SDV & VaaT Program Manager, Global Manufacturing

General Motors; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional SDV and VaaT initiatives in Global Manufacturing Electrical & Software Defined Vehicle. You’ll partner with software, bench readiness, IT, validation, and plant teams to align plans and accelerate launches.

This role requires strong program management, risk and change management skills, and a proven ability to translate technical details into clear plans and status updates.

Qualifications

• Typically five or more years of program, project management, or Scrum experience in automotive, manufacturing, or software-intensive environments.
• Strong risk, issue, and change management skills.
• Experience working with manufacturing plants and understanding how test environments and software changes affect production operations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to translate technical details into clear plans and status.
• High ownership, learning agility, and comfort working in an evolving SDV/VaaT environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated SDV/VaaT plans across software, bench, IT, process, and plant readiness workstreams.
• Manage milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and action plans.
• Align engineering, IT, validation, manufacturing, and plant teams on hardware, software, connectivity, and operational readiness.
• Lead readiness reviews, governance forums, and status reporting.
• Maintain a single source of truth for program health, owners, due dates, risks, and open issues.
• Drive cross-functional resolution of issues involving VaaT deployment, software readiness, offline flashing, connectivity, validation, and manufacturing execution.
• Translate manufacturing issues into clear problem statements, action plans, and trackable workstreams.
• Support manufacturing launches and plant integration by aligning readiness criteria, operating plans, and communication.
• Improve standard planning, reporting, and governance practices as SDV/VaaT expands across programs and plants.
• Build strong partnerships across software, manufacturing, engineering, and program management.

Skills

Program management

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Ownership

Agile/SAFe

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional SDV and VaaT initiatives in Global Manufacturing Electrical & Software Defined Vehicle. You’ll partner with software, bench readiness, IT, validation, and plant teams to align plans and accelerate launches.

This role requires strong program management, risk and change management skills, and a proven ability to translate technical details into clear plans and status updates.