HR M&A & New Business Enablement PMO Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave & family care support

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off & holidays

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Manager of HR M&A and New Business Enablement in Dearborn, MI. You will govern portfolios, coordinate cross-functional initiatives, and provide executive-ready dashboards to drive execution and knowledge sharing.

The role emphasizes establishing operating discipline, applying best practices, and partnering with HR M&A and enterprise functions to enable multiple concurrent initiatives across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Industrial Relations, 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-level visibility.
• Experience building governance processes, dashboards, updates, risk logs, and portfolio reporting.
• Experience creating repeatable methodologies, playbooks, templates, and knowledge repositories.
• Experience facilitating process improvement, requirements gathering, workflow analysis, and operational design.
• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, or other complex initiatives (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Manage integrated portfolio planning, governance, reporting, and cadences across active M&A, JVs, partnerships, and new business initiatives.
• Maintain portfolio plans, calendars, milestones, risks, actions, issues, dependencies, and resource views; escalate as needed.
• Create executive-ready dashboards and governance materials for leadership visibility.
• Maintain shared playbooks, templates, and readiness frameworks across initiatives.
• Keep repositories of governance materials accessible for continuity and reuse.
• Coordinate across M&A, US standups, and European ventures to improve information flow.
• Provide targeted program-management support including readiness assessments and change activities.
• Analyze current and future-state processes; apply continuous-improvement methods.
• Support vendor governance with service inventories, trackers, and performance measures.
• Represent HR M&A & New Business Enablement in governance forums and portfolio reviews.

Skills

Portfolio governance

Cross-functional coordination

Risk & dependency management

Executive communication

Strategic program management

Facilitation & leadership without auth

Process improvement

Dashboard & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, HR, or related field

Equivalent experience considered

Tools

Office productivity/software

Governance & dashboard tools

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Manager of HR M&A and New Business Enablement in Dearborn, MI. You will govern portfolios, coordinate cross-functional initiatives, and provide executive-ready dashboards to drive execution and knowledge sharing.

The role emphasizes establishing operating discipline, applying best practices, and partnering with HR M&A and enterprise functions to enable multiple concurrent initiatives across the portfolio.