Director, Product Management

Ford; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Fertility benefits

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a Director of Product Management to lead transformation initiatives across Global Product Creation. You will align business strategy with technology, drive roadmap, prioritization, and agile execution while partnering with Product, Engineering, Platform, Design, and Business teams to deliver measurable value.

You will own end-to-end development, establish success metrics, and manage budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business or equivalent.
• 5+ years leading Agile teams and digital change management initiatives.
• Technical depth in product development processes and toolchains (BOM, PLM, CAD/CAE).
• Experience with Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform and integration.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive product group vision, roadmap, and business cases aligned to Ford goals.
• Translate strategy into clear initiatives across Product, Engineering, Platform, Design and Business teams.
• Own end-to-end agile development, launch, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Identify dependencies and optimize value streams across a matrixed org.
• Establish KPIs, monitor health, drive operational improvements, and lead incident response.
• Mentor and grow a customer-centric team; manage budgets and resources.

Skills

Product management

Agile leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic roadmapping

Stakeholder management

Financial management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

3DEXPERIENCE (3DX)

CAD/CAE tools

Job description

As a Director, Product Management, you will play a critical role in delivering high-impact transformation initiatives across Global Product Creation by bringing Product, Engineering, Platform, and Business teams together to design and build solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes. Sitting at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and engineering, you will lead the development of product development capabilities and drive roadmap development, prioritization, dependency management, and execution discipline to maximize enterprise value and deliver a seamless, high-performance Tech Stack. In this capacity, you will define and drive the product group vision, roadmap, and investment business cases in direct alignment with Ford’s broader digital and industrial ecosystem goals. You will translate high-level strategy and business needs into clear product initiatives, partnering across product, engineering, platform, design, and business teams to own the end-to-end agile

• Define and drive product group vision, roadmap, and investment business cases, in alignment with Ford’s broader digital and industrial ecosystem goals.
• Translate business strategy and product development needs into clear initiatives, bringing Product, Engineering, Platform, and Business teams together to design and build high-quality, scalable solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes while managing trade-offs, requirements, dependencies, and timelines.
• Own the end-to-end agile development, launch, adoption, and continuous improvement of product development capabilities, collaborating across Product, Engineering, Platform, Design, and Business teams to ensure quality execution, user adoption, and realization of intended business value.
• Identify and navigate dependencies and integrations across a matrixed organization, driving end-to-end value stream optimization to maximize enterprise-wide value.
• Identify business and engineering customer needs, product development capability gaps, and value opportunities through robust discovery, customer feedback, process insights, and telemetry; define success measures and use evidence to make high-impact, outcome-driven product decisions.
• Establish KPIs, monitor system/product health, drive operational improvements, and lead incident response.
• Cultivate strong relationships with senior executives and external partners, serving as the bridge to align technical delivery with commercial needs.
• Mentor, build, and grow a collaborative, customer-centric team, setting clear objectives and fostering continuous innovation.

• Oversee budgets and resource allocation, mitigate digital and enterprise risks, and integrate emerging technologies like AI to drive efficiency and modern capabilities

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading Agile teams, fostering a 'fail-fast, learn-fast' culture, and guiding successful digital change management initiatives.
• Demonstrated technical depth in product development processes, data, and toolchains, including Bill of Materials (BOM), product definition, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), with strong expertise in the Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) platform and its integration across the product development ecosystem.

• Exceptional leadership and mentoring skills, with experience designing talent pipelines and succession plans for critical roles.
  
• Decisive, articulate, and comfortable commanding a room; experienced in guiding executive discussions, building consensus, and distilling complex technical topics into actionable business decisions.
  
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders, proactively resolving conflicts and driving alignment in politically charged or highly matrixed environments.
  
• Strong financial management skills, including business case development, budget oversight, and value-driven portfolio prioritization.
  
• Solid grasp of Human-Centered Design (HCD), user-experience metrics (e.g., SUS), and building systemic feedback loops to anticipate customer needs.
  
• Proactive self-starter who defines agendas, anticipates problems 1–2 quarters out, makes sound decisions under high ambiguity, and course-corrects rapidly.
  
• Strong results orientation, driving structured accountability and performance metrics across teams in a fast-paced environment.

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.

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 5 and ranges from $141,700-$268,300.

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.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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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.

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