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About the Role

As the Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Developer Experience, you will own the execution of core programs that improve how GM builds, secures, and ships software. You will work with engineering leaders and the Developer Experience team to turn priorities into delivered outcomes, running programs with minimal guidance and pulling in leadership at the decision points that matter. This is a hands-on delivery role where you will own specific initiatives end to end, keep them moving across teams, support vendor evaluations, and help developers adopt the tools and practices we invest in. You will have significant operational impact across Developer Experience and act as a resource and mentor to less-experienced program managers.

Responsibilities

Own and drive program execution
Turn priorities into plans and execution
Run the delivery cadence
Track work against targets, surface blockers early, and drive decisions
Manage complexity across teams
Coordinate multi-team initiatives for minimal disruption to developers
Drive alignment on shared problems
Bring IT, Engineering, Cyber Security, and Legal together to resolve program-level questions
Shift governance left
Help replace manual gatekeeping with automated governance
Support vendor relationships
Coordinate work with key tool vendors
Run tool evaluations
Structure pilots to produce clear data on productivity and security impact
Drive adoption, not just rollout
Support the change management that makes new tools and practices stick
Help design engagement models like InnerSource and communities of practice
Make the right way the easy way
Help keep developer documentation and paved-road templates current

Requirements

7+ years leading technical programs in DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering
BS or MS in an engineering-related discipline, or equivalent experience
Proven ability to own complex, multi-team programs end to end with minimal guidance
Experience handling operational friction and cross-team coordination
Experience driving technical and cultural change in complex, regulated enterprise environments
Experience getting real teams to adopt new tools and practices
Experience coordinating enterprise software vendor relationships and practical aspects of tool integration
Ability to turn metrics into clear, honest narratives for engineering and leadership audiences
A real focus on making developers more productive
Strong stakeholder skills
Ability to build trust with engineering and IT leaders
Ability to bridge gaps between teams
Ability to drive agreement on hard decisions
Use AI tools in your own daily work and can speak from real experience about where they help and where they do not

Skills

DevOps
Cloud
Platform Engineering
Program leadership
Independent execution
Change and adoption
Vendor and tool acumen
Data-driven communication
Engineering enablement
Influence without authority
AI-native practice

Location

Remote

Work Type

Remote
Hybrid

Experience Level

7+ years

Education Level

BS or MS in an engineering-related discipline, or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

$134,700 to $245,00
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.
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.

About the Company

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.
We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture.
Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Equal Opportunity

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging.
We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities.
Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment.
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