Strategic Work Portfolio & Prioritization Supervisor

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

158d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. 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?

Requirements

• Exceptional leadership skills.
• Strong strategic thinking capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency in advanced project management tools.
• Proven passion for complex problem-solving and driving organizational change.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in data analysis and operational metrics.
• Background in electric vehicle or automotive industry.
• Familiarity with governance and decision-making processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate the Unified Backlog's key Chief & Director Level Decision Forum, ensuring effective governance, decision ratification, and alignment of technical changes with strategic objectives.
• Lead and manage the workstream dedicated to defining, refining, and implementing prioritization methodologies within the Unified Backlog, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and efficient resource allocation.
• Champion and lead initiatives to enable robust data-driven decision-making across the Unified Backlog process, ensuring that key stakeholders have access to accurate, timely, and actionable insights.
• Lead and manage the dedicated workstream responsible for integrating and operationalizing cycle plan, funding mechanisms, and containability requirements directly into the Unified Backlog.
• Represent the Unified Backlog process and its strategic initiatives in senior executive meetings, providing clear, concise updates, advocating for necessary resources, and influencing strategic decisions.
• Train and on-board cross-functional groups and teams involved in UBL operations, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance.
• Oversee sophisticated analysis of Unified Backlog operations data to identify systemic trends, critical inefficiencies, and significant opportunities for strategic improvement across workflows and processes.
• Proactively design, champion, and implement high-impact process improvements to significantly streamline operations, elevate data quality, reduce operational costs, and enhance overall productivity across various departments.
• Establish, monitor, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics at a strategic level, providing actionable insights that directly support senior-level decision-making and measure the effectiveness of process improvements.
• Develop and maintain executive-level operational reports and dashboards, providing transparent visibility into strategic business performance, critical data integrity metrics, and progress toward long-term strategic goals.
• Drive and facilitate high-level collaboration with engineering, product, and strategy leadership to implement significant process changes, manage organizational change, and ensure sustained improvements in efficiency and data quality.
• Provide senior-level guidance and data-backed recommendations to resolve complex operational issues, mitigating challenges swiftly and effectively.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees