IT Technical Product /Project Manager

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Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

The Central Delivery Office of the Enterprise Platform Engineering & Operations (EPEO) Team is a dynamic team whose mission is to manage and mature our Service to Platform Transformation, Communications, Training, Portfolio Management, and Infrastructure Product Management. Our team is instrumental in steering the Platform Transformation, encompassing approximately 2000 team members, and covering platforms such as Google Cloud Platform, Application Hosting, High Performance Computing, Networking, and Employee Experience. Additionally, we have Product Management responsibilities for infrastructure initiatives like the Threat Detection and Response Platform, Manufacturing CaaS, China Data Center Optimization, and Azure B2C. Our focus includes supporting tech and architecture design, mapping out necessary systems and dependencies, and ensuring service teams deliver effectively.

In this position…

The Central Delivery Office seeks an Infrastructure Product Manager with strong Project Management expertise to support the EPEO Platform Transformation and lead the delivery for EPEO OKRs. The Infrastructure Product Manager will:

• Own value streams and projects, supporting the EPEO Portfolio Operations by guiding platforms to success in large, cross-functional environments.
• Resolve impediments, manage risk, and assure value delivery.
• Be accountable across planning, customer value roadmap, PI Planning, reporting, and demand planning.

We are seeking individuals with exceptional ambition and drive, who are motivated to excel and make a significant impact. In our dynamic environment, those with a proactive mindset and a relentless pursuit of excellence will not only thrive but stand out as leaders. We value team members who are eager to take initiative, push boundaries, and inspire others with their commitment to achieving extraordinary results.

Based in Dearborn, MI, this is a hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week 

What you'll do…

• End to end project lifecycle management which includes establishing / maintaining detailed timing plans, execution, tracking progress, issue / risk resolution, cross-functional dependency management, stakeholder management, and status reporting.
• Collaborate with Platforms teams to prioritize features for the next planning interval (PI) planning cycle.
• Facilitate communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.
• Drive mitigation of cross-team impediments.
• Engage in Demand Planning and Customer Research.
• Interface with external teams, manage requirement gathering, and collaborate with tech leads as needed.
• Own the Customer value aspects of the roadmap, aligning the roadmap with the portfolio vision.
• Facilitate PI Planning and report on status.
• Understand, visualize, and manage upstream/downstream dependencies.
• Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.
• Support the Service to Platform Transformation, which may include leadership training sessions and product coaching.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of progressive work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines/technologies/processes as a Release Train Engineer, Product Manager, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar.
• 5+ years of project management experience managing large scale, complex IT projects (both software development and infrastructure implementations) from end to end. 
• 2+ years of Jira and/or Microsoft 365 experience. 

Even better, you may have…

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• PMP and/or SAFe certifications.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technica