Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives - Supply Chain & Energy

Job Description

Position Description

The Senior Manager Strategic Initiatives will be a key member of GM Global Public Policys Strategic Initiatives team which is responsible for identifying and assessing growth opportunities emerging risks and long-term trends; informing and strengthening advocacy; and driving integration of enterprise and policy priorities. Reporting to the Executive Director of Global Strategic Initiatives the Senior Manager will be responsible for ensuring that GMs policy advocacy worldwide aligns with critical business priorities developing and implementing multi-faceted campaign strategies to advance GMs policy priorities and expand GMs network of policy influencers. The Senior Manager will focus on core automotive business issues advocacy and engagement particularly on critical minerals batteries and energy projects as well as supporting GMs overarching resiliency strategy and investments. The role requires a highly organized self-starter that possesses proven analytical and communications skills a successful track record of collaboration a strong stakeholder network and a strategic results-driven approach.

Responsibilities

• Campaign Management:

• Develop execute and manage multi-faceted advocacy campaign strategies that enable business opportunities for GM in the U.S. and markets worldwide

• Integrate and align GM enterprise activities and strategic priorities across a range of workstreams and functions with relevant policy advocacy and engagement efforts

• Support and inform advocacy and engagement efforts on supply chain and core operational issues policies and their impacts on automotive value chains (e.g. critical minerals rare earths batteries semiconductors near-shoring and on-shoring resilience)

• Issues Management:

• Develop and manage a portfolio of supply chain (e.g. critical minerals rare earths batteries semiconductors) issues with a focus on industrial policy and U.S. competitiveness

• Drive and align efforts with internal leadership and subject matter experts including Global Public Policy teams Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Manufacturing Engineering Corporate Development Communications Finance Legal and other key business functions

• Stakeholder Engagement:

• Strengthen third-party and stakeholder relationships and platforms that enhance the advocacy efforts by GMs Global Public Policy team and drive thought leadership and positioning for GM
  
  

  Qualifications

• 10 years of professional experience and bachelors degree or 7 years of professional experience with an advanced degree in public affairs business government communications or a related field

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels and across functions using both technical and non-technical verbiage

• Desired Skills

• Clear reputation for ethical conduct integrity and confidentiality

• Solutions-oriented approach that is proactive and innovative demonstrates boldness and creativity that is relevant and results-driven

• Thinks strategically and deals well with ambiguity able to quickly analyze situations adapt and propose and implement appropriate courses of action

• High level of enthusiasm persistence initiative and experienced judgment to identify priorities initiate projects and complete activities with a strong sense of urgency

• Policy stakeholder network and substantive experience in working with a broad range of government officials and policy influencers in the U.S. and international markets

• Understanding of policy issues of interest to the auto industry (e.g. resilience trade geopolitics connected vehicles and transportation technologies and services manufacturing and supply chains)

• Excellent project management skills with a successful and measurable project delivery record; capable of setting priorities meeting deadlines and managing projects

• Proven history of successful cross-functional collaboration in fast paced work environments

• Based in Washington D.C. or willing to relocate
  
  
  This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to GM Washington DC Location three times per week at minimum or other frequency dictated by the business
  
  Location: Hybrid. Washington DC
  Relocation:This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

• 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. H-1B OPT STEM OPT CPT TN J-1 etc.)

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