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Job Description

The Role:

As an **Advanced Accessories Program Engineering Manager,** you’ll lead the development of high-value accessory portfolios aligned with customer needs and vehicle strategies. These offerings enhance vehicle appeal, personalization, and functionality—driving excitement and profitability. The portfolio includes appearance packages, off-road enhancements, performance upgrades, protection, storage solutions, and other features that elevate the ownership experience.

Looking for outstanding individuals who demonstrate the following qualities:

+ Influential Leadership

+ Collaborative Mindset

+ Team-Oriented Approach

+ Resilience

+ Innovative Thinking

+ Self-Motivation

What You Will Do (Responsibilities):

+ Lead the engineering development of highly profitable accessories portfolios through the advanced phase of the VDP (from AFI to post DSI).

+ Key accessory contact to vehicle program team. Support meeting forums as needed (VAPIR/PET/POPs/VPIT/ CITs).

+ Maintain the program scorecard for engineering deliverables (e.g., Dot Chart) and report program status at SMT meetings during key program milestones.

+ Develop, Coordinate and Execute Accessories Criteria, Surface, and engineering Math Plan.

+ Lead program engineering status reviews, Timing Workshop and Innovation workshops

+ Lead the overall integration of accessories into the production vehicle.

+ Input, manage and communicate program workload and PCAR input.

+ Coordinate program, studio and cross-SMT issue escalations.

+ Co-lead developing and managing accessories brand/segment portfolio strategies. (i.e. Clinics )

+ Owns the Accessory section of the regulatory checklist and assessment for programs while in the advanced phase of the VDP.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

+ BS Degree – Engineering

+ Minimum of 8 years of experience in engineering functions within GM or equivalent.

+ Previous design / release experience strongly preferred.

+ Good understanding of GVDP

+ Process leader - knows how to lead changes to evolving processes.

+ Strong leadership ability. High level of self-motivation

+ Excellent oral and written communication skills and comfortable presenting/reporting to Senior Leadership

+ Ability to network and run effective meetings with diverse participants that collaborate cross-functionally and globally to reach consensus.

+ This position requires the legal ability to operate a motor vehicle daily.

What Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

+ Master’s Degree

+ 3 years of work experience in Accessory Product Development

+ SMT Experience preferred

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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