Technology Manager – ESB
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Allen Park • Missouri • United States
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About the role
- Draft clear and concise user stories that include detailed acceptance criteria.
- Assist in the continuous grooming of the product backlog, ensuring tasks are estimated, prioritized, and "ready" for development.
- Attend daily stand-ups to clarify requirements for the developers and help remove immediate blockers.
- Perform initial "sanity checks" on completed features to ensure they meet the defined acceptance criteria before the final review.
- Develop and execute comprehensive test plans to ensure that the business requirements have been met and existing functionality continues to operate as expected (i.e., regression testing).
- Interview stakeholders and users to document their needs and pain points.
- Maintain product documentation, including feature lists, and user guides.
- Help prepare progress reports and presentations for stakeholders regarding sprint goals and release timelines.
- Monitor basic product metrics and report out findings.
- Actively participate in Retrospectives and Sprint Planning to improve the team's efficiency and effectiveness.
- Act as a point of contact between the business and the technical team, ensuring clear communication.
- Work closely with UX/UI designers to ensure wireframes and mockups align with the user stories you have written.
Requirements
- 2 years of experience in project coordination, business analysis, or a role within a software development environment.
- The ability to analyze complex systems and processes to identify and implement solutions that intuitively add value and optimize efficiencies.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills—the ability to explain "the why" behind a task.
- Exceptional organizational skills; you are the person who notices when a requirement is missing or a deadline is slipping.
- Ability to understand technical discussions and a willingness to learn the architecture of the product.
- Basic understanding of Agile principles - 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
user storiesacceptance criteriaproduct backlog groomingtest plansregression testingstakeholder interviewsproduct documentationprogress reportssprint planningAgile principles
Soft Skills
communication skillsorganizational skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationattention to detailadaptabilitytime managementinterpersonal skillsfacilitation