Principal Technical Program Manager

Ford Motor Company

Staff Technical Program Manager orchestrating high-impact initiatives across connected vehicle, cloud, and mobile ecosystems. Leading engineering strategy and measurable improvements in customer experience.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $141,700 - $268,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the Cloud & Mobile technology roadmap, with a deep understanding of mobile apps, cloud applications / infrastructure, and connected vehicle experiences. Guide delivery teams in adopting scalable and modular Cloud & Mobile architectures, ensuring alignment with program objectives.
Develop and maintain integrated schedules, dependency maps, and risk mitigation plans across Cloud & Mobile portfolio. Ensure timely delivery of Cloud & Mobile capabilities aligned with vehicle launch timelines, digital product objectives and regulatory requirements.
Build strong relationships with engineering, product, engineering project managers, and partner teams. Influence senior leadership and stakeholders to align on priorities, trade-offs, and strategic direction. Facilitate cross-organizational collaboration to resolve technical and programmatic challenges.
Communicate program status, scorecards, risks, and decisions clearly and effectively to executive leadership and technical teams.
Identify and implement process improvements to enhance program execution, quality, and velocity.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.
10+ years of experience in technical program management within highly complex systems, including multiple successful release cycles of consumer-facing software at scale.
10+ years of experience leading cross-functional projects across Cloud, Mobile, or Embedded systems.
Deep experience with Agile methodologies and enterprise-level project management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional programs across multiple vehicle platforms.
Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Executive presence and the ability to influence and guide senior leadership.

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

Cloud applicationsMobile applicationsAgile methodologiesTechnical program managementRisk mitigationDependency mappingProcess improvementsCross-functional project managementConsumer-facing softwareEmbedded systems

Soft Skills

CommunicationPresentationStakeholder managementAnalytical skillsProblem-solvingInfluencingCollaborationLeadershipStrategic directionProgram execution