Interior Systems Management Group Lead

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In this position...
The Interior System Management Lead is a senior leadership role responsible for the operational excellence process integrity and resource optimization of the Interior System Management team. This role oversees a team of System Managers who are embedded in specific vehicle programs. The System Management Leads primary mission is to standardize how the team works ensure that System Managers are executing their RASIC responsibilities with high discipline and strategically balance the engineering workload across the portfolio of current and future vehicle programs.

What youll do...

1. Team Leadership & People Management:

Directly manage mentor and develop a team of System Managers.
Conduct performance evaluations and provide technical coaching to ensure System Managers effectively lead their respective vehicle lines (Seats Restraints Cockpit and Trim).

Foster a culture of accountability regarding system-level metrics (cost weight and timing).

2. Process Governance & Discipline:

Methodology Oversight: Ensure all System Managers maintain strict discipline to Fords internal processes including the Product Development Process (PDP) Tooling Kick-Off (TKO) glidepaths and Business Performance Reviews (BPR).

Standardization: Audit the subsystem-level views provided by System Managers to ensure consistency in how data is rolled up and reported to the SET Leaders.

Quality Assurance: Ensure that APQP and PPAP statuses are being tracked accurately across all programs to prevent late-stage launch risks.

3. Strategic Workload Balancing:

Resource Allocation: Analyze the complexity and timing of upcoming vehicle programs to assign System Managers effectively.

Portfolio Management: Balance the teams bandwidth between Current programs (maintenance and launch) and New programs (early-stage architecture and FEDE setup).

Surge Management: Identify potential bottlenecks in the vehicle cycle plan and redistribute resources or adjust priorities to ensure no single program falls behind.

4. Best Practices & Continuous Improvement:

Knowledge Sharing: Establish a forum for System Managers to share lessons learned across vehicle lines (e.g. a successful part-count reduction strategy on one program should be standardized across others).

Tooling & Systems: Lead the adoption of new engineering tools and digital environments (e.g. enhancements to FEDE or DPA processes) to improve the efficiency of the interior integration team.

Process Evolution: Continuously refine the ISE RASIC and operating model to adapt to changing vehicle architectures (e.g. EV-specific interior requirements).

Youll have...
Bachelors degree in Engineering.
10 years of experience in Automotive Interior Systems (Seats Trim Cockpit or Restraints).

Even better you may have...
Masters degree in Engineering.
Proven track record of managing professional engineers and driving cross-functional alignment in a matrixed environment.
Deep mastery of Fords global product development systems sourcing processes and manufacturing requirements.
Ability to look beyond a single vehicle program to see patterns risks and opportunities across the entire Interior Systems portfolio.
Exceptional ability to translate complex engineering data into executive-level summaries for the Interior Integration Director and other senior stakeholders.

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 leadership level 5 and ranges from $141700-$268300.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

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

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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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