Director

• Establish Ford's multi-year health care benefits vision and strategic roadmap, aligning with enterprise business objectives and long-term talent strategy.
• Oversee competitive benchmarking, market intelligence, and assessment of emerging health care trends, disruptive technologies, and industry innovations to position Ford as a benefits leader and employer of choice.
• Analyze workforce demographics, health data, and utilization patterns to design benefit strategies that optimize health outcomes, employee experience, cost management, and competitive positioning.
• Develop business cases and financial models for senior leadership on benefit investments, plan redesign, and transformational initiatives.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, HR, IT, and Labor Relations to align health care strategy with corporate financial planning, risk management, and total rewards philosophy.
• Serve as the lead strategist and senior negotiator for health care benefits in collective bargaining, shaping proposals that balance business sustainability with union partnership and employee value.
• Develop detailed bargaining strategies, scenario modeling, and long-term cost projections to inform executive decision-making and negotiation positioning.
• Build strategic relationships with union leadership to foster collaboration, mutual understanding, and creative problem-solving for complex health care challenges.
• Define vendor strategy and lead the selection of strategic partners (medical/dental/vision carriers, PBMs, and carve-out specialty vendors) that align with Ford's vision and deliver measurable value.
• Establish governance frameworks and collaborative partnerships with vendors to drive innovation, value-based care, outcomes measurement, and excellence in service delivery and cost outcomes.
• Guide team to deliver consistently excellent health care plan administration, including medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision programs across union and non-union populations.
• Champion continuous improvement in processes, systems, and service delivery while adhering to collective bargaining agreements, regulatory requirements, and internal policies.
• Guide the evolution of plan design to balance value, choice, affordability, and fiscal responsibility.
• Build and lead a high-performing benefits team, coaching members to elevate their capabilities, take ownership of outcomes, and deliver results that exceed standards.

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