Technical Program Manager

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.

Do you have what it takes to make smart vehicles for a smart world? Join the Ford Product Development team. Utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods, you'll work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We're seeking forward-thinking, laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to such advancements as autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the aforementioned worksite. Lead software teams to deliver on key project milestones and software releases per vehicle program timing. Create program timing plans based on available resources and required features for software teams.

Work with cross-functional teams within the In-Vehicle Infotainment department and other teams within Ford to evaluate, develop, and clarify requirements. Analyze and decompose requirements into consumable work tasks for software developers and testers. Track and manage the software development and implementation of requirements for features by working with the software development and quality assurance teams. Prioritize and drive software defects to closure to meet software release timing.

Evaluate incoming feature requests and identify future resource needs based on these requests. Quantify feature release quality by evaluating projected software defect rate and number of open defects.

What you'll be able to do:

Technical Program Manager - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the aforementioned worksite. Lead software teams to deliver on key project milestones and software releases per vehicle program timing.

Create program timing plans based on available resources and required features for software teams.

Work with cross-functional teams within the In-Vehicle Infotainment department and other teams within Ford to evaluate, develop, and clarify requirements. Analyze and decompose requirements into consumable work tasks for software developers and testers. Track and manage the software development and implementation of requirements for features by working with the software development and quality assurance teams. Prioritize and drive software defects to closure to meet software release timing.

Evaluate incoming feature requests and identify future resource needs based on these requests. Quantify feature release quality by evaluating projected software defect rate and number of open defects.