API Sr. Product Manager

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Launched in 2023, Integrated Services creates and markets new customer experiences by integrating hardware, software and services across Ford Blue, Model e and Ford Pro. These products and services allow Ford's retail and commercial customers to customize their vehicles like never before with OTA (over-the-air)-driven experiences that grow better over time. Ford is developing leadership at the forefront of connected, digital platforms that will revolutionize every aspect of how vehicles function, the way people interact with them, and the value those vehicles provide.

In this position...

We are seeking an API Sr. Product Manager who owns the product end-to-end and consistently ships high-quality, customer loved products.

This is a hybrid position requiring an onsite schedule of 4 days a week in the Dearborn, MI or Palo Alto, CA office. This is not a remote position.

What you'll do...

• Set the vision and multi-quarter roadmap for a subset of Telematics Data Services, aligned to the Leadership Data Services strategy.
• Translate customer/developer needs into API/data capabilities; write crisp PRDs and prioritize with OKRs/RICE.
• Lead cross-functional delivery from concept to scale across EU and NA; manage risks, dependencies, and timelines.
• Drive API/data product excellence: design-first, versioning/deprecation, SLAs/SLOs, data quality/observability, privacy/security by design.
• Champion developer experience: documentation, SDKs, change management, and portal readiness.
• Partner on go-to-market (packaging, pricing, launches) and track adoption, retention, and revenue impact.
• Instrument products; own KPI tracking; iterate via experiments and insights.
• Manage and develop PM talent; establish best practices and clear success criteria.
• Align stakeholders and communicate crisply to executives; negotiate trade-offs and keep roadmaps in sync.
• Oversee operations: L2/L3 triage, postmortems, and runbooks with engineering.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Management Science, Information Management.
• 5 years in product management (e.g. API/data platform, SaaS) including >2 years people leadership.
• Proficient with analytics (e.g., dashboards, product analytics) and defining/monitoring KPIs.
• Working knowledge of privacy/security (GDPR/CCPA) and data governance.
• Excellent communication and influence in matrixed environments; customer-obsessed and outcomes-driven.

Even better, you may have...

• Telematics, fleet, EV/energy, or mobility domain expertise.
• Experience building developer ecosystems (portals, SDKs, sample apps) at scale.
• Background with usage-based pricing/metering and business modeling.
• Proven track record shipping/scaling APIs or data services with measurable customer and business outcomes.
• Strong grasp of REST, event streaming, API gateways, versioning/deprecation practices.
• Familiarity with modern data stacks, distributed systems, and performance/reliability concepts.
• Reliability/observability experience (SLOs, error budgets, Grafana/Datadog/Splunk).
• large-scale agile and international launch experience (localization, data residency, regulatory).

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new te