Technical Program Manager

Ford • Dearborn, MI

1d • $115,000 - $192,900 • 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. Success as a Technical Program Manager in our Connected Vehicle Software division requires a professional who is centered around product and engineering excellence with a strong bias for action. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring our software delivery is seamless, scalable, and high-quality.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5–7 years of total working experience in program management, product or feature development involving hardware, software, or services.
• 3+ years of experience working in a technical capacity (e.g., as an engineer, developer, or systems analyst) or working very closely with an engineering team on complex software builds.
• 3+ years Familiarity with modern software tracking tools (ie: JIRA, etc.).
• 3+ years Familiarity with modern software development practices & tools (continuous integration / continuous deployment).
• 3+ years Demonstrated success leading complex, large-scale, cross-functional software programs.
• 3+ years Experience influencing and driving alignment across engineering, product, and business. stakeholders from concept through launch and post launch iteration.
• 3+ years Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience influencing and driving alignment across engineering, product, and business. stakeholders from concept through launch and post launch iteration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to define, scope, and deliver technical initiatives that span multiple teams and multiple organizations across Ford.
• Actively engage with stakeholders to understand requirements and help achieve alignment on prioritized initiatives.
• Assist in defining and tracking success criteria and performance metrics, including Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), to ensure program health.
• Implement and execute roadmaps, schedules, project plans to enable Ford to meet customer commitments across all customer constituencies.
• Support and drive modern software development practices, including scrums, backlog grooming, and dependency tracking using tools like Jira.
• Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate risks across multiple engineering teams.
• Coordinate with other divisions at Ford to ensure technical dependencies are identified early and quality standards are maintained.
• Act as a voice for the customer within the engineering team, using data to help guide decision-making and prioritization.

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