Sr. Program Manager - TRACK

General Motors Company; United States; Remote; USD 107,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

Retirement savings plan

Tuition assistance programs

Paid vacation & holidays

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors Company is seeking a Senior Program Manager for Early Career Programs to lead strategic initiatives across the intern, track, and co-op programs in the US. This role focuses on transforming programs through data-driven decisions and cross-team collaboration.

The ideal candidate will partner with business leaders to define strategy, build roadmaps, and drive consistency of internship experiences across multiple US locations.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required.
• 6+ years of project management across multiple workstreams and functions.
• 6+ years working with early career/co-op/college programs.
• Experience translating business challenges into solutions.
• Strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience designing and scaling regular insights for wide stakeholder updates.
• Experience engaging with executive-level clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational and strategic initiatives across the Early Career Programs Team.
• Partner with business leaders to define strategy and build roadmaps and execution plans.
• Drive consistency across the internship experience across the US.
• Ensure clear connection between strategy and operations to meet goals.
• Collaborate with team and cross-functional partners to identify process improvements and propose solutions.
• Use quantitative and qualitative methods to drive program improvements.
• Develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Help build and design intern project plan deliverables.
• Design key programming for rewarding experiences for interns, Track Participants and Co‑Ops.
• Create smooth onboarding/offboarding processes for interns and co-op participants.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

Executive communication

Education

BA/BS degree

Job description

Location: Warren, MI or Austin, TX strongly preferred. If remote, candidate must be located in Eastern or Central time zones.

We are looking for a Senior Program Manager, to work at the intersection of strategy, operations, and project management with a focus on our intern, track and co-op programs across the United States. The person in this role will identify and drive strategic initiatives. We are seeking someone with demonstrated experience in the design, implementation, and execution of transformation programs as well as deep experience in partnership with clients/the business. The key to this role is to collaborate with multiple stakeholders to influence intern, track and co-op processes / programs through use of data and insights. Our ideal candidate is someone who can drive change across multiple teams and functions and influence them to work towards a shared goal.

Sr. Program Manager, Early Career Programs

• Lead operational and strategic initiatives across the Early Career Programs Team
• Partner with business leaders to define strategy and then build roadmaps and execution plans in service of the overall strategy
• Drive consistency across the internship experience throughout multiple locations within the US
• Ensure clear connection between strategy and functional operations to meet goals
• Collaborate with team members as well as cross-functional partners to identify process improvement opportunities; create solutions to address them
• Leverage quantitative and qualitative methodologies to make decisions and recommendations to drive improvements to our program
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders
• Help build and develop training for intern managers within assigned function(s)
• Help Build and design intern project plan deliverables
• Seek to understand what key programming is necessary to make for a rewarding programmatic experience.
• Partner with key stakeholders to create a smooth onboarding and offboarding experience for interns, Track Participants and Co-Op students in all functions and locations
• Drive connectivity between our experiences; build a deeper connection to GM through innovative events and initiatives

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree
• 6+ years of project management experience across multiple workstreams and functions
• 6+ years working with early career/ co-op / college / university programs
• Experience translating business challenges and questions into solutions
• Strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in designing and scaling detailed regular insights and updates out to a wide range of stakeholders
• Experience engaging directly with executive-level clients and stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing processes and experiences in an organization scaling for growth
• Experience managing complex programs across multiple functions and locations
  

  Compensation:

  The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws.

  The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.

  • The salary range for this role is $106,600 - $163,400. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this 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.