Engineering Group Manager

About GM

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Job Description

Job Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Data and Business Analysts to develop business tools and solutions to drive portfolio planning and strategic funding to the business value streams. Key focus is keeping the customer at the center of innovation.
• Lead within the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) environment at the Portfolio Level through planning and resource management down to the Valuestream implementation comprehending performance and quality metrics.
• Work collaboratively across all teams within VMEC to align the core business priorities, long term strategies and short term execution.
• Develop strategic action plans using data driven approaches to support business goals and lead those action plans to successful completion.
• Develop new processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness of embedded controls development
• Be a Scaled Agile Framework agile coach, embrace the people leader aspect, mentor people, and adopt agile practices
• Build an effective team by fostering inclusion and professional development of all team members and recruiting qualified candidates as required.
• Manage employee performance, provide candid & constructive feedback and develop direct reports. Other leadership duties include identifying & leading staffing initiatives for work team; conducting regularly scheduled group meetings, communicating GM policies & procedures, leadership and safety messages; crafting specific to functional communication on vision & strategy, which may include preparing and giving presentations; ensuring employees are in compliance with all mandatory GM training and any specific training related to functional responsibility; understanding & supporting employee's career development goals; developing & executing initiatives to improve work team capability and increase work team capacity; assigning and balancing workload for direct reports; setting individual employee and group priorities.

Critical Skills:

• Dealing with Ambiguity: Ability to execute and navigate ambiguous processes or standard work
• Creativity/Innovation: Develop new and unique ways to improve operations of the organization and to create new opportunities.
• Continuous Learning Mindset: Relentless drive to learn & grow within one's own personal domain but also to stretch cross-organizationally in the pursuit of knowledge & understanding
• Managerial Courage: Portray executive demeanor in high stress situation and maintain high integrity for all decisions/interactions. Ability to communicate effectively to leadership the actions required, and help needed to meet objectives. Demonstrates leadership ability to identify and remove roadblocks. Strength in demonstrating Be Bold behavior and ability to standup for what is right for the vehicle to protect our customer and ensure launch excellence.

• Focuses on Customer and Stakeholder Needs: Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of customers to meet or exceed their expectations

• Business minded: Ensure knowledge and information flowing seamlessly thorough both technical know-how and first-hand knowledge of the tasks they assign to others to keep the program moving forward

• Decision Making: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions, which are timely, and in the best interests of the organization.
• Technical Competence: Solid analytical/problem solving skills with capability to identify solutions to unusual and complex problems, including ability for 5 whys and other methodologies for deeper understanding of problems across system or integration. High level of analytical/problem solving skills where problems are unusual or extremely difficult. Demonstrated technical and professional skills in job-related area required
• Drives for Results: Demonstrated ability to attain results, while balancing technical solutions with business imperatives.
• Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally, to achieve the goals of the organization. High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate and elicit work output
• Motivate and develop others: Positively influences others to achieve high performance results that are in the best interest of the organization.
• Organizational Agility: Demonstrated ability to work end to end throughout vehicle development cross-functionally across multiple sectors (hardware, software, vehicle, platform, manufacturing) and boundaries (requirements, electronic modules, controls design, software, and calibration).

Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering to include Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Mathematics.
• Minimum 10+ years of engineering experience
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle
• Demonstrated results in successful project execution
• Excellent cross-functional communication and leadership skills - able to get multiple teams moving in the same direction
• Demonstrated ability to "Deal with Ambiguity" while driving timely decision making

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Science in Engineering and/or Master of Business Administration
• lLeadership experience of teams of engineers or data analytics
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results through effective teamwork
• Demonstrated ability to lead numerous projects with different focal areas to successful completion
• Demonstrated ability to manage and measure work through metrics, data, and results
• Working knowledge of embedded controls development tool set (e.g. IBM Rational Tool Suite including DOORS for requirements management, Git ecosystem, MatLab-Simulink, ETAS)
• Familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework
• DFSS Black Belt Certification
• High level of analytical/problem solving skills where problems are unusual and complex
• High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate and elicit work output.

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.