North America Portfolio Strategy Chief

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate medical, dental, vision and—

Parental leave and family care options

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program for employees

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a strategic Portfolio Strategy Chief to shape the North America product portfolio by translating market dynamics and customer insights into actionable plans that drive profitable growth and strengthen Ford's competitive position globally. The role requires synthesizing complexity into clarity, building robust business cases, and influencing senior leadership decision-making.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives across Marketing, Manufacturing, Product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, economics, or a related field.
• Significant experience in strategy, portfolio planning, product strategy, management consulting, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen and experience building business cases and investment recommendations.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with proven ability to influence senior executives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to distill complexity into clear, actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio strategy across the North America markets, aligning with regional priorities and Ford's global enterprise strategy.
• Drive segment chessboard analysis to identify opportunities, threats, and white-space segments for competitive positioning.
• Lead portfolio studies considering regulatory environments, powertrain mix, capital allocation, and market-specific demand with cross-functional teams.
• Develop robust business cases quantifying financial, operational, and strategic implications of portfolio recommendations.
• Present recommendations to senior leadership with data-driven storytelling and clear communication.
• Manage strategy resources and budget across concurrent studies to ensure timely delivery of insights for critical portfolio decisions.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Influence senior executives

Financial acumen

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, economics, or related field

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

Ford is seeking a strategic, analytical, and influential leader to serve as Portfolio Strategy Chief across the North America markets. In this role, you will shape the future product portfolio by translating complex market dynamics, customer insights, and business constraints into actionable portfolio strategies that drive profitable growth and strengthen Ford's competitive position globally.

This is a high-visibility role that requires the ability to synthesize complexity into clarity, build compelling business cases, and influence senior leadership decision-making.

You Will...

• Lead portfolio strategy across the North America markets, ensuring alignment with regional priorities and Ford's global enterprise strategy.
• Drive segment "chessboard" analysis to identify emerging market opportunities, competitive threats, and white-space segments, informing where and how Ford should compete.
• Lead comprehensive portfolio studies, factoring in complex variables and constraints—including regulatory environments, powertrain mix, capital allocation, and market-specific demand—while partnering closely with cross-functional teams across Marketing, Manufacturing, Product Development, and Finance.
• Develop robust business cases that quantify the financial, operational, and strategic implications of portfolio recommendations.
• Present recommendations to senior leadership with compelling storytelling, clear communication, and a data-driven narrative that enables confident decision-making.
• Manage strategy resources and budget across multiple concurrent studies, ensuring workstreams progress on schedule and deliver the insights required to support critical portfolio decisions.

You’ll Have...

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, economics, or a related field
• Significant experience in strategy, portfolio planning, product strategy, management consulting, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives
• Strong financial acumen and experience building business cases and investment recommendations
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with proven ability to influence senior executives
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to distill complexity into clear, actionable insights

Preferred

• MBA or advanced degree
• Automotive industry experience, particularly in product or portfolio planning
• Experience leading and developing teams, and managing budgets and resources

Key Competencies

• Strategic and systems thinking
• Cross-functional leadership and influence
• Executive-level communication and presentation
• Comfort with ambiguity and complexity
• Global and cultural awareness
• Results orientation and bias for action
• Ability to lead and develop teams

What You’ll Receive In Return...

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 a leadership level 4.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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