Technical Product Manager

Fords Advanced Industrial Technology & Platforms (ATP) team is building scalable software-based vision products and platform capabilities to reimagine manufacturing across Ford. As a Product Manager you will set product direction and drive delivery for solutions from discovery through pilot and scaleleading through influence across engineering manufacturing safety quality IT cybersecurity and suppliers.

Location: Dearborn Michigan area 100% on-site

What you will do

• Set the product strategy and multi-release roadmap balancing immediate operational wins with platform scalability and long-term architecture.
• Lead discovery with plant and operations partners to identify high-value use cases; define personas workflows constraints and measurable outcomes.
• Own the creation and quality of product requirements (PRDs user stories acceptance criteria) ensuring they span operational requirements safety cybersecurity and systems integration
• Drive cross-functional execution with engineering: prioritize backlogs define MVP scope manage tradeoffs and deliver releases that perform in real industrial environments.
• Define and monitor product KPIs such as uptime/availability precision / recall performance deployment lead time implementation time value generation and total cost of ownership.
• Lead pilot-to-scale planning: site selection rollout playbooks training support model and post-deployment iteration based on telemetry and operator feedback.
• Influence technical and business decisions across stakeholdersaligning on architecture choices sourcing approaches and operating model (support monitoring maintenance).
• Partner with Purchasing and suppliers to evaluate solutions and shape vendor roadmaps; establish clear performance expectations and accountability mechanisms.
• Create a forward path for platform evolution while ensuring todays decisions dont block tomorrows capabilities.

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
• 8 years of experience in product management and/or technical delivery for complex technical products (hardware/software/system operational deployment).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and align cross-functional teams at scale driving decisions and outcomes through influence.
• Strong requirements and execution discipline: ability to translate ambiguous problems into crisp scope measurable success criteria and release plans.
• Experience using data and operational feedback to prioritize iterate and improve product performance over time.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both executive stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Significant experience leading software development teams using Agile / Scrum methodologies

Even better if you have (desired qualifications)

• Experience delivering vision-based software solutions in real-world deployments
• Experience taking products from discovery to prototype to pilot to scaled rollout across multiple sites including change management and operational readiness.
• Self-driven individual willing to connect closely with customers and stakeholders
• Vendor/supplier management experience (RFx support supplier scorecards roadmap alignment performance management).
• MBA or Masters degree in engineering computer science or a related field.

• 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.