Business Program Manager

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At Ford Integrated Services (FIS), we transform our customer experiences in and around the vehicle by bringing together hardware, software, and services to foster simple, transparent, and ongoing digital relationships among our customers, their vehicles, and Ford.

We are scaling our Business Operations team's global capabilities to support a growing portfolio of programs across multiple vehicle platforms. We seek a detail-oriented, proactive associate project manager who thrives in fast-moving environments, collaborates confidently with diverse teams, and proposes creative solutions to improve operational efficiency and cross-functional alignment.

Business Operations drives the company's transformation by partnering with a diverse set of product teams, business functions, and global markets. Through this broad interaction model, we identify enterprise-level gaps, bring teams together to define paths forward, and recommend how to bring solutions to life.

As an associate project manager at Ford, you will gain hands-on experience in this dynamic eco-system - learning directly from experts, contributing to high-impact projects, and collaborating with teams. You will contribute to Ford's transformation and future vision.

The role requires a minimum of four days per week in the Michigan Central Station Office in Detroit, MI.

We are scaling our Business Operations team's global capabilities to support a growing portfolio of programs across multiple vehicle platforms. We seek a detail-oriented, proactive associate project manager who thrives in fast-moving environments, collaborates confidently with diverse teams, and proposes creative solutions to improve operational efficiency and cross-functional alignment.

What you'll do…

* Support FIS leadership to effectively plan and manage projects from the initial ideation phase through final execution.

* Deliver ongoing reporting on state of current projects, overall and detailed statuses, and expected delivery timelines with deadlines at risk called out.

* Facilitate meetings to understand status against specified objectives and tasks, determine required next steps with timeline and owners to achieve, and name progress blockers currently existing or at risk of appearing.

* Act as a bridge across teams, connecting and facilitating clear communication, ensuring interdependencies are understood and planned for.

* Identify dependencies and escalate risks/trade-offs to internal and external stakeholders.

* Build, evolve, and manage tools such as SharePoint and Smart Sheet.

What you'll do…

* Support FIS leadership to effectively plan and manage projects from the initial ideation phase through final execution.

* Deliver ongoing reporting on state of current projects, overall and detailed statuses, and expected delivery timelines with deadlines at risk called out.

* Facilitate meetings to understand status against specified objectives and tasks, determine required next steps with timeline and owners to achieve, and name progress blockers currently existing or at risk of appearing.

* Act as a bridge across teams, connecting and facilitating clear communication, ensuring interdependencies are understood and planned for.

* Identify dependencies and escalate risks/trade-offs to internal and external stakeholders.

* Build, evolve, and manage tools such as SharePoint and Smart Sheet.