Technology Lead ANZ - GM Australia - Turner Street Office - GM Australia - Turner Street Office

Job Description

As the Technology Lead you will be joining the broader General Motors Australia & New Zealand (GM ANZ) team. You will have the ability to gain experience, marketability and exposure to a diverse, fast-paced environment within our global corporation and exciting local ambitions, which you'll be able to leverage to progress your career. 

The GM ANZ Technology Lead is responsible for supporting the execution of information technology deliverables relating to deployment, sustainment and scaling activities enabling the direct-to-consumer (D2C) retail and service of Cadillac vehicles in Australia & New Zealand. The role will also support IT system sustainment and migration project activities as defined by regional leadership. 

You will be joining us at a time of very exciting growth, as we establish the Cadillac brand and all-electric luxury portfolio. This position requires you to have strong project management methodologies, a general knowledge of automotive retail and service and sound understanding of digital process flows. 

Your responsibilities include: 

Cadillac D2C Digital Retail Platform

• Lead the development, deployment, sustainment, and scaling of Cadillac ANZ’s digital experiences in partnership with 3rd party partners. This includes:

  • Scaling of Cadillac’s global configurator and account experience in partnership with ANZ functional teams and local market-specific regulatory and experience requirements. 

  • Continuously monitoring features and identifying future enhancements.

  • Partnering with multiple different stakeholders, this includes: Cadillac Marketing to enable seamless CRM integration. Local Cadillac and global GM teams to achieve seamless hand off between digital environments and with legal teams on Privacy and Consent requirements.

• Support collaboration with other GM regions on UX and brand to achieve standardised experiences where regulations and customer journey objectives align between markets.

• Support the development, deployment, and sustainment of Cadillac ANZ’s back-end systems in partnership with 3rd party partners.

• Contribute to regular status report outs with local and regional GM teams.

• Foster cross functional partnership (aftersales, marketing, warehousing, etc.) as well as working relationships with 3rd parties.

Cadillac Aftersales Platform & Facility Technology

• Support and execution of the development, implementation, and sustainment of: 

  • Cadillac ANZ’s online aftersales experiences, 

  • Technology relating to Cadillac ANZ's service lane platform,

  • Technology relating to Cadillac ANZ's service partner integration as required and deemed feasible. 

• Collaborate with GM regional stakeholders, and GM ANZ’s aftersales stakeholders to execute in-facility digital services for delivery of service lane and warranty requirements, including audio visual, network and security infrastructure.

Cadillac Retail & Activation Technology

• Collaboration with GM global experts to oversee the strategy and deployment of in-store digital experiences and technology.

• Act as local point of contact for Cadillac ANZ Retail Network and 3rd party suppliers in relation to Cadillac ANZ’s store experience fit out.

• Support pop-up activation technology strategy and deployment as required in partnership with Cadillac Marketing and appointed agencies.

• Support synergies with GM global in-store technology, part taking in lessons learnt and best practice forums with other regions.

Business Admin, Partnership & Future Strategy 

• Act as key point of contact for 3rd party technology suppliers, including management of transactional administration and invoicing.

• Support deliverables as defined by leadership in Finance on capital expenditure and operational spend forecasts during project rollout and invoicing activities (project tracking).

• Take a local support and execution role in testing and escalation for all digital solutions deployed for Cadillac ANZ.

• Take a local support role in consolidating lessons learnt from retail and service facility roll out with view to scale. Support strategy development for network expansion, particularly from a customer experience technology perspective.

• Support related IT system projects as defined by CX / IT teams.

About Us

Globally, General Motors is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan (USA) - operating in six continents. Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Locally, we're a business with national reach and a proud, rich automotive history, and we’ve got the exciting opportunity to represent GM's ongoing presence in Australia & New Zealand. Whether it's the recently announced Cadillac, headlined by the all-electric LYRIQ, the GM Specialty Vehicles venture bringing iconic GM nameplates like Corvette and Silverado to ANZ, our Isuzu Trucks New Zealand portfolio, or the endless possibilities in the Aftersales space, there's plenty to look forward to.

This role will see you joining the Cadillac team at an early stage of its entry as a pure electric vehicle brand in Australia & New Zealand. You will have the ability to work directly with consumers on creative and experiential projects. We run off a hybrid working model which offers flexibility. 

About You 

You're experienced in managing projects within a regional and global environment and have had similar operational project-based IT roles in the past. You show a passion for the automotive industry, particularly in the luxury space and have strong initiative, teamwork and communication skills. 

We are looking for someone who: 

• has excellent relationship management skills - the ability to foster and sustain effective relationships with many different stakeholders internally and externally. 

• has strong influencing skills - the ability to appropriately and respectively persuade and influence others to consider and adopt digital solutions.

• has strong project management, planning and report our skills - the ability to develop accurate scoping documents, work plans and tracking documents within the context of complex cross functional programs. 

• Has an aptitude for taking a forward looking/innovate now perspective on digital solutions. 

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us 

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

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. 

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.