HID Component Senior Design Manager

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 Warren GM Global Technical Center three times per week, at minimum.
• This job is eligible for relocation benefits.

Drive the Future of Automotive Experiences - Join Our Human Interface Design Team!
Are you passionate about crafting intuitive, beautiful, and human-centered digital experiences across vehicles, web, and mobile platforms? Our Human Interface Design (HID) team is redefining how people interact with automotive technology-both inside and outside the vehicle. From in-vehicle displays to connected apps and foundational design systems across software and hardware, we create seamless experiences that feel effortless, engaging, and safe.
What We Do

• Understand Drivers & Passengers: We dive deep into user research to uncover real needs and behaviors on the road and beyond.
• Design Across Platforms: From infotainment systems to mobile apps and web portals to hardware switch configurations, we build cohesive digital ecosystems that connect users to their vehicles and services.
• Build Strong Foundations: We develop scalable design systems and interaction models that ensure consistency, accessibility, and innovation across all touchpoints.
• Innovate Interactions: We define how users navigate voice controls, advanced driver-assist features, and connected services.
• Champion Safety & Accessibility: Every design is inclusive, distraction-free, and aligned with global safety standards.
• Collaborate Across Teams: We work hand-in-hand with engineers, product managers, interior and exterior designers and UX researchers to bring ideas to life.

Why Join Us?

• Impact at Scale: Your designs will shape the driving and digital experience for millions of users worldwide.
• Creative Freedom: Explore bold ideas and push the boundaries of automotive and digital design.
• Continuous Growth: Learn from a team of experts and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving mobility and tech landscape.
• User-First Culture: Every decision starts with empathy for the driver, passenger, and digital user.

If you're ready to design the future of mobility we'd love to meet you!

The HID Component Senior Design Manager will lead a team of dedicated branded component managers and corresponding teams, working to set the aesthetic direction for world-class quality execution of innovative interior production components and concepts. This role will integrate customer experience focused needs and brand differentiation opportunities into all customer interaction touchpoints on product interiors. Directs, administers and coordinates the overall interior component integration work within the production design studio environment. This work is of a highly technical nature. A high level of independent design judgment, attention to detail and execution "know how" is a must. Creativity and self-initiation are required to make decisions regarding design, modeling, and engineering proposals. This position will be responsible for managing a team of program embedded design managers that will work toward a single goal of branded component excellence, through the vehicle design process. This position needs to be highly collaborative; working with production interior teams and engineering partners to create beautiful and meaningful customer experiences for our production programs.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leading teams through strategic and execution phases of design process.
• Developing and maintaining matrixed strategies across vehicle programs, various brands, and multiple applications.
• Facilitates the development of two and three-dimensional representations of proposed design solutions with a strong focus on world class execution.
• Works cross-functionally with Design, Engineering, Program Teams, Sculpting, Fabrication to develop design proposals
• Collaborate and enhance critical relationships with design studio leaders, sculpting, engineering, manufacturing, and quality to diplomatically eliminate roadblocks
• Promote a sense of urgency when design issues arise and propose decisive solutions in concert with cross functional partners to achieve a mutually beneficial solution
• Makes presentations of new thoughts and designs, both orally and visually
• Strong sense of brand appropriateness and brand direction
• Understanding and ability to negotiate criteria with engineers and branded design leaders
• Understands program timelines and is proactive regarding task completion
• Adheres to and develops common processes and best practices
• Stay well informed on globally current and future design trends, technology, production methods, materials and supply base capability.

Technical Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in industrial, Automotive Design, or related degree
• Experience working through vehicle development processes using multiple software mediums
• 10 years' experience Leading matrixed teams
• Experience with 3D Modeling & Understanding of 3d development
• Understanding of engineering requirements/limitations a plus

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