Manager, Yield Management GTM AA Data Scientist

We made history and now we work to transform the future for our customers our communities and our families. Youll see your work on the road every day helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

In this position...
Reporting to the Senior Manager AI/ML Solutions you will lead a high-performing team of data scientists and AI/ML engineers to design build and deploy production-grade AI/ML this hands-on leadership role you will bridge the gap between technical execution and strategic goals driving the development of advanced algorithms for predictive demand forecasting dynamic segmentation and yield optimization. You will ensure technical excellence robust MLOps practices and the timely delivery of scalable AI solutions.

What youll do...

Technical Execution & Team Leadership

Hands-on Team Leadership: Guide mentor and support a team of 46 AI/ML engineers and data scientists overseeing daily standups sprint planning and code reviews.

Model Development & Deployment: Lead the hands-on development testing and deployment of predictive models time-series forecasting and optimization algorithms.

Demand Sensing & S&OP: Directly oversee the development maintenance and refinement of demand sensing algorithms to support sales and operations planning (S&OP) and optimize yield.

Agentic AI Implementation: Drive the practical integration and deployment of Agentic AI solutions to automate complex workflows and operational processes.

MLOps Quality & Governance

MLOps & Pipelines: Ensure the team builds robust automated pipelines for data ingestion model training deployment monitoring and retraining in production environments.

Code & Architecture Standards: Establish and enforce best practices for clean code model versioning comprehensive documentation and system scalability.

Responsible AI & Data Quality: Maintain rigorous standards for data integrity and model validation ensuring all solutions adhere to ethical and responsible AI guidelines.

Collaboration & Project Management

Cross-Functional Delivery: Partner with product managers software engineers and business analysts to translate functional requirements into technical specifications.

Progress Tracking: Manage project timelines unblock technical hurdles and regularly communicate project status and technical milestones to the Senior Manager.

Youll have...

Masters degree in Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Data Science Statistics or a related quantitative field.

68 years of progressive experience in AI/ML engineering or data science with at least 13 years of experience formally leading or managing technical team members.

Exceptional proficiency in Python and deep familiarity with ML/DL libraries (e.g. PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn) and SQL.

Proven experience deploying and maintaining ML models in production cloud environments (AWS Azure or GCP).

Strong command of MLOps tools version control (Git) and containerization technologies (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).

Hands-on experience or strong conceptual understanding of Agentic AI frameworks and Large Language Model (LLM) orchestration.

Even better you may have...
Prior management consulting experience and/or extensive experience collaborating with third-party consulting teams to deliver strategic projects.

Direct experience in Yield Management Revenue Management Supply Chain or S&OP within the automotive manufacturing or related industries.

Experience with distributed computing frameworks (e.g. Spark) for large-scale data processing.

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 6 and ranges from $132800-$250800.
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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