Product Operations Lead

Ford Motor Company

Product Operations Lead focused on operational discipline and execution within the Digital Cabin Product team. Leading new work intake across multiple product groups at Ford Motor Company.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $74,300 - $166,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Stakeholder Management: Navigate a broad spectrum of leadership and working levels, managing diverse perspectives to build consensus, drive alignment, and ensure transparency on product priorities and progression.
Drive Project Execution: Coordinate the end-to-end product lifecycle—from initial ideation through iteration—by tracking timelines, milestones, and deliverables for the Digital Cabin team.
Facilitate Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, design, and business to gather requirements, align scopes, and streamline communication channels across the organization.
Optimize Processes: Implement and maintain project management standards and agile methodologies to increase team consistency, efficacy, and alignment.
Manage Tools & Data: Own the Jira environment and roadmap management, curating dashboards to track product metrics, PI (Program Increment) plans, and progress toward business goals.
Enable Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify operational bottlenecks and intake improvement ideas to foster a culture of innovation and agility within the product team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Technology, or related field.
5+ years of experience in Program Management, Product Operations, or Technical Project Management, specifically managing a portfolio of 3+ concurrent, high priority workstreams.
5+ years of experience navigating matrixed organizations with 1,000+ employees, with a proven track record of managing dependencies across multiple distinct functional departments (e.g., Engineering, Design, Legal, Finance).
3+ years of Advanced Jira experience, including experience creating custom workflows and automated reporting suites.
3+ years managing a Digital Product Roadmap.
3+ years of Data-Driven decision-making experience defining and tracking core product KPIs and building automated executive-level dashboards that visualize health, velocity, and budget allocation.

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 ManagementProduct OperationsTechnical Project ManagementJiraData-Driven decision-makingKPI trackingDigital Product RoadmapAgile methodologiesProject management standardsCustom workflows

Soft Skills

Stakeholder ManagementCross-Functional CollaborationConsensus buildingAlignment drivingCommunicationProcess optimizationOperational improvementInnovation fosteringTeam consistencyEfficacy