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Engineering Group Manager - Engineering Process CoE

  • Emplacement
    • Warren, Michigan
  • Type d'emploi Full time
  • Posté
  • Job Requisition JR-202616619

Description

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.

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.

The Role

The Engineering Process Center of Excellence (CoE) Engineering Group Manager (EGM) leads, coaches, and develops a team of engineering process owners and subject matter experts. This role is accountable for the development, deployment, and maintenance of processes, standards, and operational plans that support the organization’s business strategies and have a direct impact on enterprise results. The Process CoE EGM ensures alignment to GM’s Global Product Safety Principles and drives consistency across engineering business processes.

The Engineering Process CoE team is transforming to provide strategic, cross-functional alignment across all GM business units that influence engineering processes. This leader will proactively identify and execute opportunities to streamline the enterprise, reduce complexity, and drive toward the most efficient, common solutions. They will influence stakeholders across the enterprise to adopt new concepts, practices, and approaches, identifying issues and updating or improving complex work methods while promoting GM’s values.

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)

  • Ensure engineering business processes are streamlined, efficient, documented, and well controlled.

  • Ensure processes comply with GM’s external and internal safety requirements.

  • Partner with GM’s internal audit and safety teams to continuously audit processes and close identified gaps.

  • Partner with cross-functional corporate process owners to drive process commonality, standardization, and efficiency.

  • Lead a team of approximately 15–20 process owners and SMEs within the Engineering Process CoE, Strategy and Governance team in the Global Engineering Operations and Specifications organization.

  • Identify, prioritize, and execute efficiency opportunities within current business processes to reduce proliferation of unique and bespoke tool solutions.

  • Remove roadblocks, anticipate potential issues, and escalate quickly as needed, developing creative solutions that enable the business to operate effectively.

  • Conduct regular team meetings and communicate GM policies, procedures, leadership messages, and safety messages.

  • Assign and manage workload for direct reports, reviewing and approving work-related data and deliverables.

  • Provide training, mentoring, coaching, and constructive feedback to support the development and growth of team members.

  • Partner with staff to develop annual performance goals aligned to corporate Key Strategic Initiatives.

  • Identify and develop plans for succession for staff, including leading robust interviewing and ensuring seamless onboarding for new hires.

  • Manage cultural diversity within the team and support collaboration with global partners and program activity.

  • Formally and informally recognize employee contributions and provide timely, consistent feedback.

  • Participate in compensation planning and deliver compensation decisions as supported by leadership.

  • Ensure employees complete all mandatory GM training as well as any role-specific or functional training.

Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, IT, Engineering Technology or a related discipline.

  • 8 years of experience with process optimization tools and methodologies (for example, Lean Principles, Kaizen Continuous Improvement, Business Process Improvement/Management, Value Stream Mapping, Root Cause Analysis).

  • Highly developed oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.

  • Proven high level of analytical ability to address unusual, difficult, or complex problems.

  • Demonstrated capability to lead strong, high-performing teams to successful outcomes; experience as a people leader is preferred.

  • Experience working on and leading global teams with the capability to drive change across regions.

  • Broad knowledge and general operational understanding of industry policies and procedures.

  • High-level understanding of industry business systems and functional responsibilities.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Master’s degree.

  • DFSS Certification or equivalent.

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GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

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