Staff Product Manager, UI Experience Platform

Job Description

At General Motors our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen but to be felt. Were turning todays impossible into tomorrows standard from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design intelligent software and next-generation safety and entertainment features.

Every day our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer smarter and more connected shaping the future of transportation on a global scale.

The Role:

As the Staff Product Manager for the gmUI1 Experience Platform youll sit at the center of one of GMs most complex and high-visibility product efforts owning the experience strategy for an in-vehicle UI platform that touches millions of customers across multiple vehicle programs and display configurations.

This role is ideal for someone who ishands-on highly collaborative and comfortable with ambiguity and who enjoys working across multiple teams to solve customer and business problems.

What Youll Do (Responsibilities):

• Collate andshepherdindividual product visionsandstrategiesintoanoverall experienceroadmapfor the gmUI1 Experience Platform across all display configurations and vehicle programsensuring it supports GMs broader customer business and technology goals.

• Serve as the product DRI for gmUI1 and its iterations (UI1.x) -aligning portfolio program and cross-pillar priorities for launches continuous improvement and updates/upgrades.

• Collaborate andfacilitatecross-product prioritization across all product pillars within the product organization. Lead the UI1 cross-product backlog(waterline and 100% scope) by turning scattered features into a coherent roadmap and managing tradeoffs with HID and engineering based on resource constraints.

• Beaccountable for ensuring the solutions we prioritize andultimately shipon gmUI1areboth valuable(customers love them) and viable(they support GMs business goals technical capabilities and regulatory constraints).

• Partner with the System UI Product Manager infacilitating framework and experience working sessionswith other product teams and HMI design to integrate their hero use cases into the gmUI1 system framework and inform PRDs.

• Manage a collective scorecard designed to inform the larger team ofgmUIsperformance to stated KPIs and closely withproductvehicledesignand engineeringteamstoalign ontheappropriate measuresand frequency of reporting.

• Act as the center of gravity for UI1 demos and reviews translating CXR quality and usability feedback into targeted iterations for continuous improvement

• Be the product point person for summative research that helps us understandhowcustomersengage closely with marketing and user research teams to build and manage a high-level research roadmap for gmUI1. Ensure resultingdata and insightsinformfutureprioritization.

• Act as the single threaded ownerfor gmUI1 aligning partners across design engineering architecture privacy legal safety marketing and brands as needed.

• Ability to travel - up to 10%

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• 7years working on technology-powered products(e.g. automotive consumer apps platforms or enterprise software) as a Product Manager or in a closely related role (product design engineering data UX research).Some in-vehicle experience is a MUST.

• Demonstrated experience planning and executing vehicle software products or features end-to-end from discovery through launch and iteration.

Product skills

• Demonstrated understanding of modern product discovery and deliverytechniques (e.g. hypothesis-driven development experimentation dual-track discovery/delivery).

• Proven ability to break down complex ambiguous problems with many constraints and propose clear data-informed solutions.

• Ability to define product success metrics analyze outcomes and adjust course based on data and customer feedback.

Collaboration and leadership

• Proven ability to build strong collaborative relationshipswith engineering design program management and cross-functional partners.

• Comfortable leading cross-functional initiatives managing dependencies and resolving conflicts across teams.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to craft concise narratives for leadership.
  

Business and customer understanding

• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn multiple functional areas (e.g. engineering design finance marketing operations) and incorporate business constraints into product decisions.

• Deep curiosity about customer behavior and experience; habit of using data and research to inform prioritization.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

• Experience with connected vehicles or complex hardwaresoftware systems(e.g. IoT consumer electronics).

• Priorworkon core platforms infrastructure or frameworksused by multiple product teams.

• Familiarity with GMs Software & Services Product Managementpractices PRD templates and portfolio/roadmap processes.

• Experience with Confluence Figmaandother planning software tools

• Vehicle software flashcoordinationfleetprep and MPGdrivingaccess

Company vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program though 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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