Manager, Investigations and New Product Security

Ford Motor Company • Dearborn, MI

11d • $115,500 - $218,100 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Investigations and New Product Security leads an integrated security team responsible for protecting Ford’s people, information, products, facilities, and operations. The position 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 personnel and consistent practices, and works across a highly matrixed organization to assess risk, respond to incidents, and reduce loss, disruption, and reputational harm.

The manager oversees security operations for new-product activities and launches, protects intellectual property and other company assets, and leads product-security incident responses and investigations. The role also oversees global investigations, intelligence operations, tip-line triage, event reporting, and law-enforcement liaison. It requires effective people leadership, project and risk management, discretion, and the ability to coordinate security responses to sensitive workforce events.

This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work four or more days per week. The role requires travel, including international travel on short notice, and availability for nights, weekends, holidays, and on-call assignments as needed. A Concealed Pistol License and demonstrated firearm proficiency are conditions of hire; additional qualifications may apply to armed-response or executive-protection assignments. Visa sponsorship is not available, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

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, with 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 the ability to handle sensitive matters discreetly and exercise sound judgment.
• 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 required qualifications and certifications for the applicable jurisdiction and company policy.

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, team priorities, and performance expectations.
• Ensure team members have appropriate access to investigative tools and systems and receive role-appropriate training.
• Build integration frameworks, procedures, playbooks, and reporting practices to promote consistent, high-quality security and investigation deliverables.
• Manage complex projects and processes across a fast-paced, highly matrixed organization; build trust with partners and communicate effectively with senior management.
• Apply company procedures and Global Security best practices when handling confidential, proprietary, and other sensitive information in digital and physical forms.
• 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, vulnerabilities, and other product-related incidents; coordinate response and lessons learned with relevant teams.
• Assess risks and strengthen security operations using risk-management, physical-security, and security-management practices; partner with specialist teams to identify, protect against, and prevent insider threats.
• Learn and account for complex manufacturing and supply-chain processes and tailor protection measures to operating conditions.
• Oversee global investigations, including major company-policy violations and highly sensitive internal inquiries involving executives or Corporate Security & Fire personnel; personally lead matters when warranted.
• Triage global tip-line calls and information from other sources to determine whether investigation or escalation is appropriate.
• Oversee Usual and Unusual Event investigation and reporting and maintain 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