Ford Motor Company

Staff TPM – Cloud/Mobile Operations

Ford Motor Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: DearbornMissouriUnited States

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Salary

💰 $112,680 - $212,760 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-year programs spanning mobile apps, cloud applications / infrastructure, and connected vehicle experiences.
  • Contribute to strategic planning and resource orchestration across the portfolio; proactively identify structural constraints and optimize capacity against priorities.
  • Leverage a deep understanding of cloud/mobile/vehicle interdependencies to shape technical direction, assess engineering trade-offs, and guide teams through complex design decisions.
  • Build consensus across diverse global teams and senior leadership. Establish rigorous scope-control processes and manage the impact of changes on the program baseline.
  • Establish proactive risk-mitigation systems and governance frameworks. Actively manage identified risks, driving impediments to closure. Define and track Technical Success Metrics (KPIs/QoS) to drive data-based improvements and engineering excellence.
  • Influence without direct authority across software systems and divisions. Drive a culture of continuous improvement, blameless risk escalation, and team-level mentoring.
  • Detect trends across data sets to frame high-impact decisions and resolve interdependency challenges that span multiple software domains.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in technical program management within highly complex systems, including multiple successful release cycles of consumer-facing software at scale.
  • 6+ years of experience leading cross-functional projects across Cloud, Mobile, or Embedded systems.
  • Deep experience with Agile methodologies and enterprise-level project management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
  • Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both engineering teams and non-technical executive stakeholders.
  • Domain Depth: Expertise in cloud-native architectures, API management, and consumer-facing mobile apps.
  • Strategic Acumen: Ability to thrive in unstructured environments and independently manipulate scope-cost-time-quality levers to achieve goals.
  • Data-Driven: Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging large volumes of data to identify opportunities in planning or delivery.
  • Leadership: Experience implementing organizational processes (PDCA, Retros) and mentoring other TPMs or engineers.
  • Customer Obsession: Demonstrated pattern of developing empathy for the end-user to inform delivery plans.
Benefits
  • 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
technical program managementAgile methodologiescloud-native architecturesAPI managementconsumer-facing mobile appsdata analysisrisk managementKPI trackingproject managementrelease cycles
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipstrategic planningproblem-solvinginfluence without authoritymentoringcontinuous improvementempathy for end-usersconsensus buildinganalytical thinking