Technical Product Manager

Ford’s Advanced Industrial Technology & Platforms (ATP) team is building scalable software-based vision products and platform capabilities to reimagine manufacturing across Ford. As a Product Manager, you will set product direction and drive delivery for solutions from discovery through pilot and scale—leading through influence across engineering, manufacturing, safety, quality, IT, cybersecurity, and suppliers.

Location: Dearborn Michigan area, 100% on-site

What you will do

• Set the product strategy and multi-release roadmap, balancing immediate operational wins with platform scalability and long-term architecture.
• Lead discovery with plant and operations partners to identify high-value use cases; define personas, workflows, constraints, and measurable outcomes.
• Own the creation and quality of product requirements (PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria), ensuring they span operational requirements, safety, cybersecurity, and systems integration
• Drive cross-functional execution with engineering: prioritize backlogs, define MVP scope, manage tradeoffs, and deliver releases that perform in real industrial environments.
• Define and monitor product KPIs such as uptime/availability, precision / recall performance, deployment lead time, implementation time, value generation, and total cost of ownership.
• Lead pilot-to-scale planning: site selection, rollout playbooks, training, support model, and post-deployment iteration based on telemetry and operator feedback.
• Influence technical and business decisions across stakeholders—aligning on architecture choices, sourcing approaches, and operating model (support, monitoring, maintenance).
• Partner with Purchasing and suppliers to evaluate solutions and shape vendor roadmaps; establish clear performance expectations and accountability mechanisms.
• Create a forward path for platform evolution while ensuring today’s decisions don’t block tomorrow’s capabilities.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in product management and/or technical delivery for complex technical products (hardware/software/system + operational deployment).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and align cross-functional teams at scale, driving decisions and outcomes through influence.
• Strong requirements and execution discipline: ability to translate ambiguous problems into crisp scope, measurable success criteria, and release plans.
• Experience using data and operational feedback to prioritize, iterate, and improve product performance over time.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both executive stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Significant experience leading software development teams using Agile / Scrum methodologies

Even better if you have (desired qualifications)

• Experience delivering vision-based software solutions in real-world deployments
• Experience taking products from discovery to prototype to pilot to scaled rollout across multiple sites, including change management and operational readiness.
• Self-driven individual willing to connect closely with customers and stakeholders
• Vendor/supplier management experience (RFx support, supplier scorecards, roadmap alignment, performance management).
• MBA or Master’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field.

• 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.