Manager, Investigations and New Product Security

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Investigations and New Product Security leads an integrated security team responsible for protecting the company’s people, information, products, facilities, and operations. The role combines proactive security planning for new products and launches with oversight of global investigations, intelligence, incident response, and executive security support. The manager sets priorities, develops people and consistent practices, and partners across a highly matrixed organization to assess risk, respond to incidents, and reduce loss, disruption, and reputational harm.

The position oversees security planning for new-product activities and launches, including media and product events, prototype transportation, vendor coordination, and secure storage. It also oversees global investigations and intelligence operations, incident response, and security support for sensitive workforce events. The role is hybrid, with onsite work required four or more days per week, and requires travel, including internationally, on short notice. Nights, weekends, holidays, and on-call assignments may be needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Typically, at least 10 years of combined security, law enforcement, investigative, or closely related experience, including demonstrated investigative experience.
• Experience conducting complex, multifaceted investigations.
• Demonstrated people-management capability, including leading direct and matrix teams.
• Strong project management, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience managing global or geographically distributed investigative teams and coordinating with law enforcement.
• Strong interviewing, analytical, decision-making, and incident-management skills, including discretion and sound judgment when handling sensitive matters.
• Working proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to learn and use investigative systems, tools, and information sources.
• Ability to travel, including internationally, on short notice, and to work nights, weekends, holidays, and on-call assignments as needed.
• Must possess and maintain a Concealed Pistol License (CPL) and demonstrate firearm proficiency as a condition of hire.
• For assignments involving armed response or executive protection, maintain the qualifications and certifications required by the applicable jurisdiction and company policy.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility will be verified at hire.
• Visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant new product security experience is strongly valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop direct and matrix-reporting personnel, including investigators and global team members; set annual objectives, priorities, and performance expectations.
• Ensure team members have suitable access to investigative tools and systems and receive role-appropriate training.
• Develop integration frameworks, procedures, playbooks, and reporting practices for consistent, high-quality security and investigation work.
• Manage complex projects and processes across a fast-paced, matrixed organization; build trust with partners and communicate with senior management.
• Handle confidential, proprietary, and sensitive digital and physical information in accordance with company procedures and Global Security best practices.
• Plan, coordinate, and direct security operations for new-product activities, including photo and video shoots, testimonials, media content, product launches, prototype transportation, security vendors, and secure storage.
• Protect intellectual property, prototypes, product information, personnel, property, facilities, operations, and materials from unauthorized disclosure or misuse, theft, tampering, espionage, sabotage, assault, vandalism, or loss.
• Lead end-to-end product-security incident response and investigations for assigned launches, including leaks and vulnerabilities; coordinate responses and lessons learned with relevant teams.
• Assess risks and strengthen security operations using risk-management, physical-security, and security-management practices; partner with specialists to identify, protect against, and prevent insider threats.
• Learn and account for manufacturing and supply-chain processes and tailor protective measures to operating conditions.
• Oversee global investigations, including major company-policy violations and sensitive internal inquiries involving executives or Corporate Security & Fire personnel; personally lead cases when warranted.
• Triage information from global tip-line calls and other sources to determine whether investigation or escalation is appropriate.
• Oversee Usual and Unusual Event investigation, reporting, and maintenance of a worldwide event database.
• Oversee global intelligence operations and maintain appropriate liaison with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners.
• Respond to behavioral incidents as required and coordinate security responses for sensitive workforce events, including armed responses for layoffs and terminations in the Dearborn area, consistent with policy and applicable law.
• Use sound interviewing, analytical, and decision-making practices and appropriately leverage people, technology, information, and tactics to minimize risk and protect the company’s reputation.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• 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.
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager