Staff Vehicle Planning & Strategy Program Manager

About the role

The Staff Vehicle Planning & Strategy Program Manager will be responsible for integrating cross functional teams to develop the next generation of EV vehicles. You will lead and manage team setup, program assumptions, change control, communication, issues management, financial estimates, and industrialization plans. You will plan the business case of the vehicle with finance, manufacturing, marketing, etc. You will create and effectively deploy a more efficient product development process.

Responsibilities

• Use your customer, engineering and business skills to integrate cross functional teams to deliver compelling, feasible and viable products.
• Lead and manage team setup, program assumptions, change control, communication, issues management, financial estimates, and industrialization plans.
• Lead teams to deliver on time and with quality, setting up schedule with cadence of key decisions, checkpoints, deliverables, etc.
• Create and effectively deploy a more efficient product development process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or business or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 7+ years of experience working on production vehicle development, from concept to launch.
• 5+ years of experience in Program, Project or Product Management & Strategy, or as Design Engineer.
• Customer Focused Vehicle Planning Program Management.
• Strong collaboration skills to integrate vehicle cross-functional teams.
• Strong program management and planning skills.

Qualifications

• Results Driven in White Space and Fast Paced Environment.
• Strong desire to deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability and willingness to navigate in a “process-less” space and still achieve aspirational results.
• Customer-focused with an open mind to work differently from standard process and outside boundaries.
• Creative to find innovative/integrated solutions.
• Ability to work with all employee levels from technical personnel to senior management.
• Self Motivation & Responsibility.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Full PD Cycle Experience.

Skills

• 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.

Benefits

This position is a leadership level 6 and ranges from $150,200-$283,500. 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/LL6.

Pay

$150,200 - $283,500

Schedule

Hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.