Technical Program Manager

Technical Program 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? 

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position you lead initiatives for product launches in our software and services division. Success in this role requires someone who is centered around product and engineering excellence with a bias for action; thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; successfully partners with a wide group of people at multiple levels of the company; and embodies our practices for leading diverse teams. 

You will own delivery of multiyear features, define project goals and roadmaps, identify opportunities that positively impact your feature area.  Ideal candidates will have experience delivering cross-functional program management and leading teams to success. You will engage with complex engineering programs, lead in a principled way, build healthy partnerships and have excellent interpersonal and communications skills. 

In this role, you will specifically be responsible for cross-organization initiatives related to Body and supplier controls for FNV2/3/4 and beyond in areas like: lighting, seats, enclosures, windows, and climate. You will partner with teams across Ford including: design, product, system engineering, software development, testing, safety, regulatory, calibration, release and quality.

What you’ll do: 

• Owns ensuring delivery of features with mid-term to multi-year time horizons, including managing the schedule and backlog.
• Defines project goals and builds a delivery roadmap across future milestones, including staging technologies; builds strategies that optimizes project resources against priorities.
• Defines and monitors Technical Success Metrics [including KPIs]. 
• Converts customer requirements into actionable software specifications for multiple functional teams; Identifies opportunities and gaps to improve.
• Defines data sets needed, analyzes and frames decisions that have impact to feature area. 
• Brings cross functional teams together and collaboratively manages relationships to create holistic, customer centric solutions, identify technical interdependencies and deliver on the roadmap.
• Drives outstanding technical issues to closure. Anticipates, defines and develops mitigations for program risks. Leads escalations. Owns DCRs.
• Leads status reporting that spans multiple features and time horizons.
• Serve as a technical advisor to educate and evangelize feature areas; proactively helps teams understand the technical implications of design decisions and specific features. 
• Owns retrospectives/Kaisen methods for ensuring continuous improvement. 

You'll have... 

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Computer Science or related degree; or foreign equivalency degree, or a combination of equivalent experience and education. 
• 3+ years working experience in product or feature development on hardware, software, and/or services
• 3+ years working in a technical capacity or working closely with an engineering team

Even better, you may have...

• MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Computer Science or related degree; or foreign equivalency degree.
• Demonstrated technical experience in the body electronics and supplier development domains. 
• Advanced knowledge of the software development life cycle, specifically as it applies to building products, including continuous integration/deployment.
• Demonstrated success delivering cross functional work streams and driving results across multiple teams. 
• Excellent ability to communicate, influence, and resolve conflict effectively at multiple levels, including leadership.
• Demonstrated success building partnerships across a diverse set of functions and stakeholders.
• Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills working with disparate data sources to create a comprehensive view and recommend