Technical Product Manager Specialist

Job ID: 69842
Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Category: Enterprise Technology

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Job Type: Full time
Work Type: Hybrid

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Order Fulfillment Product Group delivers capability from Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP); multiple distribution models across EU, IMG and NA including wholesale and supporting eCommerce; vehicle configuration services; scheduling for all assembly plants; sales reporting; company vehicle management; and Global Trade Services. These capabilities are spread across six product lines and are the heart of all vehicle orders. The global team has a small footprint in the UK with the rest of the team equally split between Chennai and Dearborn. The full Product Group has approx. 500 team members and 100+ applications.

The product group is undergoing significant transformation and modernization. Highlights include

Transforming S&OP process and implementing a platform solution that can be extended to S&OE.
Establishing an Order Fulfillment Platform to shift away from multiple products
Transforming the Dealer experience for order management
Modernizing away from legacy solutions to modern services.
Key enabler for other company initiatives such as Material Management Planning modernization and new vehicle launches.

This role collaborates directly and continuously with all product lines including Product Owners and Software Engineering teams, and also with interfacing groups.

As a Technical Product Manager Specialist, you will be engaging with multiple teams, projects and support the Order Fulfillment strategic roadmap.

Evaluate existing Product Management and Jira practices across product lines and seek improvement/standardization opportunities
Support Product Group-wide PI Planning setup and cadence
Develop PI Planning dashboards for teams to understand capacity as they plan
Enhance existing Product Group Jira Dashboards
Own and manage the Product Group Jira instance (quests and sagas).
Support multi-year project initiatives such as SOS by driving best in class Product Management practices
Lead aggregation and automation of BPR metrics (SDLC, Jira Health, QOS) for the Product Group
Explore automation opportunities in our finance and forecasting processes
Evaluate new Product Management practices and tools for the Product Group
Act as a backup for all Product Group Integration forums: PGIT, OF Sync, PM Community of Practice (CoP)
Advances own progression on the learning path.
Fosters a safe environment for experimentation and continuous learning
Use metrics as a tool to shape and align work, anticipate demand, open conversations, and learn

Must Have

Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
5+ years of product management expertise with a solid foundation in agile software development.
Proven ability to define product vision, strategy, and roadmap, and experience in creating and managing product backlogs.
Expertise in leading cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder expectations.
Ability to manage complex integrations and dependencies across various products, product lines, and product groups.
Experience using AI tools such as CoPilot, OpenCode, or FordLLM
Experience using Jira
Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Good to Have

Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Demonstrated DevSecOps mindset, with full ownership of development, security, and operational support aspects of a product.
Experience in service-oriented architecture and the development of APIs/Microservices.
Familiarity with serverless computing and event-driven architecture.
Experience in the automotive industry or related technology fields.

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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

This position ranges from salary grade 6-8 and ranges from $85,400-$192,900.

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.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Relocation assistance not provided 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.

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Family Growth and Support

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