Technical Program Manager

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.

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.

The Ford Motor Credit Company team helps put people behind the wheels of great Ford and Lincoln vehicles. By partnering with dealerships, we provide financing, personalized service and professional expertise to thousands of dealers and millions of customers in over one hundred countries around the world.

In this position...

• We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join Ford Credit Data Engineering team. In this pivotal role, you will be the primary orchestrator of technical delivery for our global data modernization strategy.
• You will drive the execution of complex, cross-functional programs that transition our foundational data assets from legacy environments into a modern, scalable Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ecosystem.
• As a TPM, you will sit at the intersection of Product and Engineering, ensuring that our data infrastructure powers critical business outcomes such as credit decisioning, risk modeling, and digital financing products. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess deep technical curiosity, and have a proven track record of managing large-scale data migrations, we encourage you to apply.

What you'll do...

• Lead Cross-Functional Execution: Drive complex technical initiatives across multiple product teams, ensuring coordinated delivery of the Data Modernization from On-Prem to GCP.
• Strategic Partnership: Partner closely with Data Product Managers to translate high-level strategy into detailed technical requirements. Collaborate with Engineering Managers to define delivery components, develop effort estimates, and create actionable plans.
• Agile & PI Planning: Lead the Program Increment (PI) Planning process and facilitate Agile/SAFe ceremonies. Ensure engineering squads are aligned on priorities, dependencies, and committed objectives.
• Capacity & Scope Management: Manage organizational capacity planning and resource allocation. Balance the demand for new GCP-native features against the decommissioning of legacy systems to ensure optimal throughput.
• Jira & Portfolio Governance: Serve as the Jira Administrator for the portfolio. Maintain data integrity, design advanced roadmaps, and build executive-level dashboards in Jira and Confluence to provide real-time visibility into project health.
• Technical Deep-Dive & Impact Analysis: Conduct thorough analyses of project plans to identify technical dependencies or solution misalignments. Deep-dive into complex issues to understand root causes, evaluate trade-offs, and propose strategic adjustments.
• Risk Mitigation & Issue Resolution: Implement robust tracking mechanisms to proactively identify and mitigate risks. Act as a central point for issue resolution and remove impediments to keep teams focused and on track.
• Executive Communication & Reporting: Serve as the primary liaison for project communications. Prepare and deliver concise, insightful status reports and presentations to senior leadership, highlighting progress, critical risks, and key decisions.
• Change Management: Own and manage the change control process for individual projects, collaborating with program and product line managers to define, estimate, and prioritize proposed changes.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, fostering effective collaboration and knowledge sharing across diverse global teams.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Experience: 7+ years of project/program management experience, with at least 5 years specifically managing complex software development or data engineering projects.
• Data Domain Expertise: 3+ years of experience managing Data projects, with a functional understanding of extracting data from legacy systems and optimizing it for Cloud environments.
• Cloud Literacy: Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies (e.g., BigQuery, Dataflow).
• Tooling: 2+ years of experience in Jira, including administration, JQL, and dashboard creation.
• Methodology: Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies (Agile, Scrum, SAFe).

Even better, you may have...

• Technical Depth: Proven ability to deep-dive into complex, ambiguous technical problems with architects and engineers; capable of evaluating trade-offs and proposing strategic solutions.
• Leadership & Influence: Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Communication: Excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strategic Analysis: Experience identifying technical dependencies or solution misalignments across multiple products and business outcomes.
• Certifications: PMP, CSM (Certified Scrum Master), SAFe Agilist, or Google Cloud Digital Leader certification.
• Industry Knowledge: Experience in Financial Services or Automotive Lending, with an understanding of regulatory and compliance reporting (e.g., FCRA, GDPR).

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 8 and ranges from $113,580-190,500.

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.

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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

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