Product Manager – LA Receivables

Ford Motor Company

Product Manager for LA Receivables leading the strategic direction of legacy mainframe platform. Collaborating with engineering teams, legal experts, and business leaders in the UK and Germany.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeChennai • 🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the Backlog: Lead the prioritization of the LA platform backlog, ensuring every development hour is spent on initiatives that deliver maximum business value and operational stability.
Stakeholder Alignment: Act as the central point of contact for stakeholders across the UK and Germany, navigating competing priorities and building consensus on the product roadmap.
Capacity Management: Make disciplined, data-driven decisions on how to allocate limited engineering capacity, balancing "must-have" compliance/legal items against business enhancements.
Technical Deep-Dives: Roll up your sleeves to understand the intricacies of an aging but vital mainframe system, translating complex business requirements into technical priorities for the engineering team.
Scrutinise & Validate: Critically evaluate all incoming requests—including mandatory legal and compliance items—to validate their impact, necessity, and value before commitment.
Drive Pragmatic Innovation: Identify opportunities to optimize current processes within technical constraints, focusing on outcomes and efficiency over mere activity.
Modernization Roadmap: Play a pivotal role in the long-term strategy to decommission the legacy platform, supporting data migration and the transition of services to modernized systems.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other product teams to ensure the LA platform integrates seamlessly with newer front-end and middle-tier services.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Legacy Platform Experience: Proven experience managing complex software products, ideally within a legacy or mainframe environment (back-end systems).
Masterful Negotiation: Exceptional influencing and negotiation skills, with the confidence to challenge stakeholders constructively and say "no" when necessary to protect platform integrity.
Financial Services Knowledge: A deep understanding of receivables, loan processing, or financial operations is highly desirable.
Pragmatic Problem Solving: A value-driven mindset with the ability to work within technical constraints and make trade-offs that favor long-term stability and ROI.
Matrixed Leadership: Experience collaborating effectively with engineering teams (onshore and offshore) and navigating a complex, matrixed global organization.
Data-Driven Decision Making: Ability to utilize metrics and impact analysis to inform prioritization and demonstrate the value of platform work.
Educational Background: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of experience and education.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

legacy platform experiencemainframe systemsdata migrationsoftware product managementimpact analysismetrics utilizationtechnical prioritizationprocess optimizationcompliance validationcapacity management

Soft Skills

stakeholder alignmentnegotiation skillsinfluencing skillspragmatic problem solvingcross-functional collaborationmatrixed leadershipdata-driven decision makingconsensus buildingcritical evaluationvalue-driven mindset

Certifications

Bachelor's degree