Manager, HR Business Partner

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll 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.

As part of our Human Resources team, you’ll help us attract, hire and retain the top talent we need to achieve our bold vision. You’ll play a vital role in defining, developing and maintaining the winning culture that empowers diverse individuals to work together and create the impossible. We’re seeking change leaders, talent strategists, employee advocates and culture architects to enable our teams, partners, and businesses to do and be their best.

In this position... 

The Manager, HR Business Partner – Manufacturing HR Strategy, plays a pivotal role in creating and executing strategies that shape the Manufacturing employee experience. Collaborating closely with the Labor Strategy team and HRBO Business Ops/Project Manager, this role designs and develops initiatives that influence the hourly and salaried employee life cycles across the Manufacturing organization, including Mfg. Plants, Mfg. Engineering, Mfg. Staffs, and Greenfield sites. The HRBO Manufacturing HR Strategy Manager provides strategic guidance to address plant-specific challenges while maintaining a global outlook and approaching issues holistically.

What you'll do...

Global Perspective and Key Stakeholder Collaboration

• Global Alignment: Shape the future of Manufacturing by designing enterprise-wide people strategies for both hourly and salaried employees—leveraging best practices from regions including Mexico, Canada, South America, and Europe.
• Hourly Employee Experience: Partner with Labor Strategy and senior leaders to create innovative programs that elevate and transform the hourly employee experience across our manufacturing network.
• Salaried Employee Experience: Collaborate with cross-functional HRBO leaders to deliver impactful, forward-thinking initiatives that enhance the salaried employee journey end-to-end.

Manufacturing Strategy Lead

• Hourly and Salaried Employee Initiatives: Drive high-impact people strategies that align with business goals, fuel continuous improvement, and shape exceptional employee life cycles across Manufacturing.
• Strategic Plant/Site Support: Act as a trusted advisor to plants—diagnosing challenges, unlocking opportunities, and deploying expert HR resources to boost performance and efficiency.
• Greenfield Employee Relations Strategy: Co-create and execute a best-in-class employee relations strategy for Greenfield sites, ensuring compliance while building a strong, positive workplace culture from the ground up.
• Employee Engagement and Workplace Culture
• Data Insights and Storytelling: Turn data into action. Leverage insights from tools like the Voice Survey to tell compelling stories, influence decisions, and drive measurable improvements in engagement.
• PKC Responsibilities: Champion positive employee relations by proactively addressing concerns and building trust across the organization.

Manufacturing HR Support 

• Elevate Employee Experience: Lead high-energy forums and cross-plant collaborations that spark innovation, share best practices, and strengthen engagement.
• Drive Internal Communication Strategy: Design and deliver powerful communication experiences—from Town Halls to interactive leadership sessions—that build transparency, connection, and trust.
• Manage People Cycle Communications: Bring the talent cycle to life through strategic campaigns that boost participation in goal setting, performance reviews, and engagement surveys.
• Talent Development: Build organizational capability through cutting-edge development programs, competency frameworks, targeted HR training, and smarter hiring strategies that attract top talent.
• Onboarding: Create exceptional onboarding experiences for corporate and senior HR hires, setting leaders up for success from day one.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, organizational development, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience required.
• 8 years of progressive or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with cross-functional business leaders and HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) to execute and scale HR programs.
• Strong foundational knowledge across core HR disciplines, including employee relations, performance management, talent development, and compliance.

Even better, you may have...

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.
• SPHR or SHRM-SCP certification 
• Experience working in a dual capacity, having navigated both corporate HR environments and directly supported manufacturing facilities, engineering teams, or plant operations.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies (such as Kaizen or Lean) and experience developing and tracking HR or operational key performance indicators (KPIs) in a plant setting.
• Proven track record of influencing senior leadership, with strong capabilities in executive-level storytelling, data presentation, and managing complex change management communications.

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 builder…or 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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's 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: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

Visa sponsorship is not 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. #LI-Hybrid