Senior Engineering Manager

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are. Ford Pro is a new global business within Ford committed to commercial customer productivity. Ford Pro delivers a work-ready suite of vehicles, accessories and services for virtually every vocation, backed by technology and engineered for uptime. A true one-stop shop, we offer a full portfolio of electrified and internal combustion vehicles designed to integrate seamlessly with the Ford Pro ecosystem, helping customers' businesses thrive today and into the new era of electrification. In this position... As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a broader engineering organization of 15 to 50+ individuals to build, scale, and maintain high-impact technical solutions for a collection of teams. Operating as a leader of leaders, you will manage both Engineering Managers and Individual Contributors. You will focus on guiding product line architecture, aligning technical strategy with business goals, and ensuring cohesive design across disparate teams. You will act as a strategic driver for your domain, owning the overall delivery and operational health of your product line while autonomously navigating dependencies and calibrating performance across multiple teams. Based in Dearborn, MI, this is a hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week. Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with deep expertise in designing, building, and maintaining complex, scalable systems.
• 3+ years of direct engineering management experience, including proven experience managing both Engineering Managers and Individual Contributors.
• 3+ years of experience in modern cloud architectures (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), distributed systems, and microservices.
• 3+ years of experience aligning technical strategy with business goals and owning SLAs/KPIs for a business line or large-scale system.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
• Experience successfully managing engineering organizations of 15 to 50+ people.
• A strong track record of driving technical discovery and ensuring cohesive system design across disparate teams.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence cross-product group architecture and collaborate effectively with Product Management and Design.
• Demonstrated ability to calibrate performance and foster an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture across multiple distinct product teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage an organization of 15 to 50+ individuals, including both Engineering Managers (EMs) and Individual Contributors (ICs).
• Conduct EM and IC interviews and make critical hiring decisions to build a high-performing organization.
• Own the SLAs, KPIs, and overall delivery for your product line.
• Drive technical discovery and architecture for features within the product roadmap.
• Guide and approve product line architecture.
• Collaborate on product group and cross-product group architecture, ensuring cohesive design across disparate teams and aligning technology strategy with business goals.
• Manage performance evaluations and calibrate performance across multiple teams to ensure fairness, equity, and a consistently high bar for engineering excellence.
• Autonomously resolve cross-team dependencies and resource or priority conflicts to keep your organization executing smoothly.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• 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
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

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