Senior Product Manager, Mobile Apps – Vehicle Productivity and Electrification Experiences

Ford Motor Company; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 116,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid parental leave

Backup child care

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company, within Integrated Services, seeks a Digital Product Manager to lead electrification and vehicle productivity experiences in Ford/ Lincoln mobile apps. You will work cross-functionally to ensure products meet customer needs and strategic goals.

Use data-driven insights to define roadmaps, collaborate with engineering and design, and shape go-to-market plans. 5+ years in tech product management and strong Jira and Agile knowledge are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years of product management experience in the technology industry.
• Proven ability to effectively utilize Jira for Agile project management, including sprint planning, issue tracking, and reporting.
• Domain knowledge across integrated hardware/software products, autonomy, or consumer-facing digital products.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve strategic goals in a fast-paced environment with strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills to manage stakeholders across the organization.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Familiarity with Agile Software Methodologies (Scrum, XP, Kanban).
• Curiosity around new technologies and a strong desire for continued learning.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic vision for Electrification and vehicle productivity experiences within Ford/ Lincoln mobile apps, including product roadmap and launch strategy.
• Translate customer needs into clearly defined technical requirements backed by data.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to balance timing, cost, features, and performance.
• Measure success using experiments, user interviews, and other validation techniques to gather feedback.
• Create PRDs, PRFAQs, and Strategy Documents to guide development.
• Identify ways to accelerate development, reduce risk, and improve the product experience.
• Seamlessly manage escalations across stakeholders.

Skills

Jira

Agile methodologies

Data analysis

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Matrix organization experience

Curiosity about new technologies

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Figma

Microsoft Office

Job description

Launched in 2023, Integrated Services creates and markets new customer experiences by integrating hardware, software and services across Ford Blue, Model e and Ford Pro. These products and services allow Ford's retail and commercial customers to customize their vehicles like never before with OTA (over-the-air)-driven experiences that grow better over time. Ford is developing leadership at the forefront of connected, digital platforms that will revolutionize every aspect of how vehicles function, the way people interact with them, and the value those vehicles provide.

In this position...

Ford is developing leadership at the forefront of connected, digital platforms that will revolutionize every aspect of how vehicles function, the way people interact with them, and the value those vehicles provide. Integrated Services creates and markets new customer products and experiences by integrating hardware, software, and services across Ford Blue, Model e, Ford Pro and Lincoln. Within Integrated Services, our Digital Product Team leads the charge on creating innovative software for our customers. Through listening to customers, research, and a deep understanding of the market, this team leads the future on how Ford can differentiate its vehicles and create experiences customers love.

We are looking for passionate product professionals who will continue to help us redefine the future of mobility. As a Digital Product Manager at Ford, you will work cross-functionally to ensure the products we build will meet and elevate our customers’ experience.

What you'll do...

• Define the strategic vision for the Electrification and vehicle productivity experiences within the Ford and Lincoln mobile applications, including the product roadmap and launch/roll-out strategy.
• Translate our customers’ needs into clearly defined technical requirements backed by data and comprehensive industry knowledge.
• Engage closely with engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to make decisions that balance timing, cost, features, and performance while staying true to the product strategy and vision.
• Measure our success and improve our products using principled methods and metrics; conduct product experiments, user interviews and other validation techniques to gather customer feedback and product insights.
• Create artifacts (PRDs, PRFAQs, Strategy Documents) to guide product development work.
• Find innovative ways to accelerate our development, reduce risk, and the overall product development experience.
• Seamlessly manage escalations across stakeholders and influence appropriately.

You’ll have...

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years of product management experience in the technology industry.
• Proven ability to effectively utilize Jira for agile project management, including sprint planning, issue tracking, and reporting.
• Domain knowledge across integrated hardware/software products, autonomy, or consumer-facing digital products. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the hardware and software systems required to bring consumer products to market in these sectors.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve strategic goals in an innovative and fast-paced environment, and to evolve product strategy based on research, data and industry trends; excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills.
• A deep passion for your customers, their needs, and for building/shipping products to meet these needs.
• Has built systems where AI operates autonomously and can demonstrate how they made those systems reliable.
• Successfully launched products in a matrix organization and demonstrated ability to manage multiple products in production and their backlogs.
• Strong leadership and communication skills to manage stakeholders across the organization, including strong documentation skills.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Familiarity with Agile Software Methodologies (Scrum, eXtreme Programming, Kanban).
• Curiosity around new technologies and a strong desire for continued learning.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Even better, you may have...

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or Business preferred.
• Master’s degree in business administration or similar advanced degree.
• 7+ years full time professional experience.
• Embedded software expertise.
• Mobile App Development experience.
• Experience using Figma for collaborative design workflows, including version control and feedback integration.

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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$200,000.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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