<p>Success as a Technical Program Manager in our Power Layer requires someone who is centered around product and engineering excellence with a bias for action.</p> <p>You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; successfully partnering with a wide group of disciplines across the company.</p> <ul> <li> <p>You will own cross-team initiatives, identify best practices and bring your industry experience to bear on a company-wide scale.</p> </li><li> <p>You will engage with complex engineering programs, demonstrating leadership and a strong command of the tools and process required to achieve the teams' goals.</p> </li><li> <p>You will lead hardware & software programs in a principled way, and by example when the opportunities arise. You will have consummate communications skills, keeping up- and down-stream dependencies well aligned, and all stakeholders well-informed.</p> </li><li> <p>You're as comfortable writing clear and concise content for leadership as you are leading a system design meeting.</p> </li></ul> <p>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?</p> <p>What you'll do</p> <ul> <li>Own feature delivery over mid- to multi-year horizons; manage schedules and backlogs </li><li>Define project goals and delivery roadmaps; align resources with priorities and technology staging </li><li>Establish and track technical success metrics including key performance indicators </li><li>Translate customer requirements into actionable specifications across multiple teams; identify gaps and opportunities </li><li>Define required data sets; analyze and inform impactful decisions for the feature area </li><li>Resolve technical issues; anticipate risk, develop mitigations, lead communications with responsible and stakeholder teams </li><li>Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement through kaizen practices </li><li>Maintain awareness of industry trends and evolving technology practices </li></ul> <p>How you'll do it</p> <ul> <li>Stakeholders will be heard inclusively </li><li>Priorities will be set based upon aligned principles </li><li>Direction will be set quickly and decisively </li></ul> <p>What you'll do</p> <ul> <li>Own feature delivery over mid- to multi-year horizons; manage schedules and backlogs </li><li>Define project goals and delivery roadmaps; align resources with priorities and technology staging </li><li>Establish and track technical success metrics including key performance indicators </li><li>Translate customer requirements into actionable specifications across multiple teams; identify gaps and opportunities </li><li>Define required data sets; analyze and inform impactful decisions for the feature area </li><li>Resolve technical issues; anticipate risk, develop mitigations, lead communications with responsible and stakeholder teams </li><li>Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement through kaizen practices </li><li>Maintain awareness of industry trends and evolving technology practices </li></ul> <p>How you'll do it</p> <ul> <li>Stakeholders will be heard inclusively </li><li>Priorities will be set based upon aligned principles </li><li>Direction will be set quickly and decisively </li></ul>