Product Line Program Manager

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

Do you believe data tells the real story? We do! Redefining mobility requires quality data, metrics, and analytics, as well as insightful interpreters and analysts. That's where Global Data Insight & Analytics makes an impact. We advise leadership on business conditions, customer needs and the competitive landscape. With our support, key decision makers can act in meaningful, positive ways. Join us and use your data expertise and analytical skills to drive evidence-based, timely decision making.

What you'll be able to do:

Product Line Program Manager - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the anticipated worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the anticipated worksite.  Responsible for guiding the strategy, development, implementation, and optimization of data-centric products – both data products and software products (Platform Capabilities) – within the Data Product Engineering (DPE) organization. Responsible for adoption of enterprise-level data products and analytic data platforms and capabilities that empower data-driven decision making across the company. Collaborate with data scientists, portfolio and central data engineers, source data owners and other stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize features, and ensure that the central data product and Data Platform capabilities meet both user needs and business objectives. 

You'll have...

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Data Science, or Data Analytics or related field and 4 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.   3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:  1. Transforming raw data into actionable insights by performing basic data analysis, querying data with SQL, and building clear data visualizations. 2. Utilizing data-related technologies and tools including GCP Big Query, GitHub, or Google Cloud Console to build and maintain products and databases.  3. Utilizing project management tools (Jira, Rally, Excel, SharePoint, and Looker dashboards) and methodologies (Agile and Scrum) for applying project organization and task management, timelines, and resources. 4. Facilitating the product lifecycle, defining product requirements, by leveraging knowledge in product development processes including Requirement Gathering, Design creation, Development, Quality Testing, Deployment activities, and Monitoring. 5. Articulating complex information and insights across product teams, senior leadership, and diverse stakeholders to ensure alignment, manage expectations, and drive informed decision-making through proactive and tailored update using Jira and Looker dashboards. 6. Analyzing data by utilizing project management tools including Jira, Rally, SharePoint, Google Cloud Console and Looker dashboards.  1 year of experience with each of the following skills is required:  1. Leveraging Jira for end-to-end project lifecycle management to monitor, adjust project timelines and roadmaps, and sprint boards to ensure on-time delivery.

We are offering a salary of $166,213.00 - $178,098.96/yr. 

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD

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.

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