Job Description

　　The Role –

　　This position will be responsible for participating in the planning, execution, and controlling of implementation projects and processes that support our Transformation roadmap. Core activities will include creating and maintaining project plans and schedules, coordinating cross-functionally to understand and manage interdependencies and conducting proper scope and risk management.

　　This is a collaborative role that will work with a cross-functional team of business, functional process leads and IT personnel to understand the current state and to define the future state of the user experience. The person in this role should understand or be willing to learn about industry standards and best practices for digital transformation. This role will support the business in effectively articulating the business requirements for technology solutions, defining the user experience, developing a future vision and a roadmap, and providing consultation during project implementations.

　　What You’ll Do -

　　Project Management and Administration

　　Effectively applies project management methodology and enforces project standards

　　Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately

　　Supports project staff by facilitating project logistics such as meetings, conference rooms, conference calls, etc.

　　Takes meeting minutes and action items during meetings and performs follow-up

　　Assists in development of presentations

　　Creates and executes project schedules and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

　　Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project

　　Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to partners

　　Prepares for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures

　　Minimizes GBST’s exposure and risk by managing scope and mitigating risk on project

　　Business Analysis

　　Create business requirements documents, test plans and test cases, agent training documents and implementation documentation as necessary

　　Interact with business partners to understand/ document the scoped business processes, user journey, and requirements.

　　Identifies opportunities for process simplification and standardization strategies

　　Core Skills:

　　Business Development

　　Effectively conveys the GBST initiatives message in both written and verbal business discussions

　　Identifies partnership opportunities across projects

　　Grows long-term relationships with internal and external partners and capitalizes on partnership opportunities

　　Communication

　　Organizes and prepares team and partner meetings effectively

　　Effectively communicates relevant project information to superiors when appropriate

　　Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion

　　Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully

　　Facilitates team and partner meetings effectively

　　Holds regular status meetings with project team

　　Keeps project team well informed of changes within the organization and general news

　　Serves as key participant in partner meetings

　　Addresses issues openly and quickly

　　Technical Understanding

　　Possesses general understanding and/or is willing to learn about the areas of GBST offerings

　　Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on partner engagements

　　Assists in the evaluation and redesign of project offerings

　　GM Competencies:

　　Provides relevant information for decision-making purposes through oral or written communication

　　Reviews data and uses inductive/deductive reasoning to recommend further investigative steps

　　Creates and promotes change in the organization through a disciplined process that helps enable effective change and sustain it

　　Inspires or motivates others to perform with or without positional power or direct authority

　　Tactfully communicates new ideas, speaks up about concerns and takes responsibility for one’s actions

　　Remains calm, confident and in control in high pressure situations and maintains productivity

　　Takes charge without prompting. Quickly seizes opportunities when they appear. Delivers on time

　　Prioritizes needs of internal stakeholders and fosters custom relationships or experiences to ensure satisfaction with a product, service, or solution

　　Ensures a business process moves from design to inception, review, and optimization

　　Able to use risk management tools and techniques to identify and escalate/mitigate risks

　　Considers project goals, makes plans, identifies stakeholders, and marshals resources to meet deadlines

　　Able to understand and identify scope and prevent scope creep throughout the lifecycle of the project

　　Engages team in formal/informal ways to maximize their potential for a task, role or work product

　　Teaches a particular skill or behavior through demonstration, coaching, practice or instruction.

　　Self-directs and makes sound decisions independently, even in ambiguous situations. Assesses conditions to determine and prioritize the appropriate action

　　Takes an organizational strategy/key priority and turns it into a realistic action plan to execute or implement.

　　Considers time, resources, stakeholders, and/or other environmental factors in decision making in order to determine potential solutions and their impact

　　Recognizes and deals with disputes in a rational, balanced, and effective way

　　Identifies opportunities for synergy and integration. Simplifies complex processes.

　　Makes sense of the current request, need, or issue to solve problems quickly

　　Additional Job Description

　　Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications) ​​

　　Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required

　　5+ years of Project Management experience is required

　　Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) or similar required

　　IT project experience preferred

　　Able to build, baseline, track & update schedules using Microsoft Project is required

　　Detailed, organized, and has efficient record keeping skills

　　Ability to interpret and translate business roadmap into project management deliverables

　　Experience with Weekly/Monthly Status Reporting

　　Effectively able to facilitate and follow up on internal and external partner meetings

　　Ability to interact with Executive Management staff upon request

　　Candidates must be willing to work on night shift, on a hybrid working arrangement.

　　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.

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　　We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

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