Business Program Manager

Description

In this position...

At Ford Integrated Services (FIS) we transform our customer experiences in and around the vehicle by bringing together hardware software and services to foster simple transparent and ongoing digital relationships among our customers their vehicles and Ford.

We are scaling our Business Operations teams global capabilities to support a growing portfolio of programs across multiple vehicle platforms. We seek a detail-oriented proactive associate project manager who thrives in fast-moving environments collaborates confidently with diverse teams and proposes creative solutions to improve operational efficiency and cross-functional alignment.

Business Operations drives the companys transformation by partnering with a diverse set of product teams business functions and global markets. Through this broad interaction model we identify enterprise-level gaps bring teams together to define paths forward and recommend how to bring solutions to life.

As an associate project manager at Ford you will gain hands-on experience in this dynamic eco-system - learning directly from experts contributing to high-impact projects and collaborating with teams. You will contribute to Fords transformation and future vision.

The role requires a minimum of four days per week in the Michigan Central Station Office in Detroit MI.

Responsibilities

What youll do

• Support FIS leadership to effectively plan and manage projects from the initial ideation phase through final execution.
• Deliver ongoing reporting on state of current projects overall and detailed statuses and expected delivery timelines with deadlines at risk called out.
• Facilitate meetings to understand status against specified objectives and tasks determine required next steps with timeline and owners to achieve and name progress blockers currently existing or at risk of appearing.
• Act as a bridge across teams connecting and facilitating clear communication ensuring interdependencies are understood and planned for.
• Identify dependencies and escalate risks / trade-offs to internal and external stakeholders.
• Build evolve and manage tools such as SharePoint and SmartSheet.

Qualifications

Youll have...

Even better you may have...

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve 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 builderor 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 Years Day

Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 8.

For more information on salary and benefits click here : 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 the United States if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability please call 1-.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Project Management Methodology,Project / Program Management,Program Management,Management Experience,Microsoft Powerpoint,Project Management,Microsoft Project,Budgeting,DoD Experience,Leadership Experience,Supervising Experience,Contracts

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1