AV Safety Engineering Analytics Lead – Execution & Transparency (GPSSC)

Work arrangement : Remote: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of [Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren, Milford or Mountain View], you are expected to report to that location three times per week, at minimum.

The Safety Assurance for Effective Autonomous Driving Software (SAFE‑ADS) department is part of GM’s Global Product Safety, System, and Certification (GPSSC) organization. Our mission is to help GM deliver trustworthy automated‑driving products. As the central authority for automated driving system (ADS) safety, SAFE‑ADS brings together experts from across the company to develop and   maintain   a comprehensive safety case including safety performance indicators for GM’s automated‑driving technologies.   GM’s vision is zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion and autonomous vehicle safety is essential to achieving that vision.   The AV Safety Engineering Analytics (AV‑SEA) team is the resource supporting teams and stakeholders from around the company to bring a broad range of data and analytics capabilities to bear in AV safety‑engineering‑related decision making. This team   maintains   proficiency   integrating continuously flowing data from vehicle systems, company databases, third‑party services, and federal and state agencies to inform system design and quantify driving performance.   As a senior leader in the AV Safety Engineering Analytics team, you will work with cross‑functional partners and internal customers to prototype, define, and   productionize   performance metrics and sufficiency criteria. You will engage deeply with stakeholders to understand their challenges and   needs, and   collaborate to develop innovative solutions.

Overview   This role will   report   to the AV‑SEA Director. The Safety Engineering Analytics Lead will drive AV‑SEA impact across three primary dimensions:   Research and development program execution   Technical and non‑technical communications   Leadership,   strategy   and operations management ,   within AV-SEA and the larger SAFE ADS department .   This is a People Leader role that owns the AV-SEA strategy setting with broad latitude in approach and recommendations that are expected and relied on by senior leadership. This individual will set   objectives , and KPIs that directly support GM’s safety and business goals. The leader will shape AV safety analytics direction and champion large-scale change in line with GM Behaviors, delivering critical outcomes and long-term results.   What You’ll Do Research and development program execution   Define and   maintain   an AV safety analytics strategy and roadmap that connects DDT metrics, Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs), benchmarking, counterfactual modeling, and near‑miss metrics to program milestones and safety cases.   Ensure that DDT safety metrics and benchmarking outputs are discoverable, reproducible, and traceable, with clear data lineage, assumptions, and ownership.   Lead   members of   AV- SEA    team   in   scoping , executing, and reviewing end-to-end safety analyses   Technical and non‑t echnical communications   Translate complex analytic work (e.g., benchmarking, SPI roadmaps, counterfactual analyses) into clear, structured safety narratives for senior leadership, governance bodies, and cross‑functional stakeholders.   Produce transparent, technically grounded narratives and co‑authored publications that build trust in GM’s AV safety activities with internal and external stakeholders.   Oversee   the   analysis   products   of AV‑SEA analytics activities, including internal content and external messaging in support of AV‑SEA and SAFE‑ADS safety science and analytics activities.   Establish and steward safety messaging that aligns internal dashboards, technical design documents, safety cases, and external‑facing materials around consistent