Sr. Product Manager

Ford Model e U.S.; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid parental leave

Family building benefits

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off for community service

Generous vacation and holidays

Job summary

Ford Model e U.S. is seeking a senior Product Manager with a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams. You will own product strategy for fleet-related software and services, working closely with engineers on API integrations, architecture decisions, and data-driven prioritization.

You will engage customers in a consultative manner, help shape the roadmap, and mentor junior PMs. The role is hybrid, onsite four or more days per week, with strong growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as a product manager with impact.
• 3+ years of people management.
• Experience working directly with customers in a consultative fashion.
• Technical depth with APIs and full-stack apps; comfortable with architecture discussions.
• Ability to prioritize based on business value, effort and reuse.
• Experience taking a product from 0 to 1 in any setting.
• Demonstrated AI fluency in day-to-day workflows and impact.
• Comfort prototyping or making simple code changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy and roadmap for Ford’s fleet-related software/services.
• Collaborate with engineers on API integrations, authentication, and architecture discussions.
• Prioritize features using quantitative business value and effort.
• Mentor and grow product managers, build strong teams.
• Engage customers throughout the sales and adoption process; provide consultative support.

Skills

PM leadership

People management

Customer partnerships

APIs & full-stack

Prioritization

0-to-1 product

AI fluency

Prototyping / coding

Education

Engineering background

Tools

APIs

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 #1 in commercial vehicles in North America and the #1 brand in Europe. On this base of strength, we have built a rapidly growing software and services business (Telematics SaaS, Data/control APIs, Fleet Management services, Charging SaaS, etc.) by first building a great product, design, and engineering team.

Demand for these services is accelerating, and larger fleets are beginning to show interest and purchase these products. Larger fleets have different needs than smaller fleets, and additionally they often need custom features – an integration with an ERP system for instance or a custom report or data feed understanding and addressing these needs in a consultative manner during the sales process and supporting these fleets as they onboard and scale is critical to both the fleet’s (and Ford’s) success.

You'll have...

• 8+ years as a product manager, with a demonstrated track record of impact
• 3+ years of people management, including product managers with a track record of building strong teams and developing people
• Deep experience working directly with customers, ideally in a consultative fashion
• Technical depth and experience working with APIs of various types, authentication, and full-stack applications. Must be comfortable having architecture conversations with engineers
• Ability to make tough, principled prioritization and build/not decisions based on quantitative factors such as business value, effort, reuse, etc.
• Have successfully gone "0 to 1" on a product/concept (could have been at a startup or big company)
• Demonstrated AI fluency: You use AI tools in your day-to-day workflows and can point to specific ways they've changed how your team builds software and the impact of these changes.
• Comfortable moving beyond traditional PM boundaries, for examples prototyping, running your own analysis, or making simple code changes

Even better, you may have...

• Experience in a fleet-related space, B2B sales, or consulting
• Academic background in engineering, hard sciences, design, or equivalent work experience

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
• Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is leadership level 5 and ranges from $141,700-$268,300.

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.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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