Staff TPM – Bench & HiL Ecosystem (Hybrid)

General Motors Company; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) — Bench & HiL Ecosystem to drive cross-functional execution across next-generation benches, compute, sensor, and software platforms. You will partner with Purchasing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Program teams to align supplier deliverables with vehicle development milestones and production readiness.

You’ll lead issue resolution, manage risks, and coordinate external partners for hardware-software integration in a demanding

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Supplier Management, Systems Engineering, or Complex Program Leadership.
• Experience managing strategic suppliers and cross-functional technical programs in automotive, aerospace, robotics, or distributed systems environments.
• Strong understanding of embedded systems, compute platforms, vehicle E/E architecture, and software platform development.
• Experience driving hardware-software integration programs with external vendors and engineering partners.
• Proven ability to manage supplier execution, technical dependencies, schedule risk, and escalation management.
• Experience working with Purchasing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Engineering organizations.
• Strong understanding of product development lifecycle, validation cycles, and launch readiness processes.
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership, executive communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to drive execution in highly ambiguous, fast-moving technical environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end execution and coordination across strategic suppliers supporting vehicle platform and AV development programs.
• Manage timelines, technical dependencies, risks, and escalation paths across hardware, software, and infrastructure domains.
• Partner with Purchasing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Program teams to ensure supplier deliverables align with vehicle development milestones and production readiness targets.
• Lead issue resolution, recovery planning, and executive-level escalation management.
• Track execution performance including schedule adherence, quality, integration readiness, and cost impacts.
• Drive accountability across external partners supporting compute platforms, sensors, middleware, diagnostics, networking, firmware, validation and AV infrastructure.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding, development milestones, validation readiness, and change management processes.
• Support sourcing strategy and supplier engagement activities for future platform scalability and risk mitigation.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Supplier Management

Systems Engineering

Cross-functional Leadership

Executive Communication

Stakeholder Management

Automotive Industry Experience

Vendor Management

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) — Bench & HiL Ecosystem to drive cross-functional execution across next-generation benches, compute, sensor, and software platforms. You will partner with Purchasing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Program teams to align supplier deliverables with vehicle development milestones and production readiness.

You’ll lead issue resolution, manage risks, and coordinate external partners for hardware-software integration in a demanding