HR M&A & New Business Enablement Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced leader to manage HR M&A and New Business Enablement portfolio governance. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, develop executive-ready dashboards, and maintain playbooks and readiness frameworks to ensure disciplined execution across mergers, joint ventures, and new business standups.

This role emphasizes governance, risk management, and continuous improvement, with collaboration across US and European initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Information Systems, Operations Management, Project Management, Finance, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in program management, PMO, business operations, or related field.
• Experience managing complex cross-functional initiatives with executive visibility.
• Experience building governance processes, dashboards, and portfolio reporting mechanisms.
• Experience creating repeatable methodologies, playbooks, and knowledge repositories.

Responsibilities

• Manage integrated portfolio planning, governance, reporting, and operating cadences across active mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and new business initiatives.
• Maintain portfolio-level project plans, milestones, risks, actions, issues, dependencies, and resource views; escalate as needed.
• Create executive-ready dashboards, readiness scorecards, portfolio updates, and governance materials for leadership visibility.
• Maintain shared methodologies, playbooks, templates, readiness frameworks, and service agreements for consultants and partners.
• Coordinate across M&A, US standups, and European ventures to improve information flow and alignment.
• Provide targeted program-management capacity to director-led initiatives, including readiness assessments and change activities.
• Analyze processes, facilitate requirements gathering, and apply continuous improvement to increase efficiency and scalability.

Skills

Portfolio governance

Cross-functional coordination

Executive-ready dashboards

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Change management

Vendor governance

M&A familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Project management tools

CRM systems

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced leader to manage HR M&A and New Business Enablement portfolio governance. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, develop executive-ready dashboards, and maintain playbooks and readiness frameworks to ensure disciplined execution across mergers, joint ventures, and new business standups.

This role emphasizes governance, risk management, and continuous improvement, with collaboration across US and European initiatives.