Global Director, Dealer Technical Support & Field Service Engineering

Ford; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Ford is seeking a strategic Global Director to transform how technical support is delivered to dealers and field teams worldwide. You will drive a proactive, data-informed service-enablement capability and own enterprise metrics like Diagnostic Accuracy and Repair Order Duration.

In collaboration with CIDR, Diagnostics, Product Development, Quality, Design for Service, and Manufacturing, you will standardize processes, uplift field issue knowledge, and align workforce planning with future

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s preferred.
• Proven leadership and coaching experience across operational and technical teams.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable plans with measurable results.
• Strong collaboration across domestic and global organizations at all leadership levels.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, performance, and modernization of global Hotline/TSO and FSE operations.
• Establish a closed-loop learning system for unresolved vehicle issues with cross-functional partners.
• Develop processes that convert field issues into validated knowledge and actionable guidance.
• Use data from field, cases, vehicles, and warranty to identify dealer and technician needs.
• Set priorities across technical domains based on trends, complexity, and impact.
• Guide workforce capacity, training, diagnostics content, tooling, and support strategy.
• Champion field learnings to improve service standards and diagnostics.
• Ensure validated outcomes inform upstream diagnostics and AI-enabled Support capabilities.
• Own enterprise metrics for Diagnostic Accuracy, FIRFT, and Repair Order Duration.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree or MBA

Job description

Ford is seeking a strategic, results-oriented leader to shape how technical support is delivered to dealers and field teams around the world. The Global Director will transform TSO and FSE into a more proactive, predictive, and data-informed service-enablement capability.

In partnership with teams across the enterprise, this leader will establish a closed-loop process for turning complex and unresolved field issues into validated knowledge, corrective actions, and reusable technical guidance. Field insights will inform workforce planning, training, diagnostic content, tooling, and future vehicle serviceability.

The Global Director will own enterprise performance for Diagnostic Accuracy, FIRFT, and Repair Order Duration, while driving global process consistency and enabling appropriate regional flexibility.

You Will...

• Lead the strategy, performance, and modernization of global Hotline/TSO and FSE operations.
• Establish and lead a closed-loop learning system for unresolved and difficult-to-diagnose vehicle issues, partnering with CIDR, Diagnostics, Skill Teams, Product Development, Quality, Design for Service, Service Engineering, Programs, and Manufacturing.
• Develop processes that convert field issues into validated knowledge, corrective actions, and reusable technical guidance.
• Use field, case, vehicle, warranty, connected-vehicle, and market data to identify current and future dealer and technician needs.
• Set priorities across technical domains, including powertrain, electrical and electronic systems, software and connectivity, chassis, climate, body, and interior, based on trends, frequency, complexity, and business impact.
• Use demand insights to guide workforce capacity, training, diagnostic content, tooling, and technical support strategy.
• Champion the use of field learnings to improve Design for Service standards in partnership with upstream team and influence future vehicle serviceability, diagnostics, repairability, data availability, and technician readiness.
• Ensure validated repair outcomes inform upstream diagnostics and AI-enabled Technical Support/TAS capabilities, with appropriate governance.
• Establish Diagnostic Accuracy as a key enterprise metric and own its targets, reporting, and continuous improvement.
• Own enterprise results for Diagnostic Accuracy, FIRFT, Repair Order Duration, and the overall dealer and customer experience.
• Standardize global Hotline/FSE processes, escalation models, knowledge management, and key performance indicators while enabling regional flexibility.
• Lead the shift from reactive technical support to a predictive, proactive service-enablement capability.
• Help the organization anticipate repair needs, parts requirements, and technician readiness before vehicles arrive at dealerships.

You'll Have...

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 10 years of experience in a supervisory or managerial role, with a demonstrated record of leading, coaching, and developing talent across operational and technical teams.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and collaborate across domestic and global organizations at all leadership levels.
• Strategic mindset and the ability to translate enterprise strategy into actionable plans and measurable results.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with a track record of driving continuous improvement.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to align multidisciplinary and global stakeholder groups.

You May Also Have...

• Master’s degree or MBA.
• 6-Sigma Black belt
• Experience in automotive technical support, field service engineering, vehicle diagnostics, dealer operations, or aftersales service.
• Experience leading global operations, organizational transformation, or cross-functional process standardization.
• Experience using operational, vehicle, warranty, or connected-vehicle data to guide business decisions and improve service outcomes.

What You’ll Receive in return...

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. We can choose what our 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 a leadership level 4.

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