Software Engineering Manager - Digital

Ford • Dearborn, MI

3d • 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.
In this position...
The Software Engineering Manager (Digital) role oversees design and delivery of a global; complex; micro service ecosystem. They will support a delivery team that is responsible for the systems; technology; quality; and delivery of digital capabilities. Scope includes but not limited to headless digital ordering capabilities supporting omnichannel (Ford.com eCommerce, Mobile, In-Vehicle) order management capabilities serving global markets.

Requirements

• Conversant in digital ecommerce processes and technologies.
• Experience evolving agile software delivery practices and processes.
• Experience/Awareness of Microservices architecture, Cloud-Native architecture, Event-driven architecture, APIs, Domain-Driven Design, GCP Hosting, Serverless, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience progressing STLC or QA practices and processes.
• Experience with progressing DevOps practices and processes.
• Experience in collaborating and partnering with other technical domain experts such as cloud and or security.
• Hands-on AI engineering or use experience
• Strong change management experience.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively in a remote/virtual work setting with other global team members.
• Proven facilitation skills - able to effectively drive discussion among diverse perspectives and reach a decision or recommendation.
• Proven ability to work closely with executive leadership teams.
• Effectively work with cross-functional teams across the organization – inside and outside of the technology and software organization

Responsibilities

• Engineering leadership role overseeing design and delivery of a global; complex; micro service ecosystem.
• Support a delivery team that is responsible for the systems; technology; quality; and delivery of digital capabilities. Scope includes but not limited to headless digital ordering capabilities supporting omnichannel (Ford.com eCommerce, Mobile, In-Vehicle) order management capabilities serving global markets.
• Build and deliver a modern, greenfield open stack platform based on MACH architecture principles.
• Model the use of modern software engineering practices (TDD BDD, CI/CD, Shift left, 12 factor applications, API first design language etc..) to support integration with existing Ford software products as well as external cloud-based services.
• Collaborate with Ford’s Enterprise Architecture organization to rationalize technologies, further leverage current technology offerings already in use, and identify gaps/opportunities.
• Implement a talent system to review existing team capabilities (internal and external) and build and promote practices to develop a world-class software engineering team.
• Strategize & work with senior leaders across Ford’s engineering organization to make significant, measurable impact on a global scale by innovating and operating with an iterative, agile, and user-centric perspective.
• Provide thought leadership for the development, structure, technology of Ford with skills in strategic planning, goal setting, processes development, budgeting, and creating opportunities for professional development within technology teams.
• Transform teams from a project mindset towards a product mindset.
• Global. Team members will be in India, US and/or Europe.
• Provide engineering leadership up to 2 product lines across eCommerce platforms.
• Help business partners understand our iterative development approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and releases through careful and deliberate prioritization.
• Initial team size will include around 10 positions of associates and purchased service capacity with external partners.

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: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees