What you will do:
We are seeking a diligent, detail-driven project management professional to support our Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Software development activities. This involves applying Technical Program Management engineering principles and analytical techniques in support of delivering software for the ADAS ECU.
In this role, you will:
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 and influence as appropriate to achieve alignment on the prioritized initiatives
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 across all customer constituencies
Lead team members on modern, world-class, software development practices, and precise execution of a technical plan (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 to define and drive development plans, ensuring on time SW delivery with highest quality
Partner with technical development leaders to create symbiotic relationships that showcase high value in technical leader/TPM matched-pairing through delivery velocity
Utilize technical knowledge and capabilities to assist technical leaders and engineers in resolving dependencies and issues with stakeholders
Help to resolve or facilitate resolution of technical 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
Proactively identify and manage project risks, developing mitigations and/or recovery plans in event of project slips
Efficiently utilize work management tools – Wiki, JIRA, Project Management Tools – to make plans and status visible to leadership and to provide strategic planning options/contingencies
The minimum requirements we seek
Ability to understand complex technical issues and to present adjusted levels of detail based on target audience
Our preferred requirements
7+ years’ experience in SW Program Management in an embedded technical software discipline within the automotive domain
Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple disciplines (engineering, product, design, testing, quality, etc.) throughout the entire product lifecycle
Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle methodology
Mastery of technical plan development (task identification, task breakdown, timing) for consumption at multiple leadership levels of the organization
Extensive experience using Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, etc), and GitHub source code management tool
Extensive experience using Confluence to develop/maintain rich content wiki pages
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 7 and ranges from $99,600-$146,600., This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $115,000-$162,900.
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