Software Engineering Manager overseeing design and delivery of a complex digital ecosystem for Ford. Collaborating with teams across the globe and transforming project mindsets into product-focused strategies.
Responsibilities
Engineering leadership role overseeing design and delivery of a global; complex; micro service ecosystem.
Support a delivery team that is responsible for the systems; technology; quality; and delivery of digital capabilities.
Scope includes but not limited to headless digital ordering capabilities supporting omnichannel (Ford.com eCommerce, Mobile, In-Vehicle) order management capabilities serving global markets.
Build and deliver a modern, greenfield open stack platform based on MACH architecture principles.
Model the use of modern software engineering practices (TDD BDD, CI/CD, Shift left, 12 factor applications, API first design language etc..) to support integration with existing Ford software products as well as external cloud-based services.
Collaborate with Ford’s Enterprise Architecture organization to rationalize technologies, further leverage current technology offerings already in use, and identify gaps/opportunities.
Implement a talent system to review existing team capabilities (internal and external) and build and promote practices to develop a world-class software engineering team.
Strategize & work with senior leaders across Ford’s engineering organization to make significant, measurable impact on a global scale by innovating and operating with an iterative, agile, and user-centric perspective.
Provide thought leadership for the development, structure, technology of Ford with skills in strategic planning, goal setting, processes development, budgeting, and creating opportunities for professional development within technology teams.
Transform teams from a project mindset towards a product mindset.
Global. Team members will be in India, US and/or Europe.
Provide engineering leadership up to 2 product lines across eCommerce platforms.
Help business partners understand our iterative development approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and releases through careful and deliberate prioritization.
Initial team size will include around 10 positions of associates and purchased service capacity with external partners.
Requirements
Conversant in digital ecommerce processes and technologies.
Experience evolving agile software delivery practices and processes.
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