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We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

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 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.

In this position...

The Enterprise Platform Engineering and Operations (EPEO) Technical Product Integration Management team defines the vision, strategy, and roadmap for connecting complex, disparate systems across the enterprise. The team balances user needs, technical feasibility, and business outcomes to deliver seamless, high-value integrations that enable platform transformation at scale.

The team collaborates closely with business users, EPEO leadership, service teams, vendors, and suppliers worldwide to deliver operational integration and measurable customer value.

EPEO Integration plays a critical role in Platform Transformation, supporting approximately 2,000 team members across platforms including:

• Redhat Open shift virtualization Platform (OSV)
• Containers as a Service (CaaS)
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• High Performance Computing (HPC)
• Networking & Security Platforms
• Developer & Employee Experience
• The team also provides Product Management leadership for key infrastructure initiatives such as:
  • Red Hat OSV Migration
  • Manufacturing CaaS
  • Threat Detection & Response Platform
  • China Data Center Optimization
  • Azure B2C

Based in Dearborn, MI, this is a hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week 

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. 
• 12+ years of progressive experience across multiple disciplines, such as:
  • Release Train Engineer
  • Product Manager
  • Technical Product Manager
• 3+ years of experience managing products or projects
• 3+ years of experience as a Product Manager / Product Owner for large-scale initiatives. Duties may include:
  • Strong Agile delivery experience in a software or platform environment
  • Experience coordinating multiple teams in a complex technology environment Infrastructure product management experience, including:
    • CI/ CD tools such as Chef Automate, Habitat, and Jenkins.
    • Platform Engineering
• 2+ years of hands-on Jira Platform 

Even better, you may have...

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field
• Developer Experience
• Google Cloud Platform
• Monitoring & Observability
• Container as a Service
• Security platforms (SIEM, SOAR, IAM, XDR)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Proven ability to balance multiple concurrent initiatives
• Broad execution management and leadership capabilities

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 childcare 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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $129,600-244,680.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

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What you'll do...

The EPEO Technical Product Integration Management is a senior delivery and product leader responsible for driving EPEO OKRs, owning value streams, and ensuring successful execution of large-scale, cross-functional initiatives. In addition to supervisor responsibilities, this role provides end-to-end accountability across planning, roadmap delivery, PI execution, and value realization.

This role is ideal for a highly driven, proactive leader who thrives in complex environments, removes barriers, has expertise with outcome driven ways of working and consistently delivers results through collaboration, clarity, and execution excellence.

Strategy, OKRs & Delivery Leadership

• Lead delivery of EPEO OKRs aligned to EPEO strategy, including:
  • Product roadmaps
  • OKR scope definition
  • Definition of Done and success metrics
• Own value streams and projects supporting EPEO Portfolio Operations
• Ensure accountability across:
• Customer value roadmaps
• PI Planning
• Demand planning
• Status reporting and execution tracking
• Resolve impediments, manage risk, and assure value delivery in large, cross-functional environments

Product & Platform Execution

• Collaborate with platform teams to prioritize features for upcoming PI Planning cycles
• Own customer value aspects of the roadmap, ensuring alignment with portfolio vision
• Interface with external teams, lead requirements gathering, and partner with technical leads
• Support Service-to-Platform Transformation initiatives, including leadership training and product coaching
• Outcome driven ways of working

Planning, Dependencies & Flow

• Facilitate PI Planning and communicate delivery status
• Understand, visualize, and manage upstream and downstream dependencies using:
• Jira dashboards
• Confluence
• Jira Strategic tools
• Improve team throughput by identifying opportunities for:
• Automation
• Process efficiency
• Flow optimization

Stakeholder Engagement & Continuous Improvement

• Facilitate communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers throughout feature definition and delivery
• Drive mitigation of cross-team dependencies and impediments
• Engage in demand planning and customer research
• Drive continuous improvement using delivery and quality metrics (e.g., delivery rate, quality, predictability)
• Leverage Ford AI tools to enhance delivery and insight generation