Feature Strategy Analyst

As a Feature Strategy Analyst you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our software-defined vehicles by translating customer needs and business objectives into actionable technology strategies and compelling feature roadmaps. Your work will directly impact which innovative capabilities make it into our vehicles ensuring they are delivered on the right platforms at the right time and with an optimal balance of cost and complexity.

This is a high-impact Individual Contributor role for someone who can think 5 years out but also write a detailed requirement document position actively drives alignment and decision-making across critical functions. You will lead discussions and generate strategic artifacts with Digital Product Marketing Customer Experience Vehicle Programs Engineering Research and the Technology Platform teams. Your primary focus will be on defining and architecting cross-vehicle technology capabilities and experience bundles ultimately owning the early-stage feature & technology roadmaps that deliver Fords winning enterprise strategy for specific feature domains.

Success in Feature Strategy requires strategic vision and foresight cross-functional influence & collaboration strong analytical and problem-solving skills technical acumen and systems thinking exceptional communication product-mindedness adaptability and a bias for action.

What youll do...

• Partner with Feature Strategy Managers in developing and maintaining the 3-10 year strategic roadmap for specific domains balancing innovative north star concepts with near-term technical constraints
• Partner with Feature Strategy Managers to quantify the value of new features and enhancements utilizing revenue and cost data to build compelling business cases that drive prioritization
• Collaborate with the various vehicle program digital product and technology platform teams to synchronize vehicle-specific customer needs with technology strategies and hardware capabilities to support corporate portfolio prioritization activities
• Conduct competitive benchmarking and market trend analysis to identify high-growth feature opportunities in the connected vehicle space
• Analyze warranty and customer satisfaction (CSAT) drivers ensuring Design-for-Quality is a core component of the feature strategy roadmap
• Support the development of next generation vehicle architectures and full tech stack to enable world class experiences.
• Contribute to team modernization and digital transformation by leveraging tools like Jira and Miro to manage complex workstreams while actively shaping the adoption of next-generation roadmapping and AI-powered tools

Youll have...

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering Computer Science or Business or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 3 years professional experience focused on Product Management Product Strategy or Technical Program Management within tech or automotive sectors
• Demonstrated ability to take large disparate sets of information (technical specs market trends financial data) and distill into clear and concise strategic recommendations
• Proficiency in creating competitive analyses customer journey maps and feature-value matrices with demonstrated experience using JIRA (or similar Agile management tools) to prioritize product backlogs and track project lifecycles
• Strong technical literacy of the full tech stack (mechatronics hardware sensors APIs and embedded software) and how they interact to create seamless customer experiences

Even better you may have...

• An MBA or an advanced degree with a focus on Strategy or Analytics
• Experience taking a digital product or feature from whiteboard concept through to a funded prioritized roadmap
• Experience using AI-assisted tools for data synthesis market research or workflow automation
• Systems engineering knowledge and capability
• Experience with in-vehicle architectures and their roadmaps constraints and complexity
• Strong leadership skills ability to facilitate meetings and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across various organizational levels

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 range of salary grades 7-8 and ranges from $.

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

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