Director, Product Management

We made history and now we work to transform the future - for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

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.

In this position...

As a Director, Product Management, you will play a critical role in the delivery of high-impact transformation initiatives across Global Product Creation, driving roadmap development, prioritization, dependency management, and execution discipline. Sitting at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and engineering, you will lead capabilities to maximize enterprise value and deliver a seamless, high-performance Tech Stack. In this capacity, you will define and drive the product group vision, roadmap, and investment business cases in direct alignment with Ford's broader digital and industrial ecosystem goals.

You will convert high-level strategy into clear initiatives, partnering closely with engineering, design, and platform teams to own the end-to-end agile development, launch, and flawless execution of high-quality, scalable features while carefully managing requirements, trade-offs, and timelines. Furthermore, you will maintain operational excellence by establishing KPIs, monitoring system and product health, driving operational improvements, leading incident response, managing budgets and resource allocation, mitigating digital and enterprise risks, and integrating emerging technologies like AI to drive efficiency and modern capabilities.

Based in Dearborn, MI, this is a hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week. Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

As a Director, Product Management, you will play a critical role in the delivery of high-impact transformation initiatives across Global Product Creation, driving roadmap development, prioritization, dependency management, and execution discipline. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and engineering, leading capabilities to maximize enterprise value and deliver a seamless, high-performance Tech Stack.

What you'll do...

* Define and drive product group vision, roadmap, and investment business cases, in alignment with Ford's broader digital and industrial ecosystem goals.

* Convert high-level strategy into clear initiatives, partnering closely with engineering and platform teams to build high-quality, scalable features while managing trade-offs, requirements, and timelines.

* Own end-to-end agile development and launch of features, collaborating across engineering, design, and product to ensure flawless execution and quality.

* Identify and navigate dependencies and integrations across a matrixed organization, driving end-to-end value stream optimization to maximize enterprise-wide value.

* Uncover internal customer needs through robust discovery, customer feedback, and telemetry to make high-impact, data-driven decisions.

* Establish KPIs, monitor system/product health, drive operational improvements, and lead incident response.

* Cultivate strong relationships with senior executives and external partners, serving as the bridge to align technical delivery with commercial needs.

* Mentor, build, and grow a collaborative, customer-centric team, setting clear objectives and fostering continuous innovation.

* Oversee budgets and resource allocation, mitigate digital and enterprise risks, and integrate emerging technologies like AI to drive efficiency and modern capabilities

What you'll do...

* Define and drive product group vision, roadmap, and investment business cases, in alignment with Ford's broader digital and industrial ecosystem goals.

* Convert high-level strategy into clear initiatives,…