Technology Program & Governance Manager

GMPPU; Concord (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan including company match

Life insurance and disability coverage

32 days annual leave

Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

Subsidized on-site dining

On-site gym

GM vehicle purchase/lease program

Free on-site EV charging for personal-

Job summary

GM Performance Power Units in Concord, NC, onsite, is seeking a Technology Program & Governance Manager to lead a portfolio of technology initiatives. You will coordinate between business stakeholders, technology teams, suppliers, and procurement to ensure projects are well-defined, governed, and aligned with objectives.

This high-visibility role requires strong stakeholder management, business analysis, programme governance expertise, and the ability to deliver critical technology solutions

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex technology programmes and projects with strong risk, issue, budget, and dependency management.
• Strong business analysis and requirements gathering skills.
• Experience across infrastructure, cybersecurity, software, ERP, data, and analytics.
• Experience running governance forums, steering committees, change control forums and programme reviews; ability to manage senior stakeholders.
• Experience working with procurement teams and managing third-party suppliers.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and verticals simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of technology projects and programmes with multiple initiatives.
• Establish project plans, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and resources.
• Track progress and provide status reports to stakeholders and executives; mitigate delivery risks.
• Coordinate IS governance activities and support vendor selections, RFx processes, and contract reviews.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Vendor management

Risk management

Job description

GM Performance Power Units - Concord, NC

Technology Program & Governance Manager - Onsite

Job Summary

GM Performance Power Units is seeking an experienced Technology Program & Governance Manager to join our Digital Technology team. This role is responsible for leading and coordinating a portfolio of technology initiatives across multiple functional disciplines.

The successful candidate will act as the central point of coordination between business stakeholders, technology teams, suppliers, and procurement functions, ensuring projects are well-defined, governed, and aligned with organizational objectives.

This is a highly visible role requiring strong stakeholder management, business analysis capability, programme governance expertise, and the ability to deliver a variety of business-critical technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Project Delivery

• Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful delivery of technology projects and programmes, managing multiple concurrent initiatives with varying levels of complexity and business impact.
• Establish project plans, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• Track delivery progress and provide regular status reporting to stakeholders, leadership, and executives, ensuring delivery risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated.
• Facilitate and support Steering Committees, project boards, and stakeholder review meetings.

Business Analysis & Requirements Management

• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and discovery sessions to gather, analyse, and document high-quality business requirements, functional specifications, process maps, and supporting documentation.
• Translate business needs into clear and actionable requirements for technical delivery teams.
• Support solution evaluation and option assessments where required.
• Act as a key liaison between technology teams, procurement, and external suppliers, supporting vendor selection, RFP/RFQ processes, contract reviews, and commercial evaluations.
• Monitor supplier performance against agreed deliverables, milestones, and service commitments.
• Help coordinate third-party resources and ensure effective integration with internal teams.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships across business and all technology functions.
• Facilitate collaboration between technical specialists, business leaders, and external partners.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and drive alignment on priorities, scope, and delivery outcomes.
• Act as a trusted advisor for project governance, delivery practices, and business change.
• Promote project management best practices, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of PMO processes, templates, and reporting.
• Support portfolio planning and prioritisation activities across the Digital Technology function.

Change Governance & Change Management

• Own and continuously improve the technology change governance framework, ensuring changes are planned, assessed, approved, and implemented in a controlled manner.
• Coordinate change review activities, maintaining visibility of technology changes, dependencies, risks, and impacts across Digital Technology teams, suppliers, and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate change governance forums and ensure appropriate operational, security, technical, and business approvals are obtained prior to implementation.
• Drive effective communication, reporting, and organisational readiness activities to maximise the successful adoption and delivery of technology change.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex technology programmes and projects, with strong risk, issue, budget, and dependency management capability.
• Strong business analysis and requirements gathering skills.
• Experience working across diverse technology domains, such as infrastructure, cybersecurity, software development, enterprise applications, ERP, PLM, data, and analytics.
• Experience running governance forums, steering committees, change control forums and programme reviews, with a demonstrated ability to manage senior stakeholders and executive audiences.
• Experience working with procurement teams and managing third-party suppliers.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities & verticals simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within high-performance, engineering, manufacturing, motorsport, automotive, or similarly fast-paced environments.
• Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Familiarity with enterprise technology platforms, cloud services, cybersecurity programmes, ERP systems, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Project Management certification. (PRINCE2, PMP, MSP, AgilePM, or equivalent)
• Business Analysis certification. (BCS, IIBA, or equivalent)

Ready to be part of a team that pushes boundaries both on and off the track? At GM Performance Power Units, we are developing a new era of performance for the Formula 1 grid. Joining us means entering a startup racing environment backed by a legacy of engineering excellence, giving you the rare opportunity to help build a world-class program from day one. We believe in rewarding innovation and powering potential. As part of our team, you’ll benefit from a competitive and comprehensive package designed to support your performance, well-being, and future, helping you thrive at every level.

That includes access to:

• 401(k) plan including company match
• Employee-paid life insurance and disability coverage
• 32 days annual leave
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Subsidized on-site dining
• On-site gym
• Discounted
• GM vehicle purchase/lease program
• Free on-site EV charging for personal GM vehicles

Join us—and help power what’s next.

Why Join Us

You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and performance of a next-generation Formula 1 power unit. Our culture rewards precision, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of performance.