Senior Manager, Autonomous Vehicle Technical Program Management

Job Description

Senior Manager, Autonomous Vehicle Technical Program Management

At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard – from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features.

Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Autonomous Vehicle Technical Program Management (AV TPM) to lead the organization responsible for driving technical execution across GM's autonomous vehicle portfolio. You will set the direction, structure, operating model, and talent strategy for AV TPM while guiding execution across programs that enable safe, scalable autonomous vehicle capabilities. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of autonomy at enterprise scale, leading a high-impact organization at GM.

You will lead a team of senior managers and provide direction across a broader organization responsible for technical program execution spanning autonomous systems, software, vehicle integration, safety, and validation.

Partnering closely with AV Engineering leadership, you will play a critical role in translating ambitious technology goals into coordinated execution plans, informed decision-making, and measurable business outcomes. Your leadership will help accelerate the path from advanced development to production-ready autonomous vehicle capabilities, creating the structure, alignment, and visibility needed to bring safe, scalable autonomy from concept to real-world deployment.

What you’ll do

- Lead and develop the AV TPM organization: Provide vision, direction, and coaching for a leadership team of senior managers while building a culture of accountability, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

- Shape the AV TPM operating model: Evolve the organization's operating structure, governance, planning processes, decision-making mechanisms, and talent strategy to support GM's autonomous vehicle roadmap and business priorities.

- Drive portfolio execution at scale: Establish and oversee technical program management practices across the AV portfolio, ensuring integrated planning, milestone achievement, dependency management, risk mitigation, and delivery accountability.

- Partner with engineering and product leadership: Translate technical strategy into executable plans, align resources with portfolio priorities, and help determine where to invest talent, time, and organizational capacity to maximize impact.

- Lead cross-functional alignment and decision-making: Build strong partnerships across AV Engineering, AV and ADAS PMO, Product, Safety, Operations, vehicle teams, and executive leadership to resolve tradeoffs, remove obstacles, and drive outcomes.

- Enable predictable and scalable delivery: Continuously improve processes, tools, metrics, and operating mechanisms that increase transparency, accelerate issue resolution, and support effective execution across a growing and evolving portfolio.

- Provide executive visibility and strategic insights: Communicate portfolio health, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to senior leaders while establishing meaningful KPIs and operating reviews that support informed decision-making.

- Lead through growth and change: Guide the organization through evolving technology, program priorities, and operating models while maintaining engagement, clarity, and execution excellence.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

- 12+ years of experience in technical or engineering program management, software development, systems engineering, or a related field, including ownership of complex, cross-functional technology programs.

- 5+ years of experience leading and developing program management teams, including experience overseeing multiple teams, functions, or programs at scale.

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related technical field.

- Demonstrated ability to shape an organization or operating model and partner with senior engineering leaders on portfolio priorities, staffing, resource allocation, and execution.

- Experience delivering technically integrated software or systems programs from planning through execution, using strong systems thinking to manage architecture, dependencies, capacity, risks, and outcomes.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder leadership skills, with the judgment to influence across organizational boundaries, resolve tradeoffs, and drive decisions in ambiguous environments.

- Commitment to inclusive leadership, talent development, and building high-performing, collaborative teams.

What will give you a competitive edge (Preferred Qualifications)

- Experience in automotive, autonomous systems, AV, ADAS, robotics, aerospace, defense, industrial automation, AI/ML platforms, or other complex hardware and software environments, particularly those involving safety-critical products and systems integration.

- Experience guiding advanced technology from early development through production readiness, commercialization, or scaled deployment.

- Experience leading a leadership team, developing senior managers, and building organizational capability, succession, and leadership bench strength.

- Experience establishing portfolio planning, capacity management, governance, metrics, executive reviews, or operating mechanisms across multiple programs and technical organizations.

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 $178,800 - $322,500. 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.

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.