Senior Technical Program Manager

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?

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position...

As a Senior Technical Program Manager - you will sit at the intersection of strategy and execution for Ford’s electric vehicle future. You will own the delivery of critical transformation initiatives, driving roadmap creation, prioritization, and follow through. Your expertise will be crucial in bridging the gap between EVDD innovation and legacy system stability, leading cross-functional teams to build the scalable capabilities necessary for Ford’s next generation of mobility.

What you'll do...

Act as the coordination lead for assigned workstream portfolio, ensuring alignment across internal ADVEV Digital Transformation (ADT) team and dependencies with the broader organization

Define quarterly roadmap, milestones, and dependencies

Run operating cadences and drive timely decisions with clear escalations

Maintain workstream risk register and use it to lead mitigation

Define KPIs and build dashboards tracking ADT team delivery

Configure project planning tools and ensure data hygiene within the ADT team

Align expectations and resolve conflicts with our stakeholders alongside the Business Architect and Organizational Change Management team

Define and maintain prioritization frameworks tied to vehicle milestones and business requirements, using this structure to set and justify execution priorities

Keep lead TPM informed of progress, key updates, and emerging risks across your portfolio

Be a team player—identify gaps and either jump in yourself or champion for the right resources to fill them

Support the team's overall success, not just your individual work streams

You'll have...

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience

Proven experience in digital transformation or business transformation projects

Proven experience as a Technical Program Manager

Strong technical program management and planning skills, overseeing multiple projects at the same time

Strong collaboration skills to integrate cross-functional teams

Strong communication and leadership skills

Experience with Jira as a team planning tool

Even better, you may have….

Accountability, consistency, & follow-through

Attention to detail

Critical thinking capacity

Continuous improvement mindset

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 8.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here : https : / / fordcareers.co / GSRSP3

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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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 status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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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Requisition ID : 56600