Manager, FCSD Special Projects

Ford Motor Company

Manager leading special projects for Ford Motor Company, responsible for project execution and stakeholder engagement. Overseeing initiatives with strong coordination and customer engagement.

Posted 7/14/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong project management capabilities, including workplan creation, milestone tracking, and risk management, while effectively leading cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder expectations in complex, time-sensitive environments.

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Project ManagementCross-Functional Team LeadershipStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementExecutive-Level Reporting

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Hard Skills

Workplan CreationMilestone TrackingRisk ManagementIssue ResolutionProcess ImprovementProject Performance TrackingDocumentation ManagementProblem SolvingDecision MakingAccountability

Soft Skills

ProfessionalismUrgencyTransparencyAttention to DetailCommunication

Tools & Technologies

MS ProjectPowerPointExcel

Industry Keywords

Project GovernanceIntegrated Project PlansStakeholder EngagementOperational InitiativesSupply Chain Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead special projects from intake through completion, including scope definition, workplan development, milestone tracking, issue resolution, and final delivery.
Manage detailed integrated project plans that include objectives, deliverables, timing, dependencies, owners, risks, decision points, and escalation paths.
Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, operations, technical, customer-facing, finance, legal, purchasing, supply chain, field, and other support functions as required.
Drive project governance through regular status reviews, action item tracking, risk reviews, escalation routines, and leadership updates.
Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and accountability across project participants, ensuring each workstream understands expectations and deadlines.
Manage demanding customers and stakeholders with professionalism, urgency, and transparency, especially when timelines are rigid, or issues require rapid resolution.
Anticipate project risks, identify bottlenecks, and proactively develop mitigation plans to protect delivery timing and business outcomes.
Facilitate working sessions, problem-solving discussions, and decision forums to align stakeholders and move projects forward.
Prepare concise executive-level updates, including status summaries, key risks, decisions needed, help required, and next steps.
Track project performance against committed timelines, deliverables, and success measures, ensuring accurate and consistent reporting.
Lead issue resolution across teams when deliverables are delayed, requirements are unclear, or dependencies are not being met.
Maintain strong documentation, including project plans, meeting notes, action registers, risk logs, decision logs, and post-project lessons learned.
Support continuous improvement by identifying process gaps, simplifying workflows, and recommending repeatable project management practices.
Represent the organization in customer and leadership interactions, reinforcing accountability, responsiveness, and execution discipline.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, operations, supply chain, project management, or a related field
4+ years of experience managing complex projects, programs, or operational initiatives with multiple stakeholders and interdependent workstreams.
2+ years leading cross-functional teams of 5 or more members without direct authority, driving accountability across diverse functions.
Strong project management capability, including workplan creation, milestone tracking, risk management, and regular (e.g., weekly) executive-level reporting.
2+ years of experience working directly with customers, senior leaders, or high-visibility stakeholders in a time-sensitive environment.
Proven ability to manage 3 or more concurrent priorities while maintaining attention to detail and delivery discipline.
High proficiency with project management, presentation, and productivity tools (e.g., MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel).

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 childcare 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.