This position is for an experienced Technical Program Manager in our cloud development platform team. The Connected Vehicle Cloud will be critical to our delivery on our customer promises, and this team is at the core of enabling that cloud development success. In this role, you will work as part of the cloud development platform leadership team to set and execute on the strategy for cloud development across Ford. 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 across the company; and embodies our ideas for building diverse teams. You will own cross-cutting initiatives, identify best practices and bring deep industry experience to bear on a company-wide scale. At the end of the day – you will be a key contributor to enabling all cloud developers at Ford to deliver faster and greater value to our customers.

Ideal candidates will first and foremost have extensive experience with cloud developers and the processes and technologies involved in cloud development. They will also have experienced multiple product cycles involving software and services, including up- and down-stream dependencies. You will engage with complex engineering programs, demonstrating leadership and a strong command of the tools and process required to achieve the teams’ goals. You will have consummate communications skills, keeping up- and down-stream dependencies well aligned, and entire companies well-informed. You’re as comfortable presenting to the senior leadership as you are coaching a new hire.

What you'll do...

+ Owns ensuring delivery of our cloud development platform with multi-year time horizons that span across both this product and other related products and organizations across Ford.

+ Defines project goals and builds a roadmap across future milestones, including staging technologies; builds strategies that optimizes project resources against priorities.

+ Defines and monitors Technical Success Metrics (including KPIs); identifies reaction plan as needed.

+ Converts customer requirements into actionable software specifications for multiple functional teams; identifies opportunities and gaps and takes action to improve the product.

+ Predicts challenges with interdependencies spanning multiple software systems that go beyond technical and works to eliminate them; proactively helps teams understand technical implications of design decisions and features.

+ Manages effective and collaborative relationships with stakeholders across the organization to drive issues to closure and achieve execution of software system objectives.

+ Lead status reporting, and creates new ways of reporting status that are clearer and more efficient.

+ Owns retrospectives which span product teams to improve product quality; defines new more efficient governance processes and drives across software systems.

You'll have...

+ Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.

+ 8+ years of experience in direct product/technical program management in highly complex systems, including multiple successful release cycles of significant software at scale.

+ 6+ years of experience leading cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

+ 5+ years of experience either as a cloud developer, or working in a cloud development related position.

Even better, you may have...

+ Demonstrated technical experience in cloud technologies and cloud development technologies. This would include but not be limited to Google Cloud Platform, GitHub, Kubernetes, cloud storage and other cloud infrastructure technologies.

+ Expert knowledge of the software development life cycle, specifically as it applies to building a cloud service including trunk based development.

+ Demonstrated success delivering complex cross functional programs and driving results across product or system.

+ Excellent ability to communicate, influence and resolve conflict effectively at multiple levels, including executive leadership.

+ Demonstrated experience managing partnerships across a diverse set of functions and stakeholders.

+ Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills working with complex disparate data sources to create a comprehensive view and recommendations.

+ Experience estimating effort and sizing of work for successful delivery of the product, with an understanding of trade-offs and impacts.

+ Experience implementing programs and processes that support how teams work.

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, and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/LL6HTHD

This position is a leadership level 6.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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**Requisition ID** : 38721