Corporate Systems Project Manager, Ford Energy

Job ID: 71853
Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Category: Enterprise Technology

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At Ford, you’ll work on ideas that matter, alongside passionate people who want to make a global impact. Together, we’re shaping the next era of transportation—grounded in purpose, driven by progress. Make your move.

Job Type: Full time
Work Type: Hybrid

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The Opportunity

As the Project Manager, Corporate Systems & Business Platforms, you will serve as an individual-contributor partner to the Head of Corporate Systems & Business Platforms, helping coordinate and drive the systems, processes, and initiatives that fall outside the core SAP and Salesforce delivery teams. It is a hands-on coordination and execution role for someone who thrives on influence without authority and getting things done across a fast-scaling, matrixed organization.

You will be the connective tissue of the organization: turning ambiguity into scoped plans, driving cross-functional issues to closure, and ensuring decisions and commitments made by leadership are never dropped.

Key Responsibilities

1. Emerging Projects & Governance

Own the intake and stand-up of new, undefined initiatives before they have an owner, a plan, or a process — including new reporting requirements, governance processes that don’t yet exist, architecture gaps identified by the Enterprise Architecture team, data ownership questions, and operational readiness initiatives.

Define scope: Frame problem statements, objectives, and boundaries for newly identified needs.

Identify stakeholders: Determine who needs to be at the table and bring them in.

Create plans: Build lightweight project plans, timelines, and success criteria.

Drive meetings: Run working sessions and keep initiatives moving between check-ins.

Escalate issues: Surface blockers and risks to leadership before they become fire drills.

2. Executive Follow-Through

Act as the safety net for commitments made in leadership forums — including action items from leadership discussions, decisions from workshops, cross-functional risks, and dependency management.

Make sure things don’t get dropped: Track open items to closure, chase owners, and report status back to leadership.

3. PMO / Reporting

Maintain the operating rhythm and visibility tools that keep the organization’s leader and stakeholders informed — including the RAID log, status updates, steering committee materials, and portfolio visibility.

Position Qualifications and Key Capabilities

Required

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience: 6+ years in program/project coordination, software engineer, or a similar cross-functional individual-contributor role within a complex, matrixed organization (commensurate with GSR 7–8 level).

Enterprise Systems Fluency: Working knowledge of ERP (SAP preferred) and CRM (Salesforce preferred) environments, including how master data, integrations, and governance decisions affect the business.

Organizational Agility: Demonstrated ability to stand up structure — scope, plans, stakeholders, and cadence — for ambiguous, undefined initiatives.

Influence & Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to drive alignment across teams and represent the leader’s priorities without direct authority.

Execution Discipline: Proven track record of tracking issues, decisions, and action items to closure in a fast-paced environment.

PMO Toolset: Hands-on experience maintaining RAID logs, steering committee materials, and portfolio reporting.

Preferred

Governance Background: Experience designing or standing up governance processes (data ownership, master data governance, architecture review) from scratch.

Startup Mindset: Comfort building process and structure from scratch within a larger corporate parent.

Manufacturing/Energy Exposure: Familiarity with manufacturing, energy, or other complex operational environments.

Key Attributes

A trusted individual contributor who can act as an extension of leadership — detail-oriented, highly organized, and comfortable holding others accountable on the leader’s behalf without having direct authority or people-management responsibility.

Location & Travel

U.S. with domestic travel

Company

As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

Why Ford Energy?

At Ford Energy, you have the backing of an industrial manufacturing powerhouse with the agility of a dedicated energy startup offering industry leading technology. We offer a competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses, Ford vehicle discounts, and the opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the world's most iconic brands.

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 a salary grade 7-8 and ranges from $86,600-$166,200.

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/GSR

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 with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

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From day one, Ford invests in you with medical benefits built to help you plan for what’s next. You’ll also get support for you and your family that meets you at every step, so you can move forward with confidence.

Health and Wellness

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, mental health, and unique wellness perks keep you and your family supported every step of the way.
Financial and Retirement Programs

Build a strong financial future with robust retirement contributions, savings programs, and free personalized financial planning tools.
Flexible Vacation and Holidays

Enjoy your time away from work with generous vacation, holidays, and flexible family leave designed to help you balance life and work with ease.
Vehicle Discount Program

The best thing about building great products is driving them! The second-best thing: sharing your discount with family and friends so they can drive them, too.
Family Growth and Support

Grow your family confidently with fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance, paid parental leave, and a supportive new-parent ramp-up program.
Additional Programs

Enjoy unexpected extras like pet insurance, legal services, identity protection, and access to convenient health and wellness services.

Ford gives me the space to innovate, to lead, and to serve — all while staying true to who I am as an engineer, educator, and parent. It’s not just a career; it’s a community that drives change.

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