Project Pre-Launch Specialist

Ford Motor Company; Allen Park (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Michigan is seeking a Project Pre-Launch Specialist to support planning and execution of launches across Vehicle Personalization, Ford Racing, Accessories, and marketing initiatives. You will work with cross-functional teams to bring clarity, organization, and momentum to launches across multiple teams.

In this role you will help define plans, track progress, surface risks, and support launch readiness, requiring good judgment, strong communication, and ability to move work

Responsibilities

• Support assigned programs and projects from early planning through launch and post-launch review.
• Partner with stakeholders to clarify objectives, scope, deliverables, milestones, ownership, and measures of success.
• Build and maintain project plans, schedules, action logs, status reports, and other tools suited to the work.
• Engage cross-functional partners to align on responsibilities, dependencies, decisions, and handoffs.
• Track progress and highlight risks, issues, resource needs, and potential impacts to timing or scope.
• Plan and facilitate working sessions, reviews, and launch-readiness discussions; capture decisions and follow-up actions.
• Communicate timely, clear updates and elevate barriers or decisions that require attention.
• Help assess launch readiness by tracking relevant deliverables, approvals, communications, and operational handoffs.

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

In this position

The Project Pre-Launch Specialist supports the planning and execution of launches across Vehicle Personalization, Ford Racing, Accessories, and diverse Marketing initiatives. As part of a newly created team, this role helps bring clarity, organization, and momentum to work involving multiple teams and stakeholders. The team’s operating model and the role’s specific responsibilities are evolving and will continue to be shaped by business needs.

Working with cross-functional partners, the Project Pre-Launch Specialist helps define plans, track progress, surface risks and dependencies, and support launch readiness. The role calls for sound judgment, strong communication, and the ability to move work forward in a dynamic environment.

What You'll Do

• Support assigned programs and projects from early planning through launch and post-launch review.
• Partner with stakeholders to clarify objectives, scope, deliverables, milestones, ownership, and measures of success.
• Build and maintain project plans, schedules, action logs, status reports, and other tools suited to the work.
• Engage cross-functional partners to align on responsibilities, dependencies, decisions, and handoffs.
• Track progress and highlight risks, issues, resource needs, and potential impacts to timing or scope.
• Plan and facilitate working sessions, reviews, and launch-readiness discussions; capture decisions and follow-up actions.
• Communicate timely, clear updates and elevate barriers or decisions that require attention.
• Help assess launch readiness by tracking relevant deliverables, approvals, communications, and operational handoffs.