Product Owner

In this position...

This role is hybrid which means the candidate must be located within a drivable distance to Dearborn MI. Also the candidate if selected might be asked to come into the office up to 4 or more days per week.

Within the Global Data Insight and Analytics (GDIA) a great opportunity awaits you on a team responsible for supporting some of Fords most visible initiatives. The Technical Product Owner embraces agile practices and will collaborate directly and continuously with software engineers data engineers data scientists and product designers and will release early and often. The technical product owner will ensure that data standards information interoperability data quality and data availability fully support the goals of GDIA and the enterprise. Join us and challenge your Technical Product Management expertise and analytical skills to help create a smart future!

What youll do...

• Work closely with GDIA and other partners to understand their product vision align on a feature roadmap and break it down into an actionable backlog of user stories for the development team
• Work hands-on with the development team and stakeholders to prioritize plan and deliver software and infrastructure that meets client requirements.
• Help GDIA and other partners understand our iterative development approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) through careful and deliberate prioritization.
• Work with design resources (internal and/or external) to ensure timely delivery of designs and assets to the development team.
• Mentor and train other Product Owners to help them learn agile/XP methods and build skills.
• Identify potential success stories and share with communications team.
• Help innovate and iterate on agile Product Management processes and share our takeaways.

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a similar area and/or equivalent professional experience
• 5 years of Product Manager OR related roles (Business Analyst Solutions Architect Project Manager etc.) experience
• 2 years of experience with Jira or similar Agile Tools
• 3 years of experience with Agile methodology

Even better you may have...

• 5 years of automotive industry experience
• Background in design or software development
• 3 years of strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others
• Experience with Test-Driven Development Paired Programming
• Ability to work collaboratively with others and navigate sophisticated decision making
• Ability to collaborate well with engineers designers and business partners
• Skilled at defining and prioritizing product features

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 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: position is a range of salary grades 6-8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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