Senior Manager, AI Workflow Redesign

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Fords Central AI Team is the enterprise hub responsible for scaling AI and agentic solutions across the company from the businesses that design and build vehicles to the teams that sell and service them. Central to this effort is making sure AI changes how work gets done by fundamentally redesigning workflows and how jobs get done.

In this position...

Ford is building a new capability at the center of our enterprise AI strategy. Reporting into the Central AI Teams Director of AI Strategy Enablement & Workflow the Senior Manager AI Workflow Redesign is responsible for defining how AI and agentic solutions change the mechanics of work at Ford who does what in what sequence with what handoffs across Enterprise Bets and the functions that run them. This role sits between the technical build of an AI capability and the operational reality of a teams day-to-day work translating what an agent or model can do into an improved workflow.

The ideal candidate has done this before: taken a new capability sat with the team that use it found where the friction is and redesigned the process around it. This is not a role focused on building the AI itself its focused on making sure AI-enabled work sticks at scale across a matrixed organization. Where skill teams or business units already have dedicated workflow redesign talent this roles job is to make them better through standards tools and coaching.

Based in Dearborn MI this is a hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week.Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

What youll do...

• Partner with teams across Fords businesses to define the workflow and role-redesign playbook for AI and agentic solutions translating new capability into practical changes in how work gets done day to day
• Lead workflow redesign efforts ensuring AI-enabled operating models improve outcomes across the enterprise
• Baseline current-state workflows before redesigning. Map how work happens today including time handoffs and volume and identify friction points blocking AI adoption or scale
• Build reusable redesign playbooks and templates that can be applied across AI opportunities providing standards tools and hands-on coaching to skill teams and business units that already run their own workflow redesign work
• Own workflow adoption metrics feeding into the Central AI scorecard
• Manage workflow redesign agency and third-party resources supporting the portfolio setting scope pace and quality bar for their output

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience

• 5 years of experience redesigning workflows processes or operating models at team or enterprise scale

• 3 years of experience baselining or process-mapping current-state work as a foundation for redesign

• 2 years of experience building playbooks or standards

• 2 years of experience managing external agency consulting or vendor resources against scope timeline and quality deliverables.

• 1 years of experience leading the operationalization and adoption of digital automation or AI/ML solutions into day-to-day business workflows acting as the bridge between delivery teams and operational end-users.

Even better you may have...

• Masters degree

• Strong communication and coaching skills

• Experience in automotive manufacturing or other large-scale enterprise organizations with complex matrixed operating structures

• Background in process design organizational design or change management

• Experience partnering with HR or L&D on role redesign and training rollout tied to new technology

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 encourae 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 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.

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