Technical Product Manager

Ford's Advanced Industrial Technology & Platforms (ATP) team is building scalable software-based vision products and platform capabilities to reimagine manufacturing across Ford. As a Product Manager, you will set product direction and drive delivery for solutions from discovery through pilot and scale-leading through influence across engineering, manufacturing, safety, quality, IT, cybersecurity, and suppliers.

Location:

Dearborn Michigan area, 100% on-site

Ford's Advanced Industrial Technology & Platforms (ATP) team is building scalable software-based vision products and platform capabilities to reimagine manufacturing across Ford. As a Product Manager, you will set product direction and drive delivery for solutions from discovery through pilot and scale-leading through influence across engineering, manufacturing, safety, quality, IT, cybersecurity, and suppliers.

What you will do

* Set the product strategy and multi-release roadmap, balancing immediate operational wins with platform scalability and long-term architecture.

* Lead discovery with plant and operations partners to identify high-value use cases; define personas, workflows, constraints, and measurable outcomes.

* Own the creation and quality of product requirements (PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria), ensuring they span operational requirements, safety, cybersecurity, and systems integration

* Drive cross-functional execution with engineering: prioritize backlogs, define MVP scope, manage tradeoffs, and deliver releases that perform in real industrial environments.

* Define and monitor product KPIs such as uptime/availability, precision / recall performance, deployment lead time, implementation time, value generation, and total cost of ownership.

* Lead pilot-to-scale planning: site selection, rollout playbooks, training, support model, and post-deployment iteration based on telemetry and operator feedback.

* Influence technical and business decisions across stakeholders-aligning on architecture choices, sourcing approaches, and operating model (support, monitoring, maintenance).

* Partner with Purchasing and suppliers to evaluate solutions and shape vendor roadmaps; establish clear performance expectations and accountability mechanisms.

* Create a forward path for platform evolution while ensuring today's decisions don't block tomorrow's capabilities.

What you will do

* Set the product strategy and multi-release roadmap, balancing immediate operational wins with platform scalability and long-term architecture.

* Lead discovery with plant and operations partners to identify high-value use cases; define personas, workflows, constraints, and measurable outcomes.

* Own the creation and quality of product requirements (PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria), ensuring they span operational requirements, safety, cybersecurity, and systems integration

* Drive cross-functional execution with engineering: prioritize backlogs, define MVP scope, manage tradeoffs, and deliver releases that perform in real industrial environments.

* Define and monitor product KPIs such as uptime/availability, precision / recall performance, deployment lead time, implementation time, value generation, and total cost of ownership.

* Lead pilot-to-scale planning: site selection, rollout playbooks, training, support model, and post-deployment iteration based on telemetry and operator feedback.

* Influence technical and business decisions across stakeholders-aligning on architecture choices, sourcing approaches, and operating model (support, monitoring, maintenance).

* Partner with Purchasing and suppliers to evaluate solutions and shape vendor roadmaps; establish clear performance expectations and accountability mechanisms.

* Create a forward path for platform evolution while ensuring today's decisions don't block tomorrow's capabilities.