Design Ops Brand Manager

This is a Hybrid position within General Motors. The role will allow employees to work offsite but will also require onsite work based on business needs. The selected candidate will be expected to commute to the innovation center to which they are assigned as their primary GM facility. This position requires an employee to be onsite 1-3 times per week.

About the role:

Our Customer Experience studio is seeking a Brand Design Ops Manager to optimize the communication, processes, and output of our digital design studio and manage partnerships with brand and agency teams while leading a design ops team in the execution of UX/UI work. Our CX studio creates customer-facing digital experiences across multiple brands and platforms, touching millions of lives across in-vehicle, web, mobile and wearable interfaces.

About you:

As the Design Ops Brand Manager you will work collaboratively with design and brand leadership, multi-disciplinary design teams, agency partners, and business stakeholders to understand, plan, track, and deliver world class digital brand experiences.

You will be expected to use a high level of program management knowledge and GM Brand experience ensuring our design studio is deepening our brand partnerships

with an Agile software development approach.

The ideal candidate will have experience communicating and presenting to senior leadership, delivering successful digital products in both client and agency environments, and a knack for organizing work to enable high-performing creative teams.

Leadership : You can lead the studio in delivering on our mission. You can create and assess a roadmap of projects and assign design resources & talent based on the match between the project needs and team skillsets.

Operational effectiveness: You don't just walk the walk and talk the talk, you build relationships and get things done. You'll develop strategic partnerships, plan work thoroughly, and balance demands from all directions.

Superb communication skills : You can communicate broad concepts as well as fine detail through written and graphical media. You can simplify complex systems, requirements, and plans into digestible insights that drive the work forward without missing key information.

Outstanding collaboration skills : You are an effortless collaborator. You welcome ideas from any source, and are prepared to build on them to make the work of your team successful.

Comfort with ambiguity : You are comfortable working in a space where problems and solutions are not well defined. You can cope with change, shift gears comfortably, and can decide and act without having the total picture.

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