Autonomous Vehicle Regulatory Program Manager (GPSSC)

Job DescriptionThe RoleThe Safety Assurance for Effective Autonomous Driving Software (SAFE-ADS) department is part of the Global Product Safety, System, and Certification (GPSSC) organization at GM.  The SAFE-ADS department serves as the central body for automated driving system (ADS) safety and brings together expertise from across the company to establish a comprehensive safety case. GM’s vision is zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion – AV safety is at the heart of driving forward this vision.  GM is seeking an Autonomous Vehicle Regulatory Program Manager to lead cross-functional regulatory compliance and engagement programs that support the safe development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of automated driving systems (ADS). This role is focused on broader ADS compliance and regulatory readiness, including regulatory strategy, requirement management, agency engagement support, reporting coordination, milestone planning, risk management, and cross-functional execution.  The successful candidate will work closely with Safety, Engineering, Legal, Government Affairs, Operations, and Product teams to translate regulatory requirements into actionable workplans, track execution across multiple stakeholders, and help ensure GM is prepared for submissions, inquiries, audits, assessments, and evolving external expectations. This role requires a strong program manager who can bring structure to complex work, manage dependencies and risks, and drive clarity across technical and non-technical teams.  What You'll DoDefine and drive the execution model for AV regulatory compliance programs across GPSSC, Legal, Government Affairs, Engineering, Operations, and other key stakeholders. Build and maintain integrated program plans, milestones, timelines, and dependency tracking for regulatory workstreams supporting AV development, testing, launch readiness, and post-launch obligations. Coordinate the identification, documentation, interpretation, and operationalization of regulatory requirements across federal, state, and local jurisdictions relevant to autonomous vehicle development and deployment. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate regulatory requirements into engineering, operational, validation, reporting, and process workplans, and track execution to completion. Support regulatory submissions, recurring reports, audits, assessments, and formal inquiries by coordinating inputs, timelines, reviews, approvals, and issue resolution across stakeholders. Coordinate responses to regulator questions, data requests, incident-related inquiries, and investigations in partnership with Safety, Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Government Affairs teams. Establish and run clear program governance, including s...