Ford Integrated Services - Program Manager

At Ford Integrated Services (FIS), we transform our customer experiences in and around the vehicle by bringing together hardware, software, and services to foster simple, transparent, and ongoing digital relationships among our customers, their vehicles, and Ford.

We are scaling our Business Operations team’s global capabilities to support a growing portfolio of programs across multiple vehicle platforms. We are actively seeking a Program Manager to join our dynamic team - someone who brings a meticulous approach to their work and consistently thrives within fast-paced, evolving environments. 

The ideal candidate will be a confident collaborator, adept at uniting and inspiring diverse cross-functional teams to achieve shared objectives. This role demands a proactive problem-solver with a knack for proposing creative and innovative solutions that drive significant improvements in operational efficiency and foster seamless alignment across various departments. If you are passionate about orchestrating complex initiatives, optimizing processes, and building strong collaborative partnerships, we invite you to apply.

What you'll do...

• Serve as the Single Source of Truth: Own the wholistic plan in order to effectively manage projects from the initial ideation phase through final execution. Act as a bridge across teams, connecting and facilitating clear communication, ensuring interdependencies are understood and planned for. Identify dependencies and escalate risks/trade-offs to internal and external stakeholders.   
• Orchestrate Executive Governance: Own and orchestrate all executive governance forums for your programs (e.g., status meeting, monthly business reviews), ensuring timely, effective decision-making and strategic alignment at all levels.
• Drive Proactive Risk Resolution: Partner directly with key stakeholders to anticipate roadblocks and drive the development of robust mitigation plans, serving as the go-to leader for intervention on at-risk initiatives.
• Champion a Culture of Execution: Act as a change agent across the organization, fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, and execution excellence to ensure strategic projects deliver their intended value on time.

Qualifications

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree  
• 6+ years of demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional teams with competing priorities.  
• 3+ years leading complex projects with autonomy in an unstructured environment.  
• Experience creating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and associated dashboards to track project performance.  
• Superior communication and persuasion skills  
• Comfort with ambiguity and proficiency in the ability to plan, organize, and drive results in an unstructured environment.  
• Passion for self-growth and desire to learn new skills and gain knowledge.  
• Proven relationship building and collaboration skills; ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders including small to large teams without authority.  
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic team-based environment.  

Even better, you may have...

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Beyond just leading projects, experience specifically contributing to or managing PMO functions (e.g., governance, standards, metrics, tool administration).
• Experience leading larger, interconnected programs composed of multiple projects, demonstrating a higher level of strategic oversight and coordination.
• Experience in developing and implementing enterprise-wide risk management frameworks, performing quantitative risk analysis, and facilitating risk mitigation strategies across multiple projects.

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 teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture bui