Senior Staff Business Architect

The Senior Staff Business Architect will lead enterprise-wide transformation strategies that establish critical business capabilities in support of Fords electrification objectives. This role owns a portfolio of complex cross-functional transformation programs and develops grows and leads a team of business architects responsible for translating strategy into measurable business outcomes.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy and broad organizational influence this leader will define future-state operating models establish transformation roadmaps guide execution and ensure sustainable adoption. The role will partner across Engineering Manufacturing Information Technology Supply Chain Logistics and external partner organizations to align priorities resolve enterprise-level trade-offs and deliver lasting improvements across people processes data and technology.

What youll do...

Define and lead enterprise transformation strategies aligned with Fords electrification priorities and broader business objectives.
Own a portfolio of large cross-functional programs from strategic discovery and business-case development through implementation adoption and sustainment.
Establish a clear transformation vision measurable success criteria and multi-phase roadmaps spanning people processes data and technology.
Design current- and future-state operating models business capabilities processes governance structures and organizational interfaces.
Translate complex systems thinking and enterprise dependencies into practical executable transformation plans.
Build develop and lead a high-performing team of business architects including defining standards methodologies and expectations for the discipline.
Influence executive stakeholders align competing priorities facilitate enterprise decisions and resolve high-impact risks conflicts and trade-offs.
Establish portfolio governance including scope and roadmap control dependency management risk mitigation benefits realization and executive reporting.
Set organizational change management strategies encompassing communications stakeholder engagement training readiness adoption and reinforcement.
Partner with business and IT leaders to define process and data requirements shape enterprise tool-integration strategies and oversee testing and validation at scale.
Quantify transformation opportunities and develop executive-ready business cases recommendations and decision materials.
Establish reusable standards playbooks governance cadences and continuous-improvement mechanisms that strengthen transformation capability across the enterprise.
Monitor business outcomes and ensure programs deliver measurable improvements in areas such as cycle time cost quality delivery and compliance.

Youll have...

Bachelors degree in Engineering Business or a related technical field or equivalent professional experience.
14 or more years of relevant experience including at least seven years leading transformation business architecture enterprise strategy or management consulting initiatives in complex product-development or manufacturing environments.
Demonstrated success owning and delivering a portfolio of large cross-functional programsfrom strategic discovery through implementation and sustainmentwith accountability for enterprise-level outcomes.
Advanced expertise in operating-model and process design including current-state assessment future-state definition capability design and implementation planning.
Proven ability to define a strategic vision measurable outcomes and multi-phase roadmaps spanning processes data technology organizational structures and workforce capabilities.
Strong executive stakeholder-management skills including the ability to influence without direct authority align cross-functional priorities and resolve high-stakes conflicts and trade-offs.
Extensive experience in organizational change management including communication training stakeholder-readiness adoption and reinforcement strategies at enterprise scale.
Strong program and portfolio governance capabilities including scope and plan management cross-program dependency management risk mitigation and benefits realization.
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with experience quantifying opportunities developing business cases and delivering decision-ready recommendations.
Fluency in business and IT enablement including process and data mapping enterprise systems integration requirements definition and large-scale testing and validation.
Excellent executive communication facilitation and presentation skills with the ability to translate complex topics into clear concise narratives and decisions.

Even better you may have...

Advanced degree in Engineering Business Strategy or a related field.
Automotive industry experience or experience developing and manufacturing complex hardware products.
Familiarity with Engineering Manufacturing Supply Chain and IT operating environments.
Experience with enterprise product-development toolchains including Product Lifecycle Management systems and related data and process standards.
Formal organizational change management training certification or leadership experience.
Demonstrated record of delivering measurable improvements in cycle time cost quality delivery compliance or other enterprise performance indicators.
Experience establishing and scaling reusable transformation standards playbooks governance models and continuous-improvement practices.

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 a leadership level 5 and ranges from $167200-$316600.
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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