Business Operations Manager, Ford Energy

Ford-Motor-Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Parental leave

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company invites applications for a Manager, Business Operations, Ford Energy. This leadership role drives end-to-end business process design, governance, and program execution to establish Ford Energy as a standalone business.

You will partner with finance, HR, IT, and supply chain, leading multiple workstreams and coordinating system integration with ERP initiatives. You’ll report to the Director, Business Operations Ford Energy, and contribute to rollout, change management, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, finance, or related field.
• 5+ years in business operations, process improvement, PM or consulting.
• Experience designing and implementing cross-functional processes.
• Experience with finance, HR, legal, IT, or supply chain.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management; able to align diverse teams.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills in fast-changing environments.
• High ownership mindset and ability to manage multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end business processes for standalone Ford Energy.
• Lead multiple concurrent workstreams with clear milestones.
• Define operational structures, decision rights, and governance.
• Coordinate integration points between Ford Energy and corporate functions.
• Ensure system design informs ERP/system implementation readiness.
• Support rollout, documentation, training, and readiness activities.
• Track risks, issues, and decisions; provide leadership updates.
• Build relationships across partners to keep work moving.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Ambiguity navigation

Ownership mindset

Multiple workstreams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

In this position...
The Manager, Business Operations, Ford Energy will play a central role in standing up Ford Energy as an independent business unit. Reporting to the Director, Business Operations, Ford Energy, this person will connect teams and drive workstreams related to the design, implementation, and governance of the end-to-end business processes, operational structures, and corporate integrations required to establish Ford Energy as a competitive, standalone business. The role will partner closely with Ford Energy's systems integration team to ensure business process design and technology implementation move forward together. This is a foundational leadership role with significant opportunity to grow in scope as Ford Energy scales.

What you'll do...

• A natural connector who builds trust and drives alignment across many teams and stakeholders, even without formal authority.
• Structured, first-principles thinking, with comfort designing process and structure in ambiguous, 'zero-to-one' situations.
• A strong ownership mindset - you proactively spot gaps, drive issues to resolution, and don't wait to be asked.
• Clear, confident communication skills, able to translate complex, cross-functional work into concise updates for leadership.
• The ability to balance sharp attention to detail with big-picture thinking about how a business runs end to end.
• Comfort with a fast pace and evolving priorities that come with standing up a new business.
• A growth mindset and drive to expand your scope and impact as the business grows.

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Process Design: Partner with stakeholders across finance, HR, legal, supply chain, IT, and other functions to map current-state processes and design the future-state, end-to-end business processes Ford Energy needs to operate as a standalone business.
• Workstream Leadership: Connect teams and drive multiple concurrent workstreams tied to business process design, implementation, and governance, keeping milestones, dependencies, and ownership clear.
• Operational Structure & Governance: Help define the operational structures, decision rights, and governance forums needed for Ford Energy to run independently.
• Corporate Integration: Coordinate integration points between Ford Energy and Ford's broader corporate functions, ensuring new processes align with policy, controls, and reporting needs.
• Systems Integration Partnership: Work closely with the Systems Integration team so business process design informs system requirements and system implementation supports business readiness.
• Implementation & Change Management: Support the rollout of new processes, including documentation, stakeholder communication, training, and readiness activities.
• Program Tracking & Reporting: Track stand-up workstreams, risks, issues, and decisions; provide clear, concise updates to leadership.
• Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships across a broad set of business partners to keep work moving and quickly resolve roadblocks.

You'll have...

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in business operations, business process improvement, program/project management, management consulting, or a similar role.
• Demonstrated experience designing and/or implementing business processes across multiple functions.
• Experience working with corporate functions such as finance, HR, legal, IT, or supply chain.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to connect and align diverse teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
• High ownership mindset with strong follow-through and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and priorities.

Even better, you may have...

Preferred:

• Experience supporting new business stand-ups, carve-outs, spin-offs, or joint ventures.
• Experience partnering with systems integration or IT teams on ERP or other core system implementations.
• Management consulting background with a focus on process design or operating model development.
• MBA or other advanced degree.
• Lean/Six Sigma or process excellence certification.
• Experience in a large, complex corporate or manufacturing environment.

Location & Travel:

• Location: Dearborn, MI. Travel: Limited - occasional domestic travel expected to support cross-functional workshops and stand-up activities, as needed.

This is a rare opportunity to help build a new business from the ground up, backed by the scale and resources of Ford. You'll have direct exposure to senior leadership, broad cross-functional impact, and the chance to shape how Ford Energy operates for years to come.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what you've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company.

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 changemaker, 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:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.