API Sr. Product Manager

Ford Motor Company•Dearborn, MI

32d•Hybrid

About The Position

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? Launched in 2023, Integrated Services creates and markets new customer experiences by integrating hardware, software and services across Ford Blue, Model e and Ford Pro. These products and services allow Ford's retail and commercial customers to customize their vehicles like never before with OTA (over-the-air)-driven experiences that grow better over time. Ford is developing leadership at the forefront of connected, digital platforms that will revolutionize every aspect of how vehicles function, the way people interact with them, and the value those vehicles provide. In this position... We are seeking an API Sr. Product Manager who owns the product end-to-end and consistently ships high-quality, customer loved products. This is a hybrid position requiring an onsite schedule of 4 days a week in the Dearborn, MI or Palo Alto, CA office. This is not a remote position. We are seeking a Product Manager who owns the product end-to-end and consistently ships high-quality, customer loved products.

Responsibilities

Set the vision and multi-quarter roadmap for a subset of Telematics Data Services, aligned to the Leadership Data Services strategy.
Translate customer/developer needs into API/data capabilities; write crisp PRDs and prioritize with OKRs/RICE.
Lead cross-functional delivery from concept to scale across EU and NA; manage risks, dependencies, and timelines.
Drive API/data product excellence: design-first, versioning/deprecation, SLAs/SLOs, data quality/observability, privacy/security by design.
Champion developer experience: documentation, SDKs, change management, and portal readiness.
Partner on go-to-market (packaging, pricing, launches) and track adoption, retention, and revenue impact.
Instrument products; own KPI tracking; iterate via experiments and insights.
Manage and develop PM talent; establish best practices and clear success criteria.
Align stakeholders and communicate crisply to executives; negotiate trade-offs and keep roadmaps in sync.
Oversee operations: L2/L3 triage, postmortems, and runbooks with engineering.