Ford Motor Company

Senior Staff – Technical Program Manager

Ford Motor Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Palo AltoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $167,200 - $316,600 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Provide software development process and project within the IVI Team (In-Vehicle-Infotainment Team)
  • Identify potential risks in development and assess program impact, work with Engineering managers to mitigate risk
  • Cross-functional and cross-team coordination and communication to help deliver committed project outcomes
  • Work closely with software engineers, system engineers, testing engineers, and product managers throughout the project lifecycle
  • Manage project schedules, identify blockers, potential issues and incongruencies, and clearly communicate them to stakeholders
  • Drive the design and implementation of lean engineering processes and Atlassian-based toolchains to automate reporting and increase transparency across the software development lifecycle
  • Lead external vendors on timelines and deliverables and take responsibility for milestone coordination between internal and external releases
  • Drive several technical projects across vehicle software domains, helping set priorities for engineering
  • Ensure all Vehicle Access workstreams (Digital Key, Immobilizer) align with ISO 26262 functional safety standards, balancing rapid feature delivery with safety-critical rigor.

Requirements

  • B.S. in Electrical, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
  • 15+ years of experience in project, program or product management in software
  • 5+ years of experience in software development or testing
  • M.S. in Electrical, Computer Engineering or Computer Science (even better)
  • M.B.A. (even better)
  • PMP Certification (even better)
  • Scrum master Certification (even better)
  • Experienced in using JIRA, Jama and Confluence (even better)
  • Experience negotiating with hardware and software vendors (even better)
  • Experience in Automotive domain (even better)
  • Experience in Embedded Software domain (even better)
  • Experience in consumer electronics domain (even better)
  • Experience in Automotive Infotainment domain (even better).
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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementsoftware developmentsoftware testinglean engineering processesrisk assessmentmilestone coordinationcross-functional coordinationautomated reportingISO 26262
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipproblem-solvingstakeholder managementnegotiation
Certifications
PMP CertificationScrum Master Certification