Description
The Role:
The Program Management Intern will support Program and Studio Management within GMNA Design through process documentation, continuous improvement, and coordination activities. This developmental role will help maintain and evolve the Program Management milestone checklist and related templates, forums, and reference materials that enable consistent execution across Program and Studio Management. Working with Program Managers, Assistant Program Managers, studio partners, and other stakeholders, the intern will document current-state workflows, identify improvement opportunities, and help develop practical, repeatable ways of working.
The Team:
Program and Studio Management, together with Cross Vehicle Program Management, helps GMNA Design teams coordinate work, align to vehicle program milestones, and execute consistently across studios. The team connects people, processes, and information across Design and partner functions to support program readiness, clear ownership, and continuous improvement.
What You’ll Do:
· Maintain and improve the Program Management milestone checklist by clarifying requirements, ownership, and usability for Program Managers and Assistant Program Managers.
· Work with stakeholders to understand and document workflows, handoffs, inputs, outputs, dependencies, and decision points.
· Create clear process maps, workflow diagrams, standard work, and supporting reference materials.
· Identify process gaps, duplicated effort, bottlenecks, and unclear ownership, then support practical future-state recommendations.
· Organize information from meetings and working sessions while maintaining action logs, decision logs, open items, and follow-up activities.
· Support updates to templates, gate-readiness materials, review tools, and status presentations used in continuous improvement activities.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
· Pursuit of a Bachelor’s or graduate degree in business, engineering, operations, industrial engineering, information systems, design, or a related field.
· Must be graduating between December 2027 and May 2029.
· Able to work full-time, 40 hours per week during the summer months.
· Strong organizational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
· Ability to ask effective questions, listen carefully, and synthesize information from multiple stakeholders.
· Ability to organize ambiguous or evolving information into clear, structured outputs.
· Working knowledge of Google Workspace.
· Ability to manage multiple assignments, meet commitments, and work effectively in a collaborative environment.
· Strong attention to detail and willingness to follow through on open items.
What will give you a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
· Exposure to process improvement, business analysis, project management, operations, or organizational effectiveness.
· Experience creating flowcharts, swimlane diagrams, standard work, or other process documentation.
· Familiarity with continuous improvement concepts, including clarifying ownership and reducing unnecessary work.
· Experience supporting interviews, workshops, or working sessions.
· Experience with productivity, visualization, or process-mapping tools.
· Familiarity with automotive design, product development, or other complex program environments.
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.)
Work Arrangement:
Onsite: This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the GM Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, on a full-time basis.
GM will provide a one-time lump sum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the 2027 Student Program.
To help facilitate administration of relocation benefits if you are selected, please apply using the permanent address you would move from.
Start dates for this internship role are May & June of 2027.
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