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General Motors · 19 hours ago

Art Manager - Secure Vehicle Access ART

Milford, MI

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

General Motors is a leader in automotive innovation, and they are seeking a highly-motivated Agile Release Train Manager for the Secure Vehicle Access Product. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the Agile Release Train, ensuring timely delivery of products, and collaborating with various stakeholders to meet project goals.

AutomotiveElectric VehicleInformation ServicesManufacturingTransportation

No H1B

Responsibilities

Demonstrate thorough technical understanding of the Secure Vehicle Access domain (requirements, in-house controls/software work, deployment activities & landscape, etc.) so you can lead the ART (agile release train):

Look Ahead: anticipate issues, 'see around corners,' and plan ahead

You are the ART's glue: act as a dot connector, bridge builder and translator

Focused leadership: channel diverse viewpoints so the ART can work as a team towards common goals

Convey background, context and 'WHY'

Lead, support and/or actively engage in all product-related ceremonies & forums, such as: Program Increment Planning, Iteration Retrospectives, ART Inspect and Adapt Workshops, Pre-PI Planning, Post PI Planning, Backlog Refinement, ART Synchronizations, Communities of Practice, Product Syncs, Product/Program team forums, etc

Lead, support and/or actively engage in product-related activities & initiatives, such as: capacity allocation, planning studies related to new/unplanned work, swimlane strategies, new initiatives, BDD/TDD, TFRP, BTS, etc

Demonstrate drive for relentless improvement (e.g.: boldly providing feedback, identify and action improvements to product/process, etc.)

Develop, maintain and effectively communicate the ART Roadmap, Product & Solution Vision, including rationale behind prioritization of work

Proactively collaborate with Product Team, internal/external customers and stakeholders to understand priorities, dependencies, deliverable and timing needs

Create and effectively communicate Program Increment Objectives

Support & maintain a comprehensive CoSim plan for the ART

Ensure alignment with product strategy and vision

Review, prioritize and manage work requests coming into the ART and document in the ART backlog

Lead ART backlog refinement activities to ensure the highest priority/highest value work items are ready for PI Planning; examples of work items include new features, enablers, technical debt, unplanned interrupts, etc

Responsible for backlog health and readiness - quantity, quality & completeness of features, well-defined documented acceptance & done criteria

Identify and work through dependencies with other ARTs when deliverables are dependent on other teams for completion/delivery

Verify work has been completed with high quality as per definition of done criteria

Support ART leads (Architects, PO, etc.) to ensure ART features are accepted & released on time

Identify content not on track to plan - investigate, troubleshoot, resolve and/or escalate as appropriate

Partner with ART Lead (formerly known as Release Train Engineer (RTE)) in tracking and assessing metrics, including evaluation of business value achieved versus planned

Champion Read Across, PRD, Safety Tethers, etc

Lead and/or participate in all product-related forums (e.g.: demos, workshops, ART ceremonies, etc.) to assess product readiness

Qualification

Embedded software developmentCyber SecurityAgile environment experienceProduct PlanningAutomotive software standardsSoftware configuration managementControls theoryLeadership skillsInterpersonal skillsTime managementCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics, Software, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

7+ years of embedded software (C, C++) development experience

Cyber Security Experience (intrusion detection, threat vectors)

Experience with Product Planning and full lifecycle product development

Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a geographically dispersed team

Excellent time management, oral and written communication skills

Experience with automotive software standards, test methods/procedures and build processes (test-driven development and behavior-driven development (TDD and BDD))

Experience working in an agile environment, preferably SAFe

Experience with software configuration management processes and tools (e.g.: GIT Ecosystem, Jira)

Development or testing experience on SIL/HIL or other virtual environments

Knowledge of controls theory and the software development process