What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Vehicle Planning & Strategy Program Manager position at Ford?
Job Description
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better worldtogether. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You'll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.
The Senior Vehicle Planning & Strategy Program Management professional is part of the team that defines the next generation of EV vehicles. We are responsible for global strategic studies and integration of teams to deliver compelling, feasible, and viable products. You will work with marketing, design, engineering, finance and manufacturing to develop the product concept, architecture, financials and industrialization into a compelling and compatible product. You will also work to transform how we approach product development.
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
- Use your strategic skills to shape the global product strategy, on vehicle programs or strategic studies
- Use your customer, technical and business skills to integrate cross functional teams to deliver compelling, feasible and viable products.
- Lead and manage team setup, program assumptions, change control, communication, issues management, financial estimates, and industrialization plans.
- Lead teams to deliver on time and with quality, setting up schedule with cadence of key decisions, checkpoints, deliverables, etc.
- Plan the business case of the vehicle with finance, manufacturing, marketing, etc.
- Create and effectively deploy a more agile / efficient product development process.
Qualifications
You'll have...
Strong collaboration skills to integrate vehicle cross-functional teams (engineering and business)
Even better, you may have...
Results Driven in White Space and Fast Paced Environment
Self Motivation & Responsibility
Communication Skills
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like : will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including :
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here : https : / / corporate.ford.com / content / dam / corporate / us / en-us / documents / careers / 2024-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-2.pdf
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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