2025 Summer Intern – Strategy & Innovation - Culture Strategist

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.     

Work Arrangement :  

Remote OR Hybrid: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of [Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren, or Milford], you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum. 

The Team:  

The Culture team is part of the Strategy & Innovation (S&I) organization at General Motors, strategically aligned with S&I’s mission to catalyze enterprise-wide change.  S&I is comprised of Corporate Strategy, Strategic Technology Partnerships, Enterprise Innovation, Culture, and Data & Analytics. 

The Culture team is responsible for setting and executing the company’s culture strategy to accelerate our business strategy. The approach is to leverage our best attributes, while addressing the necessary change to drive performance. This team collaborates across the organization – partnering with leaders across all functions and business partners such as Communications, Employee Listening, and Talent Development – to create new initiatives and innovate current systems, tools, and processes for impactful and sustained culture change and transformation. 

What You’ll Do:   

• Research and analysis: evaluate trends and conduct external benchmarking on organizations with highly rated cultures to deliver actionable recommendations for the Culture team. 

• Project support: assist in designing, implementing and evaluating new programs and strategies that drive cultural change. 

• Employee engagement: lead events and facilitate workshops with different employee groups – collecting and analyzing feedback to provide insight. 

• Cross-functional collaboration: coordinate and build relationships with other stakeholders to help implement our culture strategy. 

• Communication and storytelling: interact with various people and functions to mine purpose-driven or culture related stories to pitch to internal communications. 

How You’ll Make an Impact:   

• Have a direct role in driving a multi-year, multi-pronged, global culture activation plan from the ground up for a workforce of over 155,000 people 

• Influence company leadership with data and research to inform action taking with our employees and customers in mind 

Required Qualifications:       

• Pursuit of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in one of the following areas: Business, Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Communication or related fields

• Must be graduating between May 2026 - May 2028

• Able to work fulltime, 40 hours per week 

What will give you a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):   

• Facilitating and curating events for groups upwards of 100 participants 

• Design Thinking or Human-Centered Design project experience  

• Prior study or work experience in the following areas: employee engagement, leadership development, employee relations, or related fields

• ​Passion for the company’s culture and transformation 

• Curious and creative problem solver with a willingness to do things differently 

Start dates for this internship role are May & June of 2025.   

Compensation:  

• The salary range for this role is $3500-$5,200, dependent upon class status and degree. 

• GM will provide a one-time lump sum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the 2025 Student Program.  

What you’ll get from us (Benefits):  

• Paid US GM Holidays  

• GM Family First Vehicle Discount Program  

• Result-based potential for growth within GM 

• Intern events to network with company leaders and peers