Senior Vehicle Planning, Strategy Program Manager

Ford Motor Company

Senior Vehicle Planning & Strategy Program Manager integrating cross functional teams to develop next generation EV vehicles. Collaborating with marketing, design, engineering, finance and manufacturing teams.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeLong Beach • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $138,800 - $232,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Use your customer, engineering and business skills to integrate cross functional teams to deliver compelling, feasible and viable products.
Lead and manage team setup, program assumptions, change control, communication, issues management, financial estimates, and industrialization plans.
Lead teams to deliver on time and with quality, setting up schedule with cadence of key decisions, checkpoints, deliverables, etc.
Plan the business case of the vehicle with finance, manufacturing, marketing, etc.
Create and effectively deploy a more efficient product development process.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in engineering or business or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
5+ years of experience working on production vehicle development, from concept to launch
3+ years of experience in Program, Project or Product Management & Strategy, or as Design Engineer
Customer Focused Vehicle Planning Program Management
Strong collaboration skills to integrate vehicle cross-functional teams
Strong program management and planning skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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

program managementproject managementproduct managementvehicle developmentfinancial estimatesindustrialization plansbusiness case planningproduct development process

Soft Skills

customer focusedcollaborationcommunicationleadershiporganizational skills

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in engineeringBachelor's degree in business