
Senior Staff – Technical Program Manager
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Palo Alto • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $167,200 - $316,600 per year
Job Level
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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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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