Technical Program Manager – AI Orchestration & Intelligent Automation

Ford-Motor-Company; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Long Beach is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to orchestrate software delivery for the ADVEV platform, blending product thinking with engineering execution.

This Builder-TPM role embraces AI-native approaches, prototypes, and automation, partnering with Product and Engineering leadership to turn roadmaps into concrete releases.

You will drive metrics, runbooks, and decision logs, while coordinating vendor workflows and ensuring alignment across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, CS, IT or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Product Operations, or Software Engineering.
• AI-native skillset with proficiency in prompt engineering and agentic automation.
• Builder experience: prototyping or building internal tools.
• Bridges product strategy with technical execution and engineering delivery.
• Proficient with Jira and Confluence to run execution systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape the AI-augmented roadmap into delivery outcomes.
• Build and iterate on prototypes to translate roadmaps into structured execution plans.
• Drive release planning sessions with a product lens, aligning scope, dependencies and capacity.
• Facilitate ceremonies and working sessions to drive decisions and unblock delivery.
• Contribute to technical discussions as an execution integrator across stakeholders.
• Define and drive execution metrics and dashboards for delivery health and readiness.
• Prototype and build AI agents to automate reporting, status visibility, and documentation.
• Lead internal AI automation for PRDs, runbooks, executive summaries, and decision logs.
• Coordinate vendor and licensing workflows and ensure blockers are pre-empted.

Skills

Technical Program Management

AI-Native Skillset

Prototype development

Product & Engineering alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

As Technical Program Manager for the ADVEV platform, you will be a key driver in orchestrating the delivery of software products for the next-gen EV Platform. You will work closely with senior-level management, Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and development teams to translate strategic roadmaps into tangible product features.

This is a 'Builder-TPM' role that demands an AI-native approach, blending strategic product thinking, a software engineering mindset, and prompt engineering. You will not only manage delivery but will actively build prototypes and contribute to technical automation, leveraging agentic workflows and AI tools to optimize business capabilities and innovation within the ADVEV space at FORD.

• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape and operationalize the portfolio roadmap into AI-augmented delivery outcomes.
• Build and iterate on prototypes to validate roadmap objectives and translate them into structured execution plans: milestones, release slices, sequencing, and readiness gates.
• Drive iteration and release planning sessions through a product lens, ensuring scope, dependencies, and capacity are aligned and explicit.
• Facilitate targeted ceremonies and working sessions to drive decisions, unblock delivery, and maintain operational efficiency.
• Contribute to technical discussions as an execution integrator, connecting product, engineering, operations, security/compliance, procurement, and vendor stakeholders.
• Define and drive key execution metrics and dashboards (delivery health, readiness, quality, operational adoption), enabling proactive issue detection and resolution.
• Treat recurring program operations as engineering problems: prototype and build AI agents to automate reporting, status visibility, dependency tracking, and routine documentation.
• Lead and support the development of internal AI automation to accelerate the creation of PRDs, runbooks, executive summaries, and decision logs from raw inputs—improving consistency and reducing manual effort.
• Coordinate operational execution for vendor and licensing workflows as needed (renewals, seat tracking, approvals, procurement checkpoints).
• Ensure vendor-related dependencies (security, access, onboarding requirements) are planned early and do not become release blockers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Product Operations, or Software Engineering.
• AI-Native Skillset: Proficiency in prompt engineering and a track record of building agentic automation and chatbots to accelerate execution.
• The 'Builder' Experience: Demonstrated experience building prototypes, contributing to codebases, or developing internal tools to solve complex problems.
• Product & Engineering Lens: Proven ability to bridge the gap between customer-centric product strategy and technical engineering execution.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Jira and Confluence (or equivalent tools) to run execution systems at scale.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical Contribution: Experience using VS Code Copilot, Claude Code, or other AI-assisted tooling to write automation scripts, lightweight fixes, or build POCs instead of writing PRDs
• Experience with GCP, Mongo, and SQL to build dashboards, metrics, and operational reporting systems that drive proactive execution.
• Agile/Scrum leadership experience in automotive or highly integrated platform environments.

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