Survey Manager
Wade Trim
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Manager, FCSD Strategy Transformation
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Establish a FCSD PMO Function: Help design, implement, and drive a world-class and lightweight project management function for FCSD, establishing the standardized processes and reporting that will be used across key strategic initiatives.
- Drive Transparency and Accountability: Create a central source of truth for our strategic portfolio. You will track initiative status, interdependencies, risks, and progress toward value capture, ensuring clear visibility for the entire leadership team.
- Act as a Center of Excellence: Serve as a thought partner for initiative owners across FCSD. You will equip them with PMO best practices, tools, and methodologies to ensure high-quality, consistent execution.
- Facilitate Executive Governance: Design and run standard governance forums (e.g., steering committees, monthly business reviews) to provide clear, concise updates to the FCSD leadership team, enabling effective and timely decision-making.
- Proactively Manage and Mitigate Risk: Interface directly with business leaders and initiative teams to identify potential roadblocks and collaboratively develop robust risk mitigation plans for any off-track initiatives.
- Influence and Collaborate: Work across all levels of the organization to foster a culture of accountability and execution excellence, ensuring strategic projects are delivered on time and deliver their intended value.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- A minimum of 5-10 years of relevant experience (or a Master's Degree with 3-5 years of experience).
- Proven experience supporting high-impact, cross-functional projects at a global scale, working effectively with various levels of the organization.
- A clear understanding of the fundamentals of the automotive industry and parts and services, including competitive dynamics, trends, and company operations.
- A strong track record of challenging the status quo, being self-driven, and bringing creative solutions to support the resolution of complex issues.
- Excellent influencing and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to confidently present findings and lead problem-solving discussions with senior leadership.
- Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint (for senior executive presentations), Excel (for modeling and data analysis), and Word.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementrisk managementdata analysismodelingexecutive presentations
Soft skills
influencingcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationaccountability
