FAE Program Development Manager

VME FAE Unibody Program Development Manager, responsible for future plant and program strategies, feasibility, and cost studies, having responsibility for the advanced program teams, VHM teams, and ergo teams.

The program development teams are the leads on program strategy, engineering, feasibility, cycle line layout, and cost beginning at or prior to the <PS> milestone through and including the <PA> milestone. The teams also drive future model quality, throughput, and cost initiatives, in addition to supporting current model as required.

What you'll do…

• Engage with PD and Architecture teams to understand new model program content and assumptions
• Engage with MPT and plant teams to understand and support current model high hurts, quality, cost, and throughput issues, driving prevention on future model programs
• Define manufacturing strategy and overall process for future programs
• Lead VHM delivery, tooling development, and cycle line layout, as well as engaging and driving facilities, conveyors, and controls for program specific strategy, requirements, and detailed engineered plan
• Deliver turnkey strategy, engineering direction, and costing for all content necessary to deliver programs through the <PS>, <PSC>, and <PA> study milestones
• Lead Q-Form process: collection of assumptions, GMOD population, and delivery from all functional teams, coordinating with MSAP
• Support MSAP and Mfg Architecture teams with Target Setting prior to <PS>
• Engage with counterparts in MSAP, Architecture, PTME, Stamping, Body, Paint, Ford Land, MP&L, and IE teams to drive best possible enterprise solutions for future model programs
• Work with PD to ensure feasibility and DFM/DFA for future model programs
• Work with counterparts in MPT and Architecture teams to ensure alignment on and develop best possible future program strategies
• Lead, define, develop, and set plan for future automation strategies
• Manage Program Management level cost reporting of LLF calendarization and budget to quotes
• Manage Program and Checkbook from <PS> to <PA>, leading handoff to MPT post-<PA>
• Lead and deliver Cycle Line Layout through <PA> milestone, leading handoff to MPT post <PA>
• Execute simulations based on program specific cycle line layout
• Lead and deliver program specific virtual build processes
• Lead and deliver DPA5 and P-Release activities
• Confirm needs and execute orders for VTTO
• Lead and deliver presentations to executive level leadership and obtain approval for future model program cost, content, and strategy

Minimum Qualifications:

• BSc, Engineering or higher
• 5+ years experience delivering program strategy in a launch capacity
• 2+ years experience defining future model program strategy

 

 

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 builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

 

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more

• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more

• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

• Tuition assistance

• Established and active employee resource groups

• Paid time off for individual and team community service

• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day

• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

 

This position is a leadership level 5.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5NonHTHD

This position is a range of salary grades LL5

 

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

Relocation assistance is available for this posi