Staff Product Manager, AI Developer Productivity
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Sunnyvale, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Job Description
Why join us
General Motors pioneers the innovations that move and connect people to what matters. We see a world with zero crashes zero emissions and zero congestion. As we move toward this vision software plays an integral role as it becomes more prominent in our vehicles.
Our ambition inVehicle Autonomy Product Managementis to build a world-class software development culture that is part of the companys shared vision. We are creating an elite portfolio of software-defined vehicles by tightly integrating software hardware and services to create complete and compelling vehicle experiences for our customers.
Why This Role
AI is already a vital part of our development process contributing significantly to our core codebase. Engineers are realizing substantial productivity gains through AI-powered tools.Weveproven the value nowitstime to dramatically expand its impact.
This role owns the product strategy for that scaling effort.Youlldefine how agentic workflows AI agents that execute multi-step development tasks autonomously move from advanced-user adoption to mainstream engineeringpractice.
This is a rare intersection: AI developer productivity at production scale inside a safety-critical autonomous vehicle program.
About theTeam
GMs AV division runs one of the industrys largest autonomous vehicle fleets. Your work enables thehundreds ofengineers building that platform developer productivity at scale inside a safety-critical program.
AV Developer Productivity owns the developer experience across GMs AV division build systems CI/CD pipelines developer tooling observability and our AI productivity platform.Youllwork directly with senior engineering managers and Staff ICs across multiple AI productivity teams and a dedicated ADAS convergence Build & Integration team.
We invest in best-in-class AI coding tools integrate internal MCP servers and have built infrastructure that enables AI agents to run builds and tests atmonoreposcale. Day-to-dayyoullreport to AV Product Management and partner closely with the Developer Productivity engineering leadership team.
Wedontexpect AV domainexpertiseon day one wellinvest in your ramp-up.
Success requires strong technical judgment principled decision-making and the ability to build alignment across engineering infrastructure andvehicleteams. You should be comfortable navigating ambiguity making tough tradeoffs and translating business needs into engineering priorities.
WhatYoullDo
Own the product roadmap covering agentic execution environments the skills and MCP (Model Context Protocol) ecosystem agent orchestration and AI-powered code review; deliver a 1218 monthplan with clear milestones and success criteria.
Drive developer adoption through training newsletters cross-teamprojects and developer feedback sessions to move engineers from passive AI use to agentic workflows.
Define and track success metrics
Coordinate across teams as the product voice spanning Agentic Execution Agentic Primitives Agent Orchestration AI Reviews and the Developer Experience data platform.
Shape vendor strategy: evaluate external AI tooling and ensure internal investments amplify vendor capabilities rather than duplicating them.
Own ADAS ecosystem discovery by mapping tools workflows build systems and day-to-day dependencies that ADAS engineers rely on.
Define migration waves and priorities with the convergence Build & Integration team including success criteria and risk frameworks for moving ADAS workflows onto the unified platform.
Build the business case for convergence by quantifying dual-ecosystem costs and their impact on engineering velocity.
IdentifyAI acceleration opportunities where agentic tools can speed up migration automated build file generation AI-assisted onboarding and agent-driven code migration.
Communicate to leadership:translate deeplytechnical concepts into compelling briefings for VP and executive audiences.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
Youre a product manager with deep developer tools experience who has been tracking the AI coding revolution and wants to own the product strategy at scale.Youreequally comfortable writing a PRD for an agentic orchestration framework and presenting a convergence business case to a VP.Youveshipped products that engineers love and you know that adoption is as much about community and communication as it is about features.
5 years of product management in developer tools developer platforms or infrastructure internal or external engineering audiences.
Technical credibility: you engage credibly with Staff-level engineers on build systems CI/CDmonorepos and development environments; you understand thedeveloperinner loop (IDE build test) and outer loop (CI code review release).
AI product experience:youvemanaged or shipped AI-powered developer tools coding assistants LLM applications or agentic workflows (e.g. GitHub Copilot Cursor internal LLM tools or agent orchestration platforms).
Data-driven product sense: you prioritize using telemetry user research and developer experience data comfortable making directional decisions with imperfect information.
Strong communication: clear PRDs strategy documents and executive briefings that translate technical depth without losing substance.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
Experience navigating complex technical transitions platform migrations ecosystem mergers or large-scale organizational change.
Experience with agentic AI workflows Model Context Protocol (MCP) or AI coding assistants (Cursor GitHub Copilot Claude Code).
Background in build/CI infrastructure (BazelBuildkite Remote Build Execution) or developer experience measurement (DX surveys DORA metrics productivity dashboards).
Experience in automotive robotics embedded systems or safety-critical software.
Hybrid:This role is categorized ashybrid. Thesuccessful candidate is expected to report toGMs office in Mountain View CA or the office inWarren MIas needed.
Compensation:The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.
The salary range for this role is $134700 to $24500. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance job level and individual performance.
Benefits:GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical dental vision Health Savings Account Flexible Spending Accounts retirement savings plan sickness and accident benefits life insurance paid vacation & holidays tuition assistance programs employee assistance program GM vehicle discounts and more.
Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.
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About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better safer and more equitable for all.
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