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Technical Program Manager – AI Orchestration & Intelligent Automation

Ford Motor Company · Long Beach, CA · 1 wk ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time

About the role

You will be a key driver in orchestrating the delivery of software products for the next-gen EV Platform. You will work closely with senior-level management, Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and development teams to translate strategic roadmaps into tangible product features.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with senior-level management, Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and development teams to translate strategic roadmaps into tangible product features.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape and operationalize the portfolio roadmap into AI-augmented delivery outcomes.
  • Build and iterate on prototypes to validate roadmap objectives and translate them into structured execution plans: milestones, release slices, sequencing, and readiness gates.
  • Drive iteration and release planning sessions through a product lens, ensuring scope, dependencies, and capacity are aligned and explicit.
  • Facilitate targeted ceremonies and working sessions to drive decisions, unblock delivery, and maintain operational efficiency.
  • Contribute to technical discussions as an execution integrator, connecting product, engineering, operations, security/compliance, procurement, and vendor stakeholders.
  • Define and drive key execution metrics and dashboards (delivery health, readiness, quality, operational adoption), enabling proactive issue detection and resolution.
  • Treat recurring program operations as engineering problems: prototype and build AI agents to automate reporting, status visibility, dependency tracking, and routine documentation.
  • Lead and support the development of internal AI automation to accelerate the creation of PRDs, runbooks, executive summaries, and decision logs from raw inputs—improving consistency and reducing manual effort.
  • Cook up and coordinate operational execution for vendor and licensing workflows as needed (renewals, seat tracking, approvals, procurement checkpoints).
  • Ensure vendor-related dependencies (security, access, onboarding requirements) are planned early and do not become release blockers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Product Operations, or Software Engineering.
  • AI-Native Skillset: Proficiency in prompt engineering and a track record of building agentic automation and chatbots to accelerate execution.
  • The "Builder" Experience: Demonstrated experience building prototypes, contributing to codebases, or developing internal tools to solve complex problems.
  • Product & Engineering Lens: Proven ability to bridge the gap between customer-centric product strategy and technical engineering execution.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with Jira and Confluence (or equivalent tools) to run execution systems at scale.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Technical Contribution: Experience using VS Code Copilot, Claude Code, or other AI-assisted tooling to write automation scripts, lightweight fixes, or build POCs instead of writing PRDs.
  • Experience with GCP, Mongo, and SQL to build dashboards, metrics, and operational reporting systems that drive proactive execution.
  • Agile/Scrum leadership experience in automotive or highly integrated platform environments.

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