Director, eCommerce Product Delivery

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?

 

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 the 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.

In this position...

Join our dynamic team as a Director, eCommerce Product Delivery and become the driving force behind our cutting-edge eCommerce portfolio! In this exciting role, you'll spearhead the delivery, architecture, and engineering of a sophisticated microservices ecosystem, leading the charge in developing a state-of-the-art open stack platform for groundbreaking eCommerce initiatives. If you're ready to make a major impact and innovate at the forefront of technology, we want to hear from you!

Although this is listed as a remote opportunity, there is a  very strong preference for candidates living or willing to relocate to Dearborn, MI in a hybrid environment.

Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.

What you'll do...

Role: 

• As the Director, eCommerce Product Delivery, you will oversee the delivery, architecture, and engineering for a complex micro services ecosystem 
• Build a modern, greenfield open stack platform based on MACH architecture principles for a large-scale ecommerce initiative with controlled data duplication.
• Model the use of modern software engineering practices (TDD BDD, CI/CD, Shift left, 12 factor applications, API first design language etc..) to support integration with existing Ford software products as well as external cloud-based services.
• Collaborate with Ford’s Enterprise Architecture organization to rationalize technologies, further leverage current technology offerings already in use, and identify gaps/opportunities.
• Implement a talent system to review existing team capabilities (internal and external) and build and promote practices to develop a world-class software engineering team.
• Provide thought leadership for the development, structure, technology of Ford with skills in strategic planning, goal setting, processes development, budgeting, and creating opportunities for professional development within technology teams
• Strategize & work with senior leaders across Ford’s engineering organization to make significant, measurable impact on a global scale by innovating and operating with an iterative, agile, and user-centric perspective

 

Scope:

• Global. Team members will be in India, US and/or Europe
• Provide technical leadership to multiple product lines across eCommerce platforms
• Help business partners understand our iterative development approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and releases through careful and deliberate prioritization

 

Portfolio Size:

• The Initial team size is approximately 50 direct/indirect technologists, with ~ 10M budget oversight

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent work experience 
• 15+ years of Software Engineering/Delivery Experience
• 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership role, managing software development teams 

Even better, you may have...

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field
• Leadership Skills:
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
  • Ability to work effectively in a remote/virtual work setting with other global team members
  • Proven facilitation skills - able to effectively drive discussion among diverse perspectives and reach a decision or recommendation
  • Proven ability to work closely with executive leadership teams
  • Effectively work with cross-functional teams across the organization – inside and outside of the technology and software organization
  • Ability to lead through change
• Functional/Technical Skills:
  • Strong hands-on Software engineering/ programming/ solution design experience 
  • Experience/Awareness of Microservices architecture, Cloud-Native architectures, Event-driven architectures, APIs, Domain-Driv