Job Description
Hybrid , reporting to a specific location where work needs to be performed / collaboration should happen (regardless this location is within a hub) and without regard to where a candidate lives (some employees may end up hybrid who live more than 50 miles away but where business needs dictate them to be onsite at a specific location three days per week).
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to GM Global Technical Center- 7000 Bluding three times per week, at minimum
This job is not eligible for relocation benefits
About the role:
Assistant Manager, Customer Experience- Mobile
Are you passionate about user-centered problem-solving and o bsessed with understanding and responding to human needs? Committed to creating engaging products and services that solve real problems and deliver unique emotional experiences? Then imagine what you can do working with our like-minded, multi-disciplinary Customer Experience team .
Ou r team is growing and looking for passionate strategy gurus that can inspire and lead experience transformations for General Motors. In this role, you will be responsible for working with multidisciplinary teams (Mobile Product, Data, Marketing , etc.) taking a customer centric approach to identify and frame opportunities, run lean experiments to accelerate learnings and define innovative and aspirational visions of the customer experience.
Additional Job Description
Experience Management Development:
Evaluate the proper approach to a strategic challenge, drawing from methodologies across; design thinking, change management, process improvement, lean start up , innovation methods and program/product management to achieve the desired outcomes
Lead working teams to achieve a clear problem statement definition, identify areas of opportunity, define big ideas and capabilities needed
Ensure appropriate customer discovery work is completed early in product concepting
Assess customer behavior experience trends, market trends and competitive and analogous information that are relevant to the challenge to inform the strategy
De-risk ideas through research, test and learn methodologies, and value impact assessments
Drive development of strategic recommendations for the desired customer experience for new or incremental offerings and experiences on digital channels
Stakeholder Collaboration:
Engage with multiple stakeholders at various levels to ensure alignment
Strong influencing ability to gather buy-in to strategic recommendations
Consider experiences holistically and engage with impacted product and channel owners
Work collaboratively with lines of business, channel, brands, journey managers, brands and other impacted areas to develop strategic recommendations and define implementation roadmaps
Design and facilitate design-thinking and innovation workshops to help stakeholders align around common understandings and direction
Coordinate research needs with internal or external research teams, driving learning objectives and ensuring quality research outcomes; at times moderate and facilitate research and synthesis activities
Coaching & Consulting:
Guide cross-functional team members through design-thinking and innovation methodologies, to evangelize these practices across the organization
Provide guidance on methodologies to those executing other strategic design efforts
Assist in developing replicable processes and templates that others can use
Design Communication:
Create and advocate for user-centered experiences. Set the tone for how our customers experience our digital products
Employ strong storytelling and communications skills to craft narratives to influence strategic direction and change
Project Management:
Gather and evaluate necessary perspectives to drive initiatives forward independently
Identify and mitigate project risks
Oversee and/or directly lead multiple projects concurrently
Define and manage project approach, milestones and deliverables
Leveraging and Socializing Customer Data and Insights:
Leverage input from the VOC and Strategy Insights teams for trends to identify and prioritize greatest areas of opportunity in the future state design
Effectively communicate insights to key stakeholders in a way that affords them the ability to understand the impacts and outcomes to the business and their areas of focus
Key Abilities
Empathy: You are curious about how other people work, live, and think. You are customer obsessed and enjoy meeting the users of our products and services to uncover their motivations and needs.
Change Catalyst and Leadership: You have the ability to bring people from different disciplines together to work towards a common goal. You have superb communication skills and the ability to effectively influence change. You are constantly striving to push beyond the status quo.
Creativity: You have the ability to generate numerous potential solutions to a problem. More importantly, you quickly zero in on the right solutions as validated with our customers. In our design environment, you will need the ability to brainstorm, without ego or attachment to any particular idea .
Comfort with Ambiguity: You are comfortable working in a space where problems and solutions are not well defined. You’re willing to spend time understanding the problem and exploring different solutions. You can cope with change, shift gears comfortably and can decide and act without having the total picture.
Operational Effectiveness: You don’t just walk the walk and talk the talk, you build relationships and get things done. You’re organized in your work to ensure successful outcomes.
Outstanding Collaboration Skills: You are an effortless collaborator and active listener. You work without ego . You welcome ideas from any source, and are prepared to build on them to make your initiatives successful.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences , Design, Business, Marketing, or related studies
A level of business acumen that will allow you to relate to and navigate perspectives between business teams and design teams
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to influence business stakeholders around customer-centric decision making .
Experience presenting to diverse audiences including senior leadership
Strong analytical thinking skills with the proven ability to synthesize and reconcile complex, interdependent and sometimes competing perspectives
Change agility and comfort operating and flexing in ambiguity
Excellent conceptual thinking, analytical and execution skills
Preferred Qualifications
U nderstanding of technology and a product development lifecycle
Familiarity with SAFe Agile frameworks
Experience designing and facilitating Design Thinking and innovation workshops
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Benefits Overview
- 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.
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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