Transformation Program Manager Jobs in Irvine, CA

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will play a critical role in advancing Ford's electric vehicle future by connecting strategy to execution. You will lead the delivery of high-impact transformation initiatives across Ford's EV digital ecosystem, driving roadmap development, prioritization, dependency management, and execution discipline.

This role sits at the intersection of innovation, operations, and enterprise-scale delivery. You will help bridge the gap between EVDD innovation and the stability of legacy systems, working across cross-functional teams to build the scalable digital capabilities required for Ford's next generation of mobility

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Proven experience leading digital transformation, business transformation, or enterprise modernization initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience as a Technical Program Manager or in a similar delivery leadership role.
• Strong program management skills, including roadmap planning, dependency management, risk management, and executive-level reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously while maintaining focus on outcomes and execution quality.
• Strong collaboration skills with experience integrating cross-functional teams across business, product, technology, and operations.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and leadership skills.
• Experience using Jira or similar tools for planning, tracking, and team execution.

Even better, you may have....

• Experience supporting automotive, electric vehicle, connected vehicle, or large-scale digital product organizations.
• Experience working across both modern digital platforms and legacy enterprise systems.
• Strong accountability, consistency, and follow-through.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational discipline.
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset with a bias toward simplifying processes and improving team effectiveness.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and bringing structure to complex, fast-moving environments.

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 $109,100-$182,800 

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 available 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.

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...

• Serve as the coordination lead for an assigned workstream portfolio, ensuring alignment across the internal ADVEV Digital Transformation team and with broader organizational dependencies.
• Define and manage quarterly roadmaps, milestones, deliverables, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Establish and run operating cadences that drive accountability, timely decision-making, and clear escalation paths.
• Maintain the workstream risk register and proactively lead mitigation planning.
• Define KPIs and build dashboards to track ADT team delivery, execution health, and business outcomes.
• Configure and maintain project planning tools, ensuring strong data quality, consistency, and reporting discipline across the ADT team.
• Partner with the Business Architect and Organizational Change Management team to align stakeholder expectations, resolve conflicts, and support adoption.
• Define and maintain prioritization frameworks tied to vehicle milestones, business requirements, and transformation goals.
• Use prioritization frameworks to set, communicate, and justify execution priorities across the portfolio.
• Keep the lead TPM informed of portfolio progress, key updates, blockers, decisions, and emerging risks.
• Identify gaps across people, process, tools, and execution; step in where needed or advocate for the right resources to close them.
• Contribute to the broader success of the team by supporting shared goals, improving ways of working, and helping others succeed.