Art Manager Secure Vehicle Access ART

Job Description

Hybrid: Position does not require an employee to be on-site full-time but the expectation is that the employee be onsite a minimum of three (3) days (Tues. Wed. Thurs.) a week to the Warren or MPG offices of General Motors.

We are seeking a highly-motivated agile technical leader for the ART (Agile Release Train) Manager role for the Secure Vehicle Access Product. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the Secure Vehicle Access ART is delivering the right things at the right time to customers and stakeholders. This role was previously known as ART PM (Product Manager) and is part of the Vehicle Mechatronic Embedded Controls (VMEC) engineering department at General Motors.

What you will do

Demonstrate Leadership

• Demonstrate thorough technical understanding of the Secure Vehicle Access domain (requirements in-house controls/software work deployment activities & landscape etc.) so you can lead the ART (agile release train):

  • Look Ahead: anticipate issues see around corners and plan ahead

  • You are the ARTs glue: act as a dot connector bridge builder and translator

  • Focused leadership: channel diverse viewpoints so the ART can work as a team towards common goals

  • Convey background context and WHY

  • Note: the successful candidate is not expected to own specific technical strategy/solutions

• Lead support and/or actively engage in all product-related ceremonies & forums such as:Program Increment Planning Iteration Retrospectives ART Inspect and Adapt Workshops Pre-PI Planning Post PI Planning Backlog Refinement ART Synchronizations Communities of Practice Product Syncs Product/Program team forums etc.

• Lead support and/or actively engage in product-related activities & initiatives such as: capacity allocation planning studies related to new/unplanned work swimlane strategies new initiatives BDD/TDD TFRP BTS etc.

• Demonstrate drive for relentless improvement (e.g.:boldly providing feedback identify and action improvements to product/process etc.)

Own the ART (Agile Release Train) Roadmap and Vision

• Develop maintain and effectively communicate the ART Roadmap Product & Solution Vision including rationale behind prioritization of work

• Proactively collaborate with Product Team internal/external customers and stakeholders to understand priorities dependencies deliverable and timing needs

• Create and effectively communicate Program Increment Objectives

• Support & maintain a comprehensive CoSim plan for the ART

Own the ART (Agile Release Train) Backlog

• Ensure alignment with product strategy and vision

• Review prioritize and manage work requests coming into the ART and document in the ART backlog

• Lead ART backlog refinement activities to ensure the highest priority/highest value work items are ready for PI Planning; examples of work items include new features enablers technical debt unplanned interrupts etc.

• Responsible for backlog health and readiness - quantity quality & completeness of features well-defined documented acceptance & done criteria

• Identify and work through dependencies with other ARTs when deliverables are dependent on other teams for completion/delivery

Ensure Product Completeness

• Verify work has been completed with high quality as per definition of done criteria

• Support ART leads (Architects PO etc.) to ensure ART features are accepted & released on time

• Identify content not on track to plan - investigate troubleshoot resolve and/or escalate as appropriate

• Partner with ART Lead (formerly known as Release Train Engineer (RTE)) in tracking and assessing metrics including evaluation of business value achieved versus planned

• Champion Read Across PRD Safety Tethers etc.

• Lead and/or participate in all product-related forums (e.g.:demos workshops ART ceremonies etc.) to assess product readiness

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Mechatronics Software Mechanical Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

• 7 years of embedded software (C C) development experience

• Cyber Security Experience (intrusion detection threat vectors)

• Experience with Product Planning and full lifecycle product development

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a geographically dispersed team

• Excellent time management oral and written communication skills

• Experience with automotive software standards test methods/procedures and build processes (test-driven development and behavior-driven development (TDD and BDD))

• Experience working in an agile environment preferably SAFe

• Experience with software configuration management processes and tools (e.g.: GIT Ecosystem Jira)

• Development or testing experience on SIL/HIL or other virtual environments

• Knowledge of controls theory and the software development process

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Why Join Us

At GM youll be at the forefront of shaping the future of connected electric and autonomous vehicles. Youll work on cutting-edge antenna systems alongside some of the brightest minds in automotive and RF technology with the resources to make an impact at scale. We offer competitive compensation growth opportunities and a culture that values innovation inclusion and forward thinking. This is a unique opportunity to lead innovate and help millions of customers around the world stay connected on the move.

Bonus Potential:An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance job level and individual performance.

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