Senior EV Planning & Strategy Program Lead

Ford Motor Company; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in the United States is seeking a Staff Planning & Strategy Program Manager to integrate cross-functional teams and develop the next generation of electric vehicles. You will work with marketing, design, engineering, finance and manufacturing to turn concepts into viable products.

This leadership role requires a strong program management background, collaboration skills, and the ability to lead schedules and decisions, with a competitive salary range and hybrid work

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience working on production vehicle development, from concept to launch.
• 3+ years of experience in Program, Project or Product Management & Strategy, or as Design Engineer.
• Customer Focused Vehicle Planning Program Management.
• Strong collaboration skills to integrate vehicle cross-functional teams.
• Strong program management and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Use your customer, engineering and business skills to integrate cross functional teams to deliver compelling, feasible and viable products.
• Lead and manage team setup, program assumptions, change control, communication, issues management, financial estimates, and industrialization plans.
• Lead teams to deliver on time and with quality, setting up schedule with cadence of key decisions, checkpoints, deliverables, etc.
• Plan the business case of the vehicle with finance, manufacturing, marketing, etc.
• Create and effectively deploy a more efficient product development process.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Strategy development

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience

5+ years of experience in production vehicle development

3+ years in Program/Project/Product Management or Design Engineer

Job description

Ford Motor Company in the United States is seeking a Staff Planning & Strategy Program Manager to integrate cross-functional teams and develop the next generation of electric vehicles. You will work with marketing, design, engineering, finance and manufacturing to turn concepts into viable products.

This leadership role requires a strong program management background, collaboration skills, and the ability to lead schedules and decisions, with a competitive salary range and hybrid work