API Sr. Product Manager

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Launched in 2023 Integrated Services creates and markets new customer experiences by integrating hardware software and services across Ford Blue Model e and Ford Pro. These products and services allow Fords retail and commercial customers to customize their vehicles like never before with OTA (over-the-air)-driven experiences that grow better over time. Ford is developing leadership at the forefront of connected digital platforms that will revolutionize every aspect of how vehicles function the way people interact with them and the value those vehicles provide.

In this position...

We are seeking an API Sr. Product Manager who owns the product end-to-end and consistently ships high-quality customer loved products.

This is a hybrid position requiring an onsite schedule of 4 days a week in the Dearborn MI or Palo Alto CA office. This is not a remote position.

What youll do...

• Set the vision and multi-quarter roadmap for a subset of Telematics Data Services aligned to the Leadership Data Services strategy.
• Translate customer/developer needs into API/data capabilities; write crisp PRDs and prioritize with OKRs/RICE.
• Lead cross-functional delivery from concept to scale across EU and NA; manage risks dependencies and timelines.
• Drive API/data product excellence: design-first versioning/deprecation SLAs/SLOs data quality/observability privacy/security by design.
• Champion developer experience: documentation SDKs change management and portal readiness.
• Partner on go-to-market (packaging pricing launches) and track adoption retention and revenue impact.
• Instrument products; own KPI tracking; iterate via experiments and insights.
• Manage and develop PM talent; establish best practices and clear success criteria.
• Align stakeholders and communicate crisply to executives; negotiate trade-offs and keep roadmaps in sync.
• Oversee operations: L2/L3 triage postmortems and runbooks with engineering.

Youll have...

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science Management Science Information Management.
• 5 years in product management (e.g. API/data platform SaaS) including >2 years people leadership.
• Proficient with analytics (e.g. dashboards product analytics) and defining/monitoring KPIs.
• Working knowledge of privacy/security (GDPR/CCPA) and data governance.
• Excellent communication and influence in matrixed environments; customer-obsessed and outcomes-driven.

Even better you may have...

• Telematics fleet EV/energy or mobility domain expertise.
• Experience building developer ecosystems (portals SDKs sample apps) at scale.
• Background with usage-based pricing/metering and business modeling.
• Proven track record shipping/scaling APIs or data services with measurable customer and business outcomes.
• Strong grasp of REST event streaming API gateways versioning/deprecation practices.
• Familiarity with modern data stacks distributed systems and performance/reliability concepts.
• Reliability/observability experience (SLOs error budgets Grafana/Datadog/Splunk).
• large-scale agile and international launch experience (localization data residency regulatory).

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 childcare 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 leadership level 6.

Visa 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 the United States if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability please call 1-.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

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