Technical Portfolio Integration Manager

The Industrial System IT team leads the digital transformation of engineering and manufacturing to enable Ford to deliver innovative, high-quality products and services to customers. Ford is launching a full lifecycle, end-to-end initiative to modernize how products are defined, engineered and manufactured.

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

Ford is undertaking a significant transformation of the Industrial System Platform.

The Industrial System IT team leads the digital transformation of engineering and manufacturing to enable Ford to deliver innovative, high-quality products and services to customers. Ford is launching a full lifecycle, end-to-end initiative to modernize how products are defined, engineered and manufactured.

This position will manage the interdependencies for the global portfolio and integration across the product lines, coordinate value stream mapping, prioritize the Mfg. IT portfolio intake and backlog, facilitate cross team planning, ensure adherence to financial planning and reporting requirements, coordinate allocation of capacity across Ford/Agency and Purchase service engagements.

• Lead the development of an integrated MFG. IT cycle plan
• Coordinate the ideation process and intake across business critical capabilities
• Accelerate business value recognition for prioritized investments
• Conduct cross product line planning events
• Handle formal scope definition, KPI identification & tracking and change log
• Lead technical product managers across MFG IT
• Balance demand & capacity allocation across the MFG IT Portfolio
• Ensure compliance to Enterprise Tech business office financial forecasting and actuals reporting

• Bachelors Degree in related fields (Industrial Systems, Program Management, Computer Science)
• 10+ years driving objective accountability and ownership within cross functional teams
• 10+ years’ experience with supplier/purchase service sourcing
• 10+ years in managing complex projects/programs
• 10+ years’ experience working with Manufacturing skill team
• 5+ years in Sourcing (low cost, outsource, insource, etc.) experience

Our preferred requirements:

• Understanding of Product Driven System of Delivery
• Strong technical product management discipline
• Politically savvy navigating the organization to achieve outcomes
• Proven ability to lead and empower team members
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking abilities
• Knowledge of the Ford Production System (FPS) and related processes
• Resourceful and creative
• Experience bringing together business change initiatives and the key enablers
• Experience partnering with enterprise-level leaders and stakeholders
• Understanding of emerging digital technologies
• Experience modernizing legacy IT infrastructure and applications
• Role model of Ford Truths and Ford+ Behaviors

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above?

No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• 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

• Established and active employee resource groups

• Paid time off for…