HCD Human-centered Design Design Director
HCD Human-centered Design Design Director
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Job Description
Join us in shaping the future of Ford Motor Company as part of a global organization with exceptional colleagues in worldclass facilities. As part of Ford Design youll be at the cutting edge of Fords most strategically critical work designing people and societys needs into the heart of our next generation of products services and experiences.
The Experience Design Director leads a multidisciplinary design team owning a specific domain and driving its strategic direction. Youll identify customer business and technology opportunities guiding project teams to ideate visualize and prototype future experiences.
Youll champion a holistic approach to experience design starting with the customer and rapidly iterating solutions to deliver delightful technically feasible and strategically aligned experiences that are viable at scale. Youre a strategic leader and natural collaborator bringing multidisciplinary design teams together to set and achieve a shared vision.
Youll apply domainspecific expertise and overall experience design leadership to influence product vision strategy roadmaps and decisionmaking. Youll partner crossfunctionally across Ford including Design Marketing Technology Program Management CX and key business units aligning on future program planning and objectives. Your focus is on finding creative alignment across all disciplines and ensuring business strategy translates into innovative experiences that delight users. Youre exceptionally wellversed in modern product and experience creation capable of leading a team in the right direction even within complex and ambiguous opportunity spaces.
Portfolio is required upon submission for consideration.
Responsibilities
What youll do
- Define strategic briefs and lead project :Define the problem and opportunity set learning objectives collaborate on research translate insights into prototypes and define assumptions and plans for testing.
- Lead and inspire a diverse creative team:Oversee the design and development of endtoend experiences within your domain.
- Be a handson leader:Generate ideas actively participate in ideation and cocreation sessions and inspire your teams to do the same.
- Embody Ford Design culture:Foster a visionary and innovative design culture within the team encouraging bold thinking creativity and a collaborative environment.
- Represent the HCD Design function:Collaborate across departments ensuring a humancentered focus throughout.
- Influence product vision and strategy:Apply domain expertise and experience design leadership.
- Communicate strategic recommendations:Clearly articulate the why behind the what to diverse stakeholders.
- Oversee multiple projects:Maintain high quality accuracy and impact. Ensure ontime delivery effective outcomes and project team success through clear and measurable goals.
- Identify opportunities for business value:Articulate the rationale for design solutions in the context of business and user needs.
- Continuously evaluate and refine ideas:Collaborate with others to improve ideas for distinctiveness relevance and effectiveness.
Qualifications
Youll have
- Bachelors degree in design Engineering Science Psychology Anthropology or related field
- 10 years of design work experience 8 years with a Masters degree)
- 5 years of experience applying humancentered design approaches methods and tools to solve complex problems
- Deep understanding of the humancentered design process and proven application of knowledge of user experience principles from research to prototyping to product release
- 4 years of experience leading multidisciplinary design teams
Even better you may have
- Masters degree in design Engineering Science Psychology Sociology Anthropology Philosophy or related field
- Experience in the automotive industry
- Passion for the automotive and mobility industry; fluency in technology and product innovation
- Experience working in or with creative cultures
- Passion for collaborative environments that encourage the sharing of ideas and openness to feedback learning and iteration
- Experience working in highly collaborative environments and skill as an open and willing resource to team members in assessing designs
- Experience working in large corporate environments; ability to navigate complexity and execute under tight timelines
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders across complex projects
- Experience presenting to executive audiences; exceptional communication skills
You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe or keep you close to home Will your career be a deep dive into what you love or a series of new teams and new skills Will you be a leader a changemaker a technical expert a culture builderor all of the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:
Immediate medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days paid parental leave new parent rampup programs subsidized backup 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
This position is a leadership level 5.
For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color age sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability please call.
Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location. #LIHybrid #LISC3
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
