Portfolio Technical Program Manager FNV3.x Cabin Climate Control and Heated Seats

Your Vision. Fords Future. Technology Platform Programs (TPP).

Seeking an innovative challenge Fords new Technology Platform Programs (TPP) team is reimagining vehicle electrical architecture and software platforms pivoting to a streamlined scalable platform-first strategy and we need your talent to drive this vision. At TPP youll be instrumental in simplifying software by driving Fords minimum complexity vision boosting quality and speed by enabling faster higher-quality software delivery optimizing programs to make vehicle execution significantly more efficient and scaling solutions by leading cross-functional strategies for broad impact across our vehicle lineup. TPP is where bold ideas transform into real-world breakthroughs that define the future of Ford. Join us and drive innovation!

In this position...
Success in this role requires a TPM who operates with execution discipline technical curiosity and strong cross-functional coordination. You will support feature-level planning and governance connect feature deliverables to vehicle and platform milestones and use data-driven practices to identify risks early track progress and drive accountability. You will communicate technical and program information clearly to help teams make decisions remove blockers and maintain alignment. The ideal candidate has experience supporting product delivery involving hardware embedded software vehicle systems validation and release readiness and is comfortable working across Jira-based execution tracking technical reviews and program milestone discussions

What Youll Do

• Own TPM execution support for Cabin Climate and Heated Seats features within the FNV3.x Platform ensuring delivery plans dependencies risks and milestone readiness are clearly tracked.
• Create and maintain feature-level roadmaps and execution plans that reflect OKRs quality priorities capacity constraints and program timing commitments.
• Proactively identify assess and communicate risks across feature delivery using structured problem-solving data and clear mitigation paths.
• Use Jira and related reporting tools to track work dependencies milestones readiness delivery health and cross-team risks with consistent reporting.
• Support planning cycles that connect feature strategy capacity execution plans milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate governance forums decision cadences escalation paths and change-control practices that support execution clarity and program integrity.
• Escalate execution gaps timing risks dependency concerns and decision needs when outcomes quality or customer commitments are at risk.
• Engage stakeholders proactively and build alignment across engineering product platform release validation safety regulatory and quality functions.
• Communicate technical and program information clearly for engineering and cross-functional audiences to enable timely decision-making.
• Define track and improve feature-level success metrics using insights to support continuous improvement and corrective actions.
• Perform impact assessments and support scope-change management to ensure timing quality and customer implications are understood and communicated.
• Contribute to technical discussions by understanding Cabin Climate and Heated Seats feature behavior system integrations hardware and embedded software dependencies and platform-level delivery implications.
• Support scope-cost-time-quality tradeoff discussions by providing clear data execution status and risk visibility.
• Help create a blame-free operating environment where risks are surfaced early blockers are addressed directly and sustainable solutions are pursued.
• Support teams through platform transitions using Ford Management System principles to reinforce alignment accountability operating cadence and execution discipline.

How Youll Do It

• Lead with feature-level clarity: connect customer intent roadmap dependencies risks and execution into a consistent operating rhythm.
• Use data Jira insights and structured governance to make progress risks and decisions visible.
• Build trust across functions by communicating early clearly and consistently.
• Drive urgency with judgment ensuring teams understand priorities impacts owners and required decisions.

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience in technical program management product delivery systems engineering software development embedded systems vehicle systems or related technical delivery roles.
• Demonstrated experience supporting cross-functional feature delivery with hardware embedded software vehicle systems platform milestones validation release and quality dependencies.
• Proficiency using Jira or equivalent tools to manage work dependencies dashboards readiness tracking reports and execution transparency.
• Experience creating and maintaining feature roadmaps or execution plans aligned to objectives milestones capacity quality priorities and changing business needs.
• Ability to identify risks early communicate them clearly support mitigation plans and escalate when timing quality or delivery outcomes are at stake.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience building alignment and communicating effectively across engineering and cross-functional audiences.
• Experience supporting scope management change control impact assessments and tradeoffs across scope cost time and quality.
• Ability to define measurable success metrics and use data-driven insights to improve execution risk management and feature delivery performance.
• Working knowledge of vehicle systems integration technical interdependencies and hardware/software delivery implications.
• Ability to work through ambiguity prioritize effectively and reinforce accountability operating cadence and customer-focused execution.
• Preferred: direct experience with Cabin Climate Heated Seats HVAC controls thermal comfort features body electronics connected vehicle features vehicle electrical architecture or Ford platform delivery processes.

Even better you may have...

• Has successfully supported feature-level TPM work across vehicle systems or embedded software programs not only single-task project coordination.
• Can translate technical complexity into clear risks decisions tradeoffs and mitigation plans.
• Demonstrates strong Jira discipline including dependency tracking dashboards reporting risk visibility and structured feature reviews.
• Shows good judgment in when to escalate when to align stakeholders and when to inject urgency to protect delivery outcomes.
• Balances customer experience engineering reality program timing and quality priorities without losing clarity on commitments.
• Familiar with Seat Assembly product development and release.
• Able to read electrical schematics perform DT comparison and working knowledge of Electrical Systems Integration.
• Experience with the technical implementation details of Electrical and Software vehicle program GPDS deliverables.
• Has credibility with technical teams and can contribute meaningfully to discussions involving system integration embedded software hardware readiness validation and release dependencies.

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 salary grade 5-8 and ranges from $68300-$192900.

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.
Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.

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

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