Senior Engineering Manager, eCommerce

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for eCommerce to lead the software engineering delivery organization behind ’s vehicle purchase experience. This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of technology, customer experience, and automotive innovation shaping how customers discover, configure, and purchase their next Ford vehicle online.

In this role, you will oversee a multi-layered engineering organization, guiding Engineering Managers who each lead 2–3 Scrum teams of anchors and software engineers building modern front-end experiences primarily in React and Next.js. You will set the technical direction, delivery rigor, and talent development strategy needed to consistently ship seamless, high-converting digital purchase journeys at scale.

Success in this role requires close partnership with Product, Design, Architecture, and platform teams to translate business priorities into well-sequenced, high-quality delivery roadmaps. You will be equally focused on growing the leadership bench strength of your management team building the engineering capability needed to scale across the vehicle purchase domain.

This is an opportunity to make a direct, visible impact on Ford’s digital transformation, driving an industry-leading purchase experience that reflects the company’s commitment to innovation and customer-centric excellence in automotive eCommerce.

• Leading and developing a team of Engineering Managers, providing coaching, performance feedback, and career development to build a strong, capable management bench.
• Overseeing end-to-end software delivery across multiple Scrum teams supporting online vehicle purchase capabilities, ensuring predictable, high-quality releases aligned with product roadmaps.
• Partnering with Product Management and Design leadership to translate business objectives and customer purchase-journey priorities into actionable engineering plans and sprint commitments.
• Driving Agile delivery excellence across teams, including sprint planning, backlog health, velocity, and predictability, while removing organizational impediments to team flow.
• Establishing and maintaining engineering standards, front-end architecture patterns, and best practices for React/Next.js development to ensure consistency, scalability, and maintainability across teams.
• Partnering with Architecture and platform/backend engineering teams to ensure front-end capabilities integrate seamlessly with backend and platform services supporting the purchase funnel.
• Monitoring team and delivery health metrics (velocity, quality, cycle time, defect rates) and proactively addressing risks to timelines or quality.
• Championing engineering talent strategy, including hiring, onboarding, skills development, and succession planning across the engineering organization.
• Fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement across Scrum teams.
• Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, including UX, QA, Security, and Compliance, to ensure delivery of secure, accessible, and customer-friendly purchase experiences.
• Communicating delivery status, risks, and dependencies clearly to senior leadership and stakeholders, balancing technical detail with business context.
• Driving resource planning and capacity management across teams, ensuring the right skills are aligned to the right initiatives.
• Promoting engineering rigor around code quality, testing, and release practices, partnering with QA and Dev Ops to ensure reliable, low-defect releases.
• Championing innovation and evaluation of new front-end technologies, frameworks, and tools that improve developer productivity and customer experience.
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