Senior Technical Program Manager

Ford Motor • Long Beach, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. In this position... As a Senior Technical Program Manager - you will sit at the intersection of strategy and execution for Ford’s electric vehicle future. You will own the delivery of critical transformation initiatives, driving roadmap creation, prioritization, and follow through. Your expertise will be crucial in bridging the gap between EVDD innovation and legacy system stability, leading cross-functional teams to build the scalable capabilities necessary for Ford’s next generation of mobility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• Proven experience in digital transformation or business transformation projects
• Proven experience as a Technical Program Manager
• Strong technical program management and planning skills, overseeing multiple projects at the same time
• Strong collaboration skills to integrate cross-functional teams
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Experience with Jira as a team planning tool

Nice To Haves

• Accountability, consistency, & follow-through
• Attention to detail
• Critical thinking capacity
• Continuous improvement mindset

Responsibilities

• Act as the coordination lead for assigned workstream portfolio, ensuring alignment across internal ADVEV Digital Transformation (ADT) team and dependencies with the broader organization
• Define quarterly roadmap, milestones, and dependencies
• Run operating cadences and drive timely decisions with clear escalations
• Maintain workstream risk register and use it to lead mitigation
• Define KPIs and build dashboards tracking ADT team delivery
• Configure project planning tools and ensure data hygiene within the ADT team
• Align expectations and resolve conflicts with our stakeholders alongside the Business Architect and Organizational Change Management team
• Define and maintain prioritization frameworks tied to vehicle milestones and business requirements, using this structure to set and justify execution priorities
• Keep lead TPM informed of progress, key updates, and emerging risks across your portfolio
• Be a team player—identify gaps and either jump in yourself or champion for the right resources to fill them
• Support the team's overall success, not just your individual work streams

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees