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Director, Data Engineering and Architecture

Ford Motor Company · Dearborn, MI · 6 days ago
On-siteEngineering$142k–$268k/yrFull-time

Job Summary

At Ford, we are transforming our data into an active, self-optimizing engine. The Director of Data Engineering and Architecture role will drive AI readiness across the EDP by establishing engineering excellence, architectural standards, runbooks, and skills that all teams can leverage. This role requires a leader who can navigate the complexities of our enterprise-scale data.

Responsibilities

  • Define the Vision for AI Readiness: Establish and document the enterprise standards for AI-Ready data, including semantic integrity, automated metadata tagging, high-fidelity pipelines, etc.

  • Drive Platform Evolution & Modernization: Proactively identify and champion the adoption of next-generation technologies and cloud-native patterns. Act as a strategic catalyst for transitioning the EDP toward higher-maturity operating models, ensuring Ford remains at the cutting edge of data and AI innovation.

  • Design and Build for Agentic Intelligence: Work cross-functionally within EDP to design and build data for AI agents to interpret without human intervention while ensuring consistency and context across the enterprise.

  • Collaboration & Leadership: Lead and mentor an organization of Data Architects and Engineers. Working within the Data Platform and Engineering team to ensure solutions are scalable and executable.

  • Privacy & Compliance by Design: Ensure development patterns enable Ford’s rigorous commitment to data security and global privacy regulations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Data Engineering, or a related field.

  • 12+ years of experience in Cloud-Based Data Architecture, Engineering or a related field, with experience in a leadership role.

  • 3+ years of experience leading technology teams.

  • Deep technical proficiency in the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem, specifically BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage.

  • Understanding of CI/CD, and site-reliability engineering principles as they apply to massive data platforms.

  • Strong understanding of modern AI requirements, including experience with Vector databases, LLM orchestration frameworks, and building data foundations for RAG-based applications.

  • Expert-level knowledge of data modeling (Relational, Dimensional, Graph) and the ability to define complex semantic ontologies for large-scale enterprises.

  • Ability to translate complex architectural concepts into strategic business value for executive leadership.

Qualifications

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!

Benefits

  • 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.

Pay and Schedule

This position is leadership level 5 and ranges from $141,700-$268,300. 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.

Additional Information

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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