Manager, Digital Product Strategy & Portfolio

Lincoln Motor Company; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 116,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford is seeking a Manager, Digital Product Strategy to guide portfolio choices, connect vehicle and digital experiences, and drive measurable outcomes. You will lead with senior leaders across Product, Design, Engineering, Finance, and Ford Pro to translate strategy into execution.

You will own strategic storytelling, manage complex workstreams, and influence cross-functional partners across the enterprise, including Digital Product and Integrated Services leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years of experience in Management Consulting, Corporate Strategy, Product Strategy, or a related field, with demonstrated ability to own complex analysis and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Strategic and analytical judgment: Proven ability to structure ambiguous problems, assess a portfolio of bets, test assumptions, build business cases, and make explicit recommendations and trade-offs.
• Executive communication: Exceptional writing and presentation skills; you can turn complex analysis into a clear, persuasive, decision-ready story.
• Operational discipline: Ability to manage several high-priority workstreams and deliver rigorous work under tight deadlines.
• Systems thinking: Ability to connect customer needs, product choices, platform and delivery constraints, business outcomes, and enterprise priorities.
• Influence without authority: Ability to align cross-functional leaders through trust, sound judgment, and a candid view of evidence and risks.
• Must be willing to work EST time zone hours.

Responsibilities

• Digital Product Strategy & Portfolio Choices: Set portfolio direction for the retail ecosystem and Ford Pro experiences, linking core experiences to customer needs.
• Strategic Questions, Market & Ecosystem: Frame build/buy/partner choices and monitor competitor and partner moves for opportunities and threats.
• Strategy Deployment & Decision Cadence: Tie strategy to roadmaps with clear measures, surface dependencies, and funding considerations.
• Executive Storytelling & Team Leadership: Develop evidence-backed narratives for executives and lead cross-functional teams through decision-making.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Ford is seeking a Manager, Digital Product Strategy to guide portfolio choices, connect vehicle and digital experiences, and drive measurable outcomes. You will lead with senior leaders across Product, Design, Engineering, Finance, and Ford Pro to translate strategy into execution.

You will own strategic storytelling, manage complex workstreams, and influence cross-functional partners across the enterprise, including Digital Product and Integrated Services leaders.