We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? 

In this position... 

Seeking an exceptional candidate to apply technical, strategy and leadership skills along with a business operations acumen in a challenging role. This role will collaborate across functional teams both within and outside of Interior Systems. Responsibilities include serving as Business Operations Lead and Chief of Staff. Candidate must have the ability to develop, manage and leverage professional relationships across all organizations within the company (Vehicle Engineering, Software, Program Mgt, Planning, Resource Planning, Finance, Supply Chain Mgt, Manufacturing, etc), and translate Director objectives into actionable plans, mapping them to the Global Interior functional team.

You'll have... 

Minimum Requirements:

· Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or related field

· Experience leading a team

· 5+ years with progressive responsibilities in program management and related business operations roles

· Experience implementing business strategy for organizations, generating roadmaps, and overseeing implementation

· Need a well-developed business acumen in Engineering Processes (D&R - hardware, To4, FEDE BOM, etc) and hardware engineering strategy

· Exceptional leadership and communication skills

· Experience with presenting and driving alignment with members of Senior Level Mgt

· High degree of initiative, independent work, and confidence

· Well-developed negotiation skills

· Ability to work collaboratively with others and navigate complex decision making in a fast-paced environment

· Self-driven to research and investigate new concepts to solve difficult problems

· Ability to manage complex global teams and workload with a proven record of delivery

· Proven record of building a network of strong working relationships

 

Even better, you may have…

Preferred Requirements:

· Master's degree in Engineering or Business Administration

· 5+ years Business Operations experience

· Experience with establishing processes and managing large scale tasks and budgets

· Exposure and interaction with the Executive Leadership Team

· Passion to drive change, improve Time to Engineer, and reduce "time to market"

· Passion to drive efficiency and personnel development within your direct team and across the global organization

 

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
 

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 a salary grade LL6.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position. 
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What you'll do...

Business Operations Resource Planning Budget management (headcount, purchased services, material, ED&T, OT, travel, etc) HR system management - org structure, personnel metadata mat, global structure optimization, etc Cycle Plan analysis Finance Team Liaison (Process Implementation, Compliance, Execution) ED&T Model Development and management Resource Model Updates and Management Workload studies for all program content changes to support PDRP and cycle plan development Training Lead training (planning and execution) for the Global Interior Organization Track team progress to objectives and communicate status Facilities/Warehouse management SharePoint Management Employee Onboarding

Chief of Staff

Day to Day Operations management for the Director Drive problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives Annual Objective alignment and KPI development/monitoring/reporting Draft, coordinate, and send mass communications on behalf of the Interior Director Work closely with the VHE Business Office to create feedback loop between Director and VP Lead Interior organization through annual internal security audit/Control
Testing/MCRP Support/Plan Director All Hands Meetings and Technical Reviews for Advanced Applications.

Engineering Strategy

Develop and lead strategic/organizational cultural related efforts Lead Reorg/Structure/Headcount optimization efforts Director Special Project Leadership

Program Delivery/GPDS

Supporting engineering with FEDE management and best practice process development 30-60-90 Day program timing/milestone look ahead management Support engineering team to understand and deliver GPDS milestones with quality, on time delivery, by supporting development of best practices and efficient tools to support these workstreams.

 

 

Engineering Efficiency

Define and develop workplans to support VP cascaded targets and initiatives. Develop areas of key interest and plan of execution to obtain desired results based on Director Priorities