Project​/Product Manager

Overview

In this hybrid Project/Product Manager role, you will own the "how" while shaping the "what"—driving end-to-end delivery of Work Force Software (WFS) while contributing to the product vision that will modernize how Ford manages its hourly workforce. You'll leverage advanced skills in Jira, SharePoint, MS Teams, and Microsoft 365 to own delivery planning while contributing to product vision, roadmaps, and backlog management.

The position requires strong attention to detail and the ability to synthesize complex information into concise updates for technical and executive audiences.

• Own end-to-end delivery planning, including risk, issue, and change management for modernized workforce management solutions—specifically Work Force Software configuration.
• Develop detailed project plans outlining what work needs to be done, when, and by whom.
• Coordinate delivery timing across multiple project teams, ensuring seamless data flow between WFS, HRIS, and Payroll systems.
• Provide executive-level timeline reports (e.g., Gantt charts), including parallel run schedules and system cutover plans.
• Follow change control management protocols for system upgrades and configuration shifts.

• Collaborate with Product Management leadership and Business Owners to understand needs, validate solutions, and translate strategic ideas into measurable specifications and requirement documentation.
• Contribute to product vision, strategy, and functional/non-functional roadmaps for the Timekeeping Modernization portfolio.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring success of integrated products across WFS, HRIS, and Payroll systems.
• Validate that sagas and epics are broken into clear, concise, complete, and testable user stories or tasks.

• Drive Program and Project Governance, bridging technical developers and business-side Timekeeping Modernization and Payroll leads.
• Lead L3 project status meetings and prepare support documents for L2 and L1 governance meetings, capturing notes, follow-ups, and next steps.
• Assign actions and decisions on cross-project/program dependencies, particularly regarding vendor management, third‑party software integration, data migration, and system integration milestones.

• Champion Agile methodologies and lead daily stand‑ups.
• Own Agile ceremony artifacts for sprint prioritization, release management, and communications.
• Participate in strategic roadmap discussions, stakeholder alignment sessions, and requirements prioritization.

We believe in our commitment to diversity & inclusion.

Cygnus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We ensure that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation. All our employment decisions are taken without looking into age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, or any other aspects of employment protected by federal, state, or local law.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization & Cygnus does not offer any sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

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