Feature Strategy Manager

Dearborn, MI - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford were all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves

Ford is transforming the transportation industry delivering higher levels of automation continuously upgradeable performance and seamless connected experiences. Software connectivity and data are the cornerstones of this evolution delivering the foundational elements by which Ford will drive this evolution. This role will be central to Fords success in enabling a truly software defined vehicle.

The position will be required to interface with many functions regularly to ensure all plans are aligned appropriate and achievable. This will include digital product marketing customer experience vehicle programs engineering and research. The focus will be on cross vehicle technology capabilities. The role will ultimately be responsible for the technology roadmaps to deliver Fords winning enterprise technology strategy.

Responsibilities

What youll do...

Connect the new experiences and strategy into the corporate portfolio prioritization process.

Collaborate with the various portfolio managers to ensure customer specific needs are met.

Collaborate with the Digital Product Team to bring to life the Digital technology strategy.

Collaborate with the Platform team to ensure the right hardware capability is included and the right APIs are on the roadmap.

Define prioritization principles for software changes for the enterprise

Bring together vehicle specific demand and corporate strategic new demand process for prioritization.

Development of vehicle architectures and full tech stack to enable world class experiences.

Lead team modernization and transformation including adoption of JIRA to track full life-cycle of SW development process.

Qualifications

Youll have...

Bachelors degree in engineering Business or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

5 years of experience in digital focused systems including sensors actuators ECUs software

5 years with managing vehicle programs GPDS and the technology planning processes

5 years of experience managing features from conception to launch with the product delivering end-user experiences

Even better you may have...

Masters degree in Engineering/ Business

Project planning experiencein JIRA or other Atlassian tools

Strong communication (oral and written) skills; including the ability to explain complex concepts to audiences of varying levels of technical understanding

Systems engineering knowledge and capability

Able to cover a wide range of technical topics

Strong leadership skills ability to manage meetings with senior leaders

Experience with in-vehicle architectures and their roadmaps constraints and complexity

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.

This position is a leadership level 6.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is not available for this position.

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DescriptionWe are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford were all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world movesFord is transforming the transportation ind...