Senior Manager, Design Studio
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Allen Park • Missouri • United States
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Salary
💰 $138,240 - $261,720 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead design governance and oversight of global retail and experiential initiatives across Ford’s dealer ecosystem.
- Establish and maintain global design standards, frameworks, and guidelines to ensure consistent brand expression across markets.
- Guide the assignment and management of studio resources and external partners supporting retail and experiential design programs.
- Ensure design excellence, clarity, and consistency across global implementation.
- Translate Ford’s evolving brand strategy into integrated retail and experiential design solutions.
- Shape the future of Ford’s dealership and brand environments through customer-centered design thinking.
- Advance innovative retail concepts that strengthen customer engagement and brand storytelling.
- Integrate design strategy with business objectives, ensuring retail environments support dealer success, operational efficiency, and measurable improvements in customer engagement and sales performance.
- Lead complex design programs involving multiple stakeholders across global markets.
- Partner closely with Ford Brand, Marketing, Product Design, and Dealer Network leadership to align retail design with brand strategy and customer experience objectives.
- Develop and maintain a communication framework for global retail network leaders, ensuring clarity of design standards, program updates, and implementation guidance.
- Work directly with the global dealer network, integrating dealer perspectives into the design process to ensure solutions that are both brand-driven and operationally successful.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture or interior design from an accredited institution.
- 10+ years of professional design experience in architecture, interior design, experiential design, or retail environments.
- 5+ years of experience in global commercial practice.
- 2+ years of experience with project governance and team leadership.
- Portfolio is required demonstrating Human Centered project outcomes.
- Master’s degree in architecture or interior design from an accredited institution is preferred.
- Experience delivering design programs across global markets or large retail networks preferred.
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
architectureinterior designexperiential designdesign governancedesign standardsdesign strategycustomer-centered designproject governanceteam leadershipportfolio development
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationstakeholder managementcustomer engagementbrand storytellingoperational efficiencydesign excellenceclarityinnovation
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in architectureBachelor’s degree in interior designMaster’s degree in architectureMaster’s degree in interior design