Portfolio Lead : Road Safety

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Job Description

You will manage the Road Safety portfolio of grant partners focused on safe road behaviors, EV infrastructure & education and transportation access. The candidate will work in a very fast‑paced environment and deal extensively with the public policy, safety, sustainability, and innovation and growth teams within the organization. They will interact with external stakeholders and various community organizations, and therefore must be professional and poised, and have good judgment in dealing with a broad spectrum of activities and situations.

Sponsorship

GM does not provide immigration‑related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future.

Work Arrangement

This role is categorized as hybrid. The successful candidate is expected to report to Mountain View, CA, Detroit, MI or Washington D.C. three times per week, at minimum.

The Role

What You’ll Do

Portfolio Management

Lead the execution of GM’s Road Safety Social Impact Pillar, which drives philanthropic investments to aligned programming that impacts the communities where GM operates but also has national scope and reach

Research and analyze the road safety landscape to continuously refine giving strategy

Identify and solicit prospective nonprofit grantees

Review and process grant applications

Cultivate and foster signature partnerships within the portfolio

Monitor funded projects, progress toward impact and manage grant reporting

Develop pillar‑specific progress and impact dashboards and reports

Coordinate all logistics pertaining to sponsored events and / or partner activations

Responsibly manage a multi‑million‑dollar annual budget

Maintain global knowledge of philanthropy and road safety benchmarking trends

Serve as a road safety philanthropy subject matter expert for the company

Integrate local giving philanthropy into larger corporate citizenship strategies

Operational Requirements

Leverage existing CyberGrants system to receive and evaluate grant applications

Build and manage relationships among grant partners

Develop and maintain supplemental documents and budget for giving initiatives

Manage responses to general inquiries and grant application status with external organizations in a timely manner

Assist with production and quality control of outgoing work products, e.g. briefings, plans, budgets, communications materials, surveys, requests for proposals, and presentations; help draft, edit and format Word, Excel and PowerPoint outputs

Work on short‑term and ongoing projects with a variety of teams within GM including but not limited to the safety, public policy, sustainability and innovation and growth teams within the organization

Help plan, prepare for, and run stakeholder working sessions on strategy development and implementation

Communications

Develop portfolio communication strategy / roadmap to highlight social investments and related activations

Write programmatic overviews, develop reports for various levels of leadership

Work with the GM communications team to draft speeches and internal / external stories

Serve as an internal and external road safety philanthropy spokesperson

Cross Functional Management

Collaborate with other portfolio leads to leverage work across the grantmaking portfolio

Collaborate with employee volunteerism team to develop and post employee engagement opportunities related to grant activations

Function as a point of contact for, and prioritize ongoing tasks related to the road safety grantmaking portfolio

Collaborate with product and brand teams to support their priorities and programs

Partner with Data & Analytics team to integrate the company’s local giving efforts into the team’s corporate reputation research

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

Bachelor’s Degree

5+ years in philanthropy, policy, nonprofit management, or leading complex initiatives or portfolios in any sector — e.g., corporate, tech, consulting

Experience designing and managing complex initiatives with multiple stakeholders

Strong analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate qualitative and quantitative data

Exceptional relationship‑management, communication, and presentation skills

Excellent research and analytical skills

Experience or knowledge within CSR, ESG nonprofit organizations or corporate grantmaking

Experience executing multi‑million‑dollar funding strategies

Experience or knowledge of international grantmaking

Knowledge of the role of corporate responsibility in a corporate culture

Must be highly proficient in working with web‑based contributions / grants management systems for administering philanthropic contributions

Strong planning, project management, financial, administrative, and organizational skills; attention to detail a must

Experience with presenting, coordinating, and organizing meetings or workshops

Proactive with ability to work independently and as part of a team — making informed decisions in a complex and fast‑paced environment

Ability to manage time efficiently and meet deadlines, proven ability to multi‑task

Able to work across business functions to achieve enterprise‑wide results

What Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

Master’s Degree

Accredited certificate program in philanthropy

Experience / understanding with place‑based giving nationally and internationally

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $102,000 – $135,900. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position

Bonus Potential : An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance

Benefits : GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more

Relocation Benefits

This role may be eligible for relocation benefits

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