Senior Manager of Software Engineering, Platform/OS

Job Description

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin, TX three times per week, at minimum.

The Role

General Motors is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as the Senior Manager of Software Engineering, Platform/OS. As a global leader in the automotive industry, General Motors is committed to delivering high-quality vehicles that exceed customer expectations. This role will play a critical role in ensuring that our products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and durability, with a specific focus on the operating system for our in-vehicle infotainment systems. 

What You'll Do

• Build and Lead a team that will contribute to our next generation vehicle operating while supporting and optimizing our existing platforms. 
• Lead an engineering team building software with quality and predictability. 
• Collaborate closely with hardware engineers and partner teams. 
• Develop and enhance processes for building quality software. 
• Collaborate across the organization to identify dependencies and needs. 
• Build an effective engineering team, continually growing the skills of team members and recruiting talent to ensure we have domain specific knowledge. 
• Define Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and drive engineering teams to improve these continuously. 
• Leads, guides and directs a large group of technical employees responsible for engineering deliverables in support of the organization's business objectives.
• Leads engineering execution of team as related to the Vehicle Development Process deliverables.  Provides technical leadership to work team.  
• Interacts and collaborates with many teams cross-functionally.  
• Leads team on new methods or initiatives without defined procedures.  Leads team to meet targets.  
• Conducts regularly scheduled Group Meetings, communicates GM Policies & Procedures, Leadership and Safety Messages.  
• Creates and communicates vision & strategies specific to functional responsibilities.  May include preparing and giving presentations.  
• Reviews deliverables and provides candid & constructive feedback.  Conducts performance interventions when necessary.  Provides timely and consistent feedback to direct employee's as appropriate.  
• Participates in compensation planning and administers compensation treatment.  
• Observes and steps up to remove roadblocks and resolve potential issues.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Additional Job Description

Your Skills and Responsibilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• 12 years of experience in software development 
• 8 years of team leadership 
• Deep understanding of kernel, BSPs  and Drivers and associated middleware including Linux, QNX and android 
• Equally experienced managing internal stakeholders and external vendors.
• Proven ability to take High level guidance and produce and execute actionable plans.
• Demonstrated Cross functional leadership and ability to manage global remove and diverse teams.
• Demonstrated ability to build teams from ground up including hands on hiring.
• Experience shipping high quality products in a consumer context. 
• Excellent leadership and people management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a diverse team. 

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits. 

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

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