External Partnerships Analyst

General Responsibilities:

Acts as the central hub for R&A’s collaborative efforts with external entities (Universities, Government, and Consortia). This role manages the end-to-end project lifecycle, ensuring internal and external compliance, financial oversight, and seamless communication with our external partners and between internal technical teams and corporate functions like Legal, Finance, and Portfolio.

• End-to-End Project Management:
  • Act as the single-entry point for new collaboration requests, reviewing project scope to determine the appropriate agreement is used, and calculating return of investment prior to submit it for Director's approval.
  • Lead project kick-offs, establish rules of engagement, and manage checkpoints for any modification in scope, timing, or budget.
  • Serve as the primary bridge between internal technical teams and corporate functions, including the Office of General Counsel (OGC) for export control and Legal for intellectual property management.
  • Collaborate with Finance to monitor project budgets and expenses.
  • Ensure formal termination, including final invoice calculation, intellectual property management, property disposition, while ensuring storage of evidence for internal controls and external compliance audits.
  • Proactively create and maintain dashboards to provide valuable insights that inform Directors.
• Government Grant Compliance:
  • Manage project requirements under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). etc.
  • Support the annual Ford's compliance audit support by preparing R&A's Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards SEFA and acting as a liaison with third-party auditors, by providing answers to inquiries about our internal policies, procedures, and audit samples while ensuring data security adherence.
  • Collaborate with finance to calculate the annual direct and indirect rates for preparing the Annual Incurred Cost Submission.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, engineering or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in project management, operations, or contract administration.
  • Strong understanding of project budget and ROI/TARR calculations.
  • Knowledge of Intellectual Property (IP) management and trade/export controls.
  • Experience handling U.S. Federal grants and federal regulation compliance.

• Project Management Professional certification
• Proficiency in Jira
• Six Sigma certification or similar process improvement experience

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!

• 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 7 and ranges from $86,600-$.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$136,200.

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.

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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