Sales Director, Ford Energy

Ford Motor Company • Charlotte, NC

2h

About The Position

Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating US energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems. Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable, US-built energy storage systems. We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid.

Requirements

• High-caliber, visionary leader.
• Proven ability to develop and execute sales strategies.
• Existing deep-rooted relationships with major utilities, Independent Power Producers (IPPs), major integrators, and AI data center hyper-scalers.
• Technical expertise in energy storage systems.
• Commercial sophistication.
• Experience in leading customer engagements to contract.

Responsibilities

• Lead our expansion into the grid-scale and large-scale commercial energy sectors.
• Develop and execute the end-to-end sales strategy, from initial market entry to the execution of multi-gigawatt-hour Master Supply Agreements (MSAs).
• Leverage existing deep-rooted relationships with major utilities, Independent Power Producers (IPPs), major integrators, and the growing AI data center hyper-scaler customer base.
• Represent Ford Energy as a trusted American manufacturer of choice.
• Provide technical expertise and commercial sophistication to the world's most demanding energy consumers.
• Lead customer engagements to contract, building on a rapidly growing customer pipeline.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed