Product Manager

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

Ford Pro is a new global business within Ford committed to commercial customer productivity. Ford Pro delivers a work-ready suite of vehicles, accessories and services for virtually every vocation, backed by technology and engineered for uptime. A true one-stop shop, we offer a full portfolio of electrified and internal combustion vehicles designed to integrate seamlessly with the Ford Pro ecosystem, helping customers' businesses thrive today and into the new era of electrification.

The Product Manager will work with individual product teams and product managers to iteratively deliver functionality that optimizes for assigned products.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that will be instrumental in crafting the future of how we do business with the commercial customer at the center of everything we do.

Are you passionate about applying technology to solve business problems? Are you motivated to apply your software skills to build the solutions that will support and increase productivity for our commercial customers? Our group has been tasked to develop scalable building block platform for Ford Pro. Does it sound exciting? Then, join our team as a Product Manager.

Based in Dearborn, MI, this is a hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5+ years with progressive responsibilities in an Agile software development environment
• 3+ years of experience as a Product Manager/Owner with responsibilities to include defining product vision, strategy, product roadmaps and building and managing backlogs and similar duties.

• Master’s Degree
• Leadership experience
• Experience collaborating directly with Agile software methodologies (Scrum, eXtreme Programming, Kanban)
• Skilled at defining and prioritizing product features.
• Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others and navigate complex decision making.
• Ability to collaborate well with engineers, designers, and business partners.
• Previous success delivering a product to market with an Agile development team, and ongoing development and support of production applications.
• Curious about new technologies and exhibit a strong desire to learn.
• Practice in Lean/Lean Startup thinking, human-centered product development and Agile Software development
• Have exposure to lightweight product development methods such as user story mapping and/ or rapid prototyping

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!

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 the above?

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

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time…