Portfolio Lead: Hometown Communities

Job Description

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. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means 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:

The Portfolio Lead will manage the Hometown Communities portfolio of grant partners and giving initiatives. The candidate will work in a very fast-paced environment and deal extensively with the local facilities, manufacturing, public policy, 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.

What You'll Do:

Portfolio Management

• Lead the execution of GM's Community Impact Grant Program, a giving initiative that drives philanthropic investments into the communities where GM operates.
• Assist facilities with the identification and solicitation of prospective grantees
• Review and process grant applications
• Monitor funded projects, progress toward impact and manage grant reporting
• Manage additional giving initiatives with employee resource groups (ERGs) and community dealer development teams
• Develop strategy and growth plan to increase philanthropic giving in the international markets where GM operates.
• Research and understand charitable giving needs as well as international giving regulations to determine local strategies
• Recommend strategically aligned organizations for grant consideration
• Conceptualize a signature program that can be implemented across multiple international markets
• Maintain global knowledge of philanthropy and international benchmarking trends
• Coordinate GM's disaster readiness/response, with primary responsibility for philanthropic giving.
• Support partnership and sponsorship activations in GM's hometown of Detroit.
• Serve as a local giving philanthropy subject matter expert for the company.
• Integrate local giving philanthropy into larger corporate citizenship strategies.

O perational 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 DEI, manufacturing, 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 local giving philanthropy spokesperson

Relationship 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 Hometown Communities grantmaking portfolio
• Collaborate with product and brand teams on local giving philanthropy to support their 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.

This role may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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