Job Description

Principal Product Manager – Automated Driving & Active Safety

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Technical Center in Mountain View, CA or Warren, MI three times per week, at minimum.

The Role

At General Motors, we empower Product Managers to solve challenging customer and business problems. We seek passionate and innovative team members who can collaborate effectively within product management, program management, design, and engineering teams to discover and deliver impactful solutions. We hold our teams accountable for results and seek leaders who can influence teammates, stakeholders, and executives using data and logic.

We are looking for an experienced and technically-oriented Principal Product Manager to lead the strategy, definition, and development of GM’s Automated Driving & Active Safety products (ADAS). Examples include strategic initiatives within ADAS architecture, mapping, virtualization, data collection, analytics, perception, and customer interface.

This role involves identifying market opportunities, driving product vision, strategies, and roadmaps within the context of GM’s broader objectives. You will play a key role in GM’s vision of a world with Zero Crashes and our transformation to industry leadership in software & services.

This is a highly visible position that will be crucial in shaping the future of automotive safety and driving innovation in the ADAS domain.

What You’ll Do

• Incorporate data, research, and market analysis to inform product strategies and roadmaps.

• Engage with Engineering to set strategy, metrics, and prioritization relating to ADAS initiatives.

• Establish and prioritize product requirements to solve critical business and customer problems.

• Drive product development with world class software, design, and program management teams to achieve key milestones. Define, track, and analyze key product metrics, user feedback, and performance data to measure success and identify improvement areas.

• Serve as a subject matter expert for your ADAS product portfolio, providing guidance to internal teams and external partners.

• Communicate product status and updates to senior leadership and stakeholders.

• Evangelize and build consensus with executives, colleagues, and third parties

• Mentor and develop other product managers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

• Stay updated on new technology and competitive products to drive continuous improvement, anticipate threats, and identify risks

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field.

• 10+ years of Product Management experience.

• 5+ years of ADAS or AI Engineering or Product Management experience.

• Proven experience with technical product management and leading the entire product lifecycle from concept to introduction.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to derive actionable insights from complex data.

• Excellent presentation abilities to drive a concrete vision and rally the team.

• Technical proficiency in problem-solving with complex software solutions

• Experience defining vision and strategy for software products.

• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to drive stakeholder buy-in.

• Experience working with data scientists and AI/ML teams on software development tools, pipelines, and release.

• Proven oral and written communication skills; ability to become fluent in technical concepts and explain to non-technical partners.

• Comfortable with complex and ambiguous problems and situations, and adept at identifying a project’s risks.

• Enthusiastic and resilient in a constantly evolving environment where creative solutions are the norm.

• If located in California, this position will travel to Michigan 1x per month.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Masters or Doctorate degree in related field.

• Experience handling regulatory, compliance, and legal requirements.

• Experience fostering innovation and driving change in complex organizations.

• Experience shipping hardware or AI driven consumer products.

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 $184,300 to $282,400. 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.

A company vehicle will be provided for this role with successful completion of a Motor Vehicle Report review.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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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.

Why Join Us

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. 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. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statements

GM is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. GM is committed to providing a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and advancing equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, all practices and decisions relating to terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment are made without regard to an individual's protected characteristics. For purposes of this policy, “protected characteristics" include an individual's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, weight, height, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at Careers.Accommodations@GM.com or call us at 800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.​