AI-Driven Portfolio Security Modernization Lead

Lincoln Motor Company; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 142,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision care

Parental leave

Back-up child care

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount

ERGs (employee resource groups)

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a Technical Program Leader to own the integrated program plan for the AI-enabled modernization of the technology portfolio. You will classify assets, establish governance, and coordinate cross-functional squads across cyber, risk, architecture, and tooling teams.

The role demands 10+ years in technical program management within cybersecurity or IT infrastructure, with strong risk and compliance expertise and experience implementing AI governance frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent field.
• 10+ years in technical program management within cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, or application portfolio management.
• Proven experience managing complex multi-workstream technology programs at enterprise scale.
• Strong background in risk and compliance, enterprise architecture, vulnerability management, or risk-based remediation prioritization.
• Working knowledge of NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and emerging AI regulatory requirements.
• Relevant certifications (CRISC, CISA, AI governance-specific credentials).

Responsibilities

• Create a complete and trusted inventory of technology assets across enterprise portfolios.
• Classify assets by business criticality, security exposure, compliance relevance, resilience, and modernization requirements.
• Identify and prioritize high-value assets and assets with elevated risk.
• Define an AI-enabled assessment and remediation process for proactive monitoring and faster decisions.
• Establish governance across technology, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, risk, compliance, and finance stakeholders.
• Coordinate execution across cross-functional squads aligned to asset groups or risk themes.
• Own the integrated program plan spanning portfolio/data, cyber/risk, architecture, remediation, and tooling workstreams.

Skills

Executive communications

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Risk & compliance

AI/ML tooling integration

Vulnerability management

Enterprise architecture

NIST AI RMF knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

CMDB/EAMS

ServiceNow

Enterprise asset management

Job description

Ford Motor Company seeks a Technical Program Leader to own the integrated program plan for the AI-enabled modernization of the technology portfolio. You will classify assets, establish governance, and coordinate cross-functional squads across cyber, risk, architecture, and tooling teams.

The role demands 10+ years in technical program management within cybersecurity or IT infrastructure, with strong risk and compliance expertise and experience implementing AI governance frameworks.