Director, Enterprise Technology Strategy

Ford Motor•Dearborn, MI

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The role will shape Ford's Enterprise Technology (ET) organization’s global technology workforce planning, sourcing and deployment. It will drive the vision, implementation and continuous optimization of ET’s demand-planning process and workforce, influencing delivery of Ford’s product and technology roadmap. The position owns tracking, monitoring and reporting of ET operational health and leads improvements in efficiency and resource allocation. It also architects and operates ET’s workforce system across Ford employees, contingent labor, managed-service providers and emerging talent pipelines, with attention to compliance, cost and strategic fit. The position leads strategic workforce planning and analytics, headcount and labor-cost governance, contingent-labor and managed-service optimization, immigration and global-mobility compliance, internal talent redeployment, operating-model and location strategy, demand management, operational planning, stakeholder engagement, team development, and workforce analytics and planning systems. It advises ET leaders and partner functions and leads a global team of workforce planning, sourcing and analytics professionals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
10+ years of progressive experience in large, global IT organizations, including 5+ years leading workforce planning, demand management or technology sourcing functions.
7+ years of people-leadership experience, including leading managers and globally distributed teams.
Demonstrated experience managing large-scale labor budgets and contingent-workforce or managed-service programs.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to lead, build and develop high-performing teams in a collaborative, results-oriented environment.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including presenting complex information to audiences at all leadership levels.
Ability to influence and engage diverse individuals and stakeholders to achieve common goals and results.
Strong project-management and planning skills, including delivering strategic initiatives on time, within budget and to a high standard.
Ability to apply agile principles and manage change in a dynamic organizational context.
Excellent consulting, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
Track record leading enterprise-scale transformation, such as operating-model redesign, workforce restructuring or vendor consolidation.
Deep understanding of global technology organizations, operating models, and the IT services and labor-market landscape.
Ability to structure and visualize complex problems and translate data into clear, executive-ready recommendations.
Advanced proficiency in workforce analytics, financial modeling and forecasting.
Working knowledge of U.S. immigration requirements, including H-1B and PERM, and global mobility requirements.
Understanding of how AI and automation are changing technology roles, skills and workforce mix.
Experience developing location strategy or global capability centers.

Responsibilities

Build a multi-year rolling workforce plan aligned with Ford’s product and technology roadmaps, financial targets and location strategy.
Lead global span-and-layer analysis for ET and recommend and execute redeployment or realignment actions to simplify structures and improve managerial effectiveness.
Evaluate build, borrow and buy decisions, determining whether work should be performed by Ford employees, contingent labor or external consultants based on strategic value, risk and cost.
Own ET’s source of truth for headcount, labor cost and open requisitions, and publish monthly dashboards to ET leadership and Finance.
Drive zero-based labor-budgeting cycles and present trade-offs and mitigation options to meet quarterly EBIT objectives.
Set global contingent-labor strategy, including vendor segmentation, rate-card management, performance scorecards and supplier-panel rationalization.
Partner with Purchasing and Legal to negotiate master agreements and SLAs that protect intellectual property, support on-time delivery and achieve productivity commitments.
Establish H-1B and global work-authorization governance, monitoring cap usage, adjudication timelines, compliance risk and cost impacts.
Work with Global Mobility and outside counsel on visa renewals, PERM filings and international transfers while maintaining business continuity.
Establish and operate an internal talent marketplace to redeploy under-utilized technologists to high-priority initiatives.
Evaluate current and future regional footprints and recommend location shifts based on skills, cost, risk and time-zone coverage.
Lead end-to-end ET demand management, from intake and prioritization through capacity planning, and maintain accurate resource forecasts.
Develop and manage ET operational plans and budgets aligned with strategic goals; identify and manage demand- and capacity-related risks and opportunities.
Advise ET Officers, HR, Finance, Purchasing, Legal and Ford Business Solutions on demand forecasting, planning processes and workforce matters.
Lead, coach and develop a global workforce planning, sourcing and analytics team; build stakeholder relationships and communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
Own the roadmap for workforce analytics and planning tools, including HRIS, vendor management systems and BI platforms, ensuring data integrity, AI-enabled insights and process automation.
Develop and maintain tools and dashboards for tracking and reporting performance and demand-planning metrics.