IT Product Manager Specialist

Ford Motor Company

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you're looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people's lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

In this position...

Are you a seasoned Product Manager with a passion for agile methodologies and customer-centric innovation? The GDI&A Customer 360 (C360) Portfolio is seeking an IT Product Manager Specialist to oversee the strategic planning, integration, discovery, and governance of a vast ecosystem. This portfolio comprises more than 100 Ford products dedicated to seamlessly capturing, storing, and retrieving customer information across diverse Ford experiences. In this highly collaborative role, you will work hand-in-hand with Product Owners, Software Engineers, Designers, and Subject-Matter Experts to deliver impactful solutions.

What you'll do...

• Work with Product teams to set strategy, define the product roadmap, and convey that to development team while adhering to agile software principles, culture, best practices and techniques.
• Partners with Portfolio Owner/Product Line Owners to develop SSDA/Customer Analytics plans for future Development and process
• Support with documentation/process support to run demand management process
• Ensure OKRs are translated into Epics/Sub Epics/Features across multiple teams, dependencies mapped out, and release plans coordinated.
• Facilitate Iteration/Scrum planning across the portfolio, driving the right priorities across the various Product groups/teams
• Measure each Product line/Product success in their transformation journey and suggest new improvements in the process
• Facilitate Product Demos for the Product lines and products
• Responsible for coordinating the team activities from a day-to-day assignment and delivery perspective to deliver effectively and drive for continuous improvement.
• Be responsible for outcomes by setting clear goals and measuring key results.
• Handle and Communicate dependencies across products and product lines.
• Responsible for supervising core delivery metrics (SDPI) and operational metrics
• Promote the Agile principles and Facilitates Team's ceremonies Including Iteration planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and daily standups.
• Fosters open and frequent communication and collaboration with the Product Teams
• Help partners understand our iterative development approach.
• Innovate and iterate on Agile PM processes and share our findings.
• Promotes best practice sharing and process consistency within the product portfolio and other GDIA products

You'll have...

• 5+ years of Product Manager experience.
• Bachelor of Science degree or diploma in Computer Science related field
• Skilled at defining and prioritizing backlog work items.
• Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others and navigate sophisticated decision making.
• Ability to collaborate well with engineers, designers, and Business Partners.
• Experience with JIRA or similar Agile Tools.

Even better, you may have...

• Master's Degree preferred
• JIRA queries and reporting experience
• RDBMS experience writing basic queries.
• Familiarity with Hopscotch/Postman and/or SOAPUI, API
• Familiarity with HTML development
• Previous success working with an agile development team.
• Background in design or software development.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development, Paired Programming.
• Experience describing new functionality by writing clear, concise stories from the user perspective

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've 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 Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a range of salary grades SG5 - SG8

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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.