Director of Product Strategy

Come help build a better world, where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. Ford is experiencing significant business transformation in an ever-changing digital world. Integrated Services was launched to create and market new customer experiences by integrating hardware, software, and services across Ford Blue, Model e, and Ford Pro. 

This is not an advisory, consulting, or ivory-tower strategy role. This leader will be a hands-on builder who shapes real product decisions, partners deeply with Product, Engineering, Design, and GTM leadership, and ensures strategy turns into execution. The role blends portfolio-level strategy, operating cadence, and executive storytelling. 

The Product Strategy team acts as the "forward radar" and the "strategic voice" of the Digital Product organization. While our product teams focus on building and shipping, this team focuses on defining where we play and how we win. We operate with high velocity, ensuring that our long-term vision is translated into immediate, actionable strategic directives. We bridge the gap between complex market data, technical possibilities, and executive decision-making.

 

In this position...

Ford is building a software-and services-led digital ecosystem at massive global scale. We are seeking a Director of Product Strategy to operate at the center of this transformation. Small team. Large scope. High accountability.

• Shape the future of one of the world's most iconic companies as it becomes a software-and services-led business

• Operate at massive scale with real customers, real constraints, and real impact

• Sit at the intersection of Product, Technology, Design and Strategy

• Influence decisions that matter, and see them through to reality

 

As the Director of Product Strategy, you will be the primary architect of the narrative that drives investment and resource allocation across the enterprise. You will work hand-in-glove with the Head of Product and Chief of Staff to prepare the organization for high-stakes reviews with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT). 

What you'll do...

1. Portfolio Strategy & The "Analytical Backbone" 

• Own the Portfolio View: You will define the portfolio-level product strategy across Ford’s digital ecosystem (Connected Services, Software Platforms, Data Experiences). You will evaluate product-market fit and customer value, ensuring our "Good-Better-Best" bundling strategy is commercially viable. 

• Pressure-Test Major Bets: You will not just accept roadmaps; you will rigorously pressure-test major product bets and long-range investment themes. You will partner with Finance and Product Leaders to stress-test business cases, ensuring decisions are grounded in data, customer reality, and execution feasibility. 

• The Insight System: Build and maintain a portfolio insight system, including KPI trees, leading indicators, and early-warning signals. You will synthesize second-order conclusions (i.e., "If we do X, then Y happens three years from now") to guide capital allocation. 

1. Executive Storytelling & Narrative Alchemy 

• Own the Board Narrative: You will own a meaningful share of ELT (Executive Leadership Team) and Board-level product strategy narratives. You will synthesize comp