Lead Product Manager
Lead Product Manager
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The Global Timekeeping Product Group delivers and supports critical systems for accurately managing time absence and other workforce management functions essential for paying Ford Motor Companys hourly and salaried employees. Our objective is to modernize these systems and improve the longterm sustainability of these systems by reducing technology complexity introducing industrystandard capabilities and simplifying business processes.
We are seeking a Product Manager to advance and lead the Timekeeping Modernization Program across all US and Canada plants focusing on the Entry to Exit endtoend process. This significant initiative involves implementing WorkForce Software (WFS) a cloudbased SaaS solution to replace legacy Timekeeping systems. WFS will provide a standardized solution for multiple WorkForce Management functions including: timekeeping attendance job scheduling and absence management.
As the Product Manager you will collaborate with business and IT Product Owners other Product Teams and Technology and Solution Implementation vendors. Your role is critical in delivering WFS for our hourly workforce enhancing employee and user experience enabling pay accuracy and streamlining business processes. You will partner with Ford Product Managers from the program to jointly lead the effort to enable a sustainable and simplified process redesign leveraging all the capabilities of WFS while ensuring seamless functional and technical integration with several key upstream and downstream applications. This role requires deep expertise in Product Management Product Group Integration and Program Management.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead an effective Product Management/Product Owner team.
- Understand Business Owner needs develop objectives and key results and validate solutions.
- Develop and communicate the Product and Product Group vision strategy and functional/nonfunctional roadmaps.
- Work with crossfunctional product teams to ensure the overall success of a portfolio of integrated products.
- Collaborate internally and externally to translate strategic ideas into measurable integration specifications requirement documentation and solutions.
- Identify lead and prioritize product team deliverables in the Product backlog.
- Coordinate with other workstreams including the UK Timekeeping Modernization project and the US/Canada Pilot project and external Solution implementation partners.
- Drive timely and meaningful Program and Project Governance.
- Work with global peers to enable aligned and standardized processes and best practices.
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience.
- 10 years of IT experience.
- 35 years of hands on experience in a Project and Program Management role.
- 5 years of experience in a leadership role.
- Indepth Security and Control knowledge especially for SOx applications.
- Prior exposure to global diverse and crossfunctional IT teams.
- Ability to see the big picture identify patterns and dependencies in very complex projects and decompose complex systems into their foundational elements.
- Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with workinglevel technical teams as well as individuals at all levels of the organization (Business and IT).
- Proven ability to develop a strong IT Point of View and influence stakeholders for buyin.
- Passion for driving features to completion that are valuable scalable and sustainable.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Technical knowledge of the IT software development cycle and Technology lifecycles.
- Experience with cloudbased SaaS products.
- Experience implementing largescale global applications.
- Proven ability to Own Working Together with various IT and business organizations.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Handson experience with processes such as Financial Planning Vendor Selection Contract Management Consumption Planning and Resource Management.
- Handson experience with financial reporting and systems.
- Experience with PDO concepts/Agile methodologies and related framework/tools (e.g. Jira Rally Clarity or similar).
- Background or experience supporting business function teams such as Human Resources Labor Affairs Finance or Manufacturing Plant Floor operations.
- Experience with WorkForce Software is preferred.
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 and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care parental leave new parent rampup programs subsidized backup child care 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.
For a detailed look at our benefits click here: Benefit Summary
*Please note: This is a hybrid role in Dearborn MI you will be expected to commute onsite up to 3 times a week*
*Visa Sponsorship is NOT provided for this role*
*Relocation assistance is NOT provided for this role*
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 committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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.
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