution and product development.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

AI enablement

Data-driven decision support

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

GM Defense is seeking a Program Manager – ISV Process Excellence, Automation, and Program Development to standardize and optimize ISV program-management across contracts, IMS, and cost accounting. You will lead the creation of templates, playbooks, dashboards, and training materials while driving automation and AI-enabled solutions to reduce manual effort and improve decision support.

You will supervise 2–3 Assistant Program Managers, coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, and finance