Job Description
Group Product Manager – Digital Vehicle Shopping Experiences
Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Technical/Innovation Center in Warren (MI), Mountain View (CA), Austin (TX), or Roswell (GA) three times per week, at minimum. This position can be located at any of these locations.
General Motors’ Digital Vehicle Shopping team redefines the way customers shop for vehicles online. There’s never been a more exciting time to come and join the General Motors and we would love to hear from you if you are passionate about disruption, like to see an immediate impact from your actions, and want to help us build a world with zero crashes, zero emissions, zero congestions!
The Role
We are seeking a dynamic, experienced leader to join GM as a Group Product Manager, with a strong focus on stakeholder alignment and strategic vision within complex global environments. This role requires a keen ability to foster relationships, navigate organizational dynamics, and lead product teams in revitalizing outdated digital products to align with modern technology and customer needs.
The ideal candidate is passionate about growing and mentoring product managers and is committed to delivering high-quality digital vehicle shopping experiences that are both customer-centric and strategically viable for our business.
What You’ll Do
Leadership & Team Management: Manage and mentor a team of 5-6 Product Managers, building a high-performance culture centered on excellence, innovation, and continuous learning. Foster professional growth by implementing targeted training programs that enhance skills in customer-centric thinking, data analysis, and modern product management practices, ensuring the team is equipped to drive impactful results.
Domain/Market Understanding: Demonstrate a deep understanding of market dynamics, including customer needs, technological trends, and competitive landscapes. Regularly monitor emerging trends and customer behaviors, leveraging insights to shape product strategy and influence broader organizational direction. Identify potential market opportunities or threats, helping to align product vision with market realities.
Vision & Strategy: Craft and communicate a compelling, long-term product vision that aligns with the company’s goals and inspires cross-functional alignment. Own the strategic direction for multiple products, ensuring consistency with broader business objectives. Influence company direction through product leadership, driving initiatives that contribute to the organization’s growth and success.
Prioritization, Trade-offs, & Sequencing: Oversee the prioritization, trade-offs, and sequencing of work across product areas, balancing competing priorities to maximize business impact. Guide resource allocation and manage stakeholder expectations, ensuring that product decisions align with strategic objectives and deliver meaningful value to the business.
Customer-Centricity: Champion a customer-obsessed approach, creating products that deliver delightful, impactful user experiences rooted in customer needs, data, and feedback. Drive a customer-centric culture within the organization, ensuring that every product decision prioritizes the customer and fosters long-term engagement and satisfaction.
Product Requirements & Documentation: Translate high-level product vision and strategies into clear, actionable requirements that align cross-functional teams toward successful execution. Oversee the documentation process, ensuring that product requirements meet both business and technical needs while aligning with the strategic goals of the organization.
Quality Management: Set and uphold high-quality standards across all products, addressing blockers and ensuring consistency throughout the development lifecycle. Establish scalable quality management practices that embed quality at every stage of the product process, enabling high performance and reliability across product offerings.
Launch Success/Go-to-Market: Lead successful product launches by orchestrating all go-to-market efforts, from strategic planning to seamless execution. Define comprehensive launch strategies that align with marketing, sales, and overall business objectives, ensuring impactful releases that enhance brand perception and customer satisfaction.
Data, Measurement, and Optimization: Develop and maintain robust systems for tracking product performance, leveraging data to make informed decisions and optimize for long-term success. Implement continuous measurement and optimization processes across product lines, ensuring improvements are driven by data insights and aligned with strategic business goals.
Additional Job Description
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Design, Engineering, Business, or equivalent
7+ years of product management experience focused on software or digital platforms with very complex and configurable products
3+ years of direct management experience
Experience managing or mentoring a team of product managers
Experience in modernizing digital products and enhancing user experiences
Strong technical acumen with a deep understanding of software development processes
Must be a strategic thinker with a data-driven approach to decision-making and problem-solving
Exceptional communication, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills
If not located in Michigan, this position will travel to Michigan 1x per quarter
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
Master’s degree or higher
3+ years of experience managing a team of product managers
Virtual Reality and/or Augmented Reality experience
Knowledge of 3D imagery and/or Immersive Experience with digital products highly preferred
Global product management experience
GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
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 compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.
The salary range for this role is $127,900 to $200,100. 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.
A company vehicle will be provided for this role with successful completion of a Motor Vehicle Report review.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
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About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Benefits Overview
The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.
Diversity Information
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.
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