Senior Staff – Technical Program Manager

Ford Motor Company

Senior Staff Technical Program Manager in Ford’s Electric Vehicles team, leading infotainment platform software development. Collaborating cross-functionally to deliver scalable solutions amid rapid innovation.

Posted 9/19/2025full-timePalo Alto • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $167,200 - $316,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMPSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

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