ADAS Strategy Director

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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 transformation providing the foundation for how Ford will compete and win. This role is central to Fords success in enabling a truly software-defined vehicle.

In this position...

The person in this position will be the global leader for ADAS strategy within the Technology Strategy organization leading a multi-disciplinary team to define the future of Fords ADAS technology platforms. You will work closely with technical experts and executive leadership to define the compute sensing software and feature roadmaps needed to keep Ford on the cutting edge of ADAS technology while ensuring these systems meet corporate cost quality and complexity objectives.

You will also be responsible for managing Fords ADAS investment portfolioensuring sufficient resources to achieve our objectives and driving clear tradeoff decisions where addition you will lead systematic competitive intelligence and benchmarking across OEMs suppliers startups and ecosystem partners leveraging supplier relationships industry consortiums competitive tear-downs and major tech events to inform strategy. You will serve as the companys subject-matter expert on current and future ADAS industry trends competitive analysis and threat identification and ADAS technology migration across Fords global portfolio.

What youll do...

• Own Fords global ADAS strategy
  • Work closely with subject-matter experts and executive leadership to synthesize industry trends portfolio needs and corporate objectives into a forward-looking ADAS strategy that keeps Ford at the leading edge.
• Define future ADAS experiences and enabling technology
  • Partner with engineering product and digital teams to define and refine key future ADAS customer experiences.
  • Define the required compute platforms sensing configurations and software enablers to deliver those experiences.
• Manage ADAS complexity across the portfolio
  • Establish and maintain a menu of ADAS system configurations with engineering.
  • Collaborate with technology platform and vehicle program teams to develop offering strategies for each vehicle program and region.
  • Evaluate complexity-driving requests through a costbenefit lens and drive decisions to closure.
• Manage the ADAS investment portfolio within the technology cycle plan
  • Ensure sufficient funding to achieve ADAS objectives supported by accurate and traceable modeling of resource requirements.
  • Raise new cycle-plan funding requests and identify opportunities for spending reduction when needed.
• Lead competitive intelligence benchmarking and external scanning for ADAS
  • Maintain a constantly refreshed data-driven view of the ADAS industry including competitive trends and threats emerging technologies and cost-reduction opportunities.
  • Leverage supplier engagements industry consortiums competitive tear-downs public announcements analyst research and major tech/industry events to inform Fords ADAS strategy and roadmaps.
  • Translate external insights into clear recommendations on ADAS platforms features and investments.
• Co-lead Technology Strategy organization initiatives
  • Co-lead technology unit papers and High Priority Studies alongside matched-pair partners in the Technology Strategy organization.
  • Ensure ADAS initiatives meet deliverable requirements and business case targets for uMR uPS and uPSC milestones.
• Maintain ADAS technology and business health databases
  • Own and curate databases tracking ADAS technology proliferation feature take-rates and platform usage across the Ford portfolio.
  • Provide a clear source of truth on ADAS business health and deployment status.
• Support the Unified Backlog process
  • Review ADAS-related new demand requests for business value and technical feasibility.
  • Work cross-functionally with product engineering and TPM to secure commitments for high-value initiatives.
• Collaborate across the global enterprise
  • Partner with stakeholders across product development digital product technology platforms integrated services marketing finance vehicle programs and regional teams.

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Business or a related field
• 10 years of leadership experience in the automotive technology space delivering multiple complex initiatives in cross-functional environments
• Experience translating technical initiatives into business and profitability analyses to ensure efficient capital allocation
• Strong oral and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate in diverse cross-functional environments
• Proven team-leadership experience including working directly with senior and executive leadership

Even better you may have...

• Masters degree in Engineering or an MBA
• Direct experience with ADAS technologies including sensing (radars cameras ultrasonics) ADAS-specialized compute and motion-control interfaces
• Direct experience leading strategic initiatives and technology unit and/or vehicle program milestones
• Highly technical background and demonstrated experience in the domains of the ADAS features being developed
• Experience with embedded vehicle architecturesideally Fords FNVx architectureincluding roadmaps constraints and integration for highly complex and distributed systems/features on- and off-board
• Experience developing diagrams and visual frameworks to communicate complex concepts
• Experience in product or technical program management for complex systems or leading engineering feature delivery
• Hyper-collaborative team-centric leadership style that encourages and partners with teams and leaders at all levels to advance the integration of digital experiences
• Strong executive presence and leadership skillsthe ability to drive discussions provide clear direction and update senior leaders succinctly
• Tenacity and comfort working in evolving states of ambiguity

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.

This position is a leadership level 4.

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

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This position is Hybrid (onsite four days per week) for candidates who are in commuting distance to a Frod hub location.

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