Technical Program Manager Jobs in Southfield, MI

Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You'll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position... 
Success as a Technical Program Manager in our Connected Vehicle Software division requires a professional who is centered around product and engineering excellence with a strong bias for action. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring our software delivery is seamless, scalable, and high-quality.

You'll have...

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5-7 years of total working experience in program management, product or feature development involving hardware, software, or services.
• 3+ years of experience working in a technical capacity (e.g., as an engineer, developer, or systems analyst) or working very closely with an engineering team on complex software builds.
• 3+ years Familiarity with modern software tracking tools (ie: JIRA, etc.).
• 3+ years Familiarity with modern software development practices & tools (continuous integration / continuous deployment).
• 3+ years Demonstrated success leading complex, large-scale, cross-functional software programs.
• 3+ years Experience influencing and driving alignment across engineering, product, and business. stakeholders from concept through launch and post launch iteration.
• 3+ years Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Even better, you may have...

• Experience influencing and driving alignment across engineering, product, and business. stakeholders from concept through launch and post launch iteration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

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 $115,000-$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.
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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What you'll do...

• Partner with stakeholders to define, scope, and deliver technical initiatives that span multiple teams and multiple organizations across Ford.
• Actively engage with stakeholders to understand requirements and help achieve alignment on prioritized initiatives.

• Assist in defining and tracking success criteria and performance metrics, including Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), to ensure program health.

• Implement and execute roadmaps, schedules, project plans to enable Ford to meet customer commitments across all customer constituencies.

• Support and drive modern software development practices, including scrums, backlog grooming, and dependency tracking using tools like Jira.

• Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate risks across multiple engineering teams.

• Coordinate with other divisions at Ford to ensure technical dependencies are identified early and quality standards are maintained.

• Act as a voice for the customer within the engineering team, using data to help guide decision-making and prioritization.