Sr. Director, AI Platform Engineering & Enablement

Overview

At Ford, you’ll work on ideas that matter, alongside passionate people who want to make a global impact. Together, we’re shaping the next era of transportation—grounded in purpose, driven by progress. Make your move.

Job Type

Full time

Work Type

Remote

AI Portfolio Strategy & Platform Assessment

• Maintain a comprehensive, enterprise-wide view of how AI is strategically positioned across every platform EPEO operates
• Evaluate AI capabilities across all major providers and platforms against EPEO’s current operating model
• Define and own the cross-platform AI strategy roadmap
• Identify where AI creates step-change opportunities in platform operations
• Challenge existing platform assumptions

Ai Enablement Across the Platform Organization

• Drive activation and adoption of AI capabilities across all platforms EPEO operates
• Partner with Platform Engineering, Developer Experience, Employee Experience, Foundational Platform, and Digital Core Platforms to move AI capabilities from available to embedded
• Provide a consistent, cross-cutting AI lens that individual platform teams cannot maintain on their own
• Build and govern the AI portfolio framework for EPEO
• Develop internal AI platform fluency

AI Governance, Risk & FinOps

• Establish the governance and financial management layer for AI across the enterprise platform portfolio
• Build and own the AI governance framework spanning all providers
• Own AI FinOps as a strategic discipline
• Ensure AI enablement activities meet enterprise standards for security, compliance, intellectual property protection, and responsible use

Vendor Strategy & Provider Relationships

• Lead EPEO’s strategic AI vendor relationships at the architecture and roadmap level
• Evaluate emerging models, agentic frameworks, and AI infrastructure patterns for enterprise applicability
• Manage the AI provider portfolio as a strategic asset

Cross-Functional Platform Partnership

• Partner closely with platform organizations across EPEO to ensure AI strategy translates into embedded, operating reality

Executive Alignment & Strategic Communication

• Build and maintain executive-level alignment on AI platform strategy and investment
• Translate a fast-moving AI landscape into clear, actionable direction for the platform organization