Technical Program Manager in Ford's Connected Vehicle Software division focusing on product and engineering excellence. Lead cross - functional initiatives and manage complex engineering programs.
About the role
- Technical Program Manager for ADAS Features & Software at Ford. Collaborate across teams to deliver software development initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Partner with key stakeholders to define, scope, prioritize, and deliver major ADAS software initiatives that span multiple teams and multiple organizations across Ford.
- Understand the needs of stakeholders across the product development organization
- Apply technical project planning, management, and leadership for the development and delivery of ADAS Software (hand coded or MBD-based)
- Apply technical project planning, management, and leadership for the development and delivery of software tooling and/or support software to advance ADAS product development
- Implement and execute roadmaps, schedules, project plans, and resourcing plans to enable ADAS to meet commitments to our customers
- Lead team members on modern, world-class, software development practices, driving precise execution of technical plans (including management of milestone progress, dependency tracking, risk management, and risk mitigation)
- Interface with and lead cross functional teams – Systems, Software, Feature, Suppliers, V&V, Quality and others to drive development plans, ensuring on time SW delivery with an emphasis on quality.
- Partner with technical development leaders to deliver high value content with velocity
- Leverage your technical knowledge and interpersonal communication skills to support efficient resolution of technical, timing or delivery issues
- Elevate the visibility of the team – provide regular “push” updates through wiki, Jira, Teams, email, and other communication mediums
- Communicate and present project status to a broad stakeholder and leadership community
- Efficiently utilize work management tools – Wiki, JIRA, Project Management Tools – to communicate status and project plans with leadership
- Proactively identify and manage project risks, developing mitigations and/or recovery plans to protect the overall program delivery
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or one of Computer, Electrical, Aerospace, Mechanical, Robotics or Controls Engineering or a related field.
- 5+ years’ experience in one or combination of program management, engineering management, engineering supervisory role or a technical team leadership role
- 5+ years’ experience using standard project management tools such as MS Project, Planaris, Smartsheet or other equivalent tools
- 2+ years’ experience of usage of JIRA work management tools or equivalent for product development and delivery
- 5+ years of experience in product development for either automotive or similar high volume/high reliability markets
- Very strong business English communication skills (verbal and written)
- Strong presentation skills with ability to tailor material and presentation style to varied audiences (Executive to working level, strategy to technical)
Benefits
- 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.
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