Ford Motor Company

Learning and Development

• Set the enterprise strategy and multi-year roadmap for Manufacturing Learning Operations, aligning plant capability needs to business priorities while ensuring scalable, cost-effective execution.
• Own the Manufacturing Capabilities Framework: define standards, governance, version control, stakeholder input mechanisms, and an ongoing maintenance process to keep capabilities current as technologies and processes evolve.
• Lead the enterprise Learning Needs Assessment approach across plants (methods, cadence, stakeholder roles), assessing performance needs and translating findings into prioritized capability gaps and an actionable learning portfolio.
• Define and govern the Learning Data & Evaluation strategy (metrics, dashboards, measurement standards, and system requirements) to monitor workforce skills gaps, training needs, and program effectiveness, and to demonstrate impact, adoption, and readiness outcomes.
• Lead Global Manufacturing Governance through a Manufacturing Learning Council, engaging senior HR and business stakeholders to set priorities, approve standards, remove barriers, and communicate decisions and progress.
• Establish and sustain the operating model for Plant Training & Development Leads (role clarity, onboarding, and development, routines, community of practice, escalation paths, and shared artifacts) to drive consistent deployment and continuous improvement across regions.
• Lead the Ford Production System team’s monthly newsletter and website ensuring clear, consistent communication that engages global Manufacturing employees with current development information, learning resources, and upcoming events.
• Manage budgets and expenditures; negotiate contracts and agreements, ensuring timely delivery and quality of services
• Actively role model and advocate a culture of learning to enhance employee knowledge, skills, and behaviors, supporting business needs.
• Manage and oversee LMS and LXP administration and governance, ensuring accurate, complete, and confidential learning records in accordance with established company wide policies.
• Develop relevant standards, procedures, and reporting templates to ensure efficient and effective learning experiences.
• Actively engage and partner with other Ford Learning and Development teams to share and leverage best practices.
• Perform talent management responsibilities including staffing, performance, pay decisions, team development, and other personnel actions for the Learning and Development function.
• Lead, motivate, and mentor a team; foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment. Proven experience building and leading high-performing teams.

Manufacturing L&D Manager

Engineer

• This role combines technical expertise in tool & die design as well as high pressure die casting processes with strong project management skills to coordinate cross-functional teams, manage timelines, budget, suppliers, and ensure tooling meets quality, cost, and performance targets.
• The engineer oversees tool design reviews, development, validation, and continuous improvement efforts in fast pace and large scale powertrain and structural programs.
• Expertise in designing and developing new dies for high-pressure die casting from concept to launch.

Casting Tooling Engineer

Sales

• Support 12-15 dealers on key Sales and Marketing initiatives
• Typical work week includes 1 day in office team collaboration and 4 days traveling supporting in person dealer meetings
• Deliver Ford monthly regional wholesale/MAP sales, share, and focus audience
• Ford Commitment Program
• Integrated Services
• Ford Blue Advantage
• Sales NPS
• Regional GTM Execution
• Tier 1-3 Marketing Alignment

Sales Zone Manager

Artificial Intelligence

• Architect AI Agents: Develop and deploy custom AI agents to automate the monitoring of Design Development Checklists, data pedigree, and property setup integrity.
• Vibe Coding & Visual Scripting: Use natural language-based programming (vibe coding) to create bespoke Python scripts or macros within Catia/3DX that automate repetitive "Studio property" setups and manikin drops.
• Generative 3D Scaffolding: Lead the development of Surface Scaffold files by integrating AI-assisted 3D modeling tools (e.g., Vizcom, Luma AI, or Generative CAD) to rapidly explore "what-might-be" scenarios before committing to formal A-surface.
• Intelligent Feasibility: Lead the completion of studies within Design Feasibility Checkpoint Process by using legacy and predictive AI models to identify potential hardpoint or legislative conflicts earlier than traditional methods allow.
• Augmented Integration: Lead the integration of A-surface with thematic and functional inputs, using AI to ensure the emotive character of the art is preserved while meeting strict engineering and attribute requirements.
• Provocation & Optimization: Provide concept alternatives through generative design prompts, using AI to provoke new ways of reconciling thematic intent with program assumptions.
• Data Orchestration: Manage the flow of data into and out of the studio using automated pipelines, ensuring the "data pedigree" is maintained via intelligent version control.

Studio Engineer – AI, Generative Workflows

Analyst

• Streamline GTM Activation: Coordinate the communication of commercial incentives to internal GTM partners to ensure seamless execution across all sales channels.
• Synthesize Field Intelligence: Establish a regular cadence for gathering field feedback; distill these insights into actionable reports for internal teams to address market needs.
• Maintain Incentive Transparency: Publish and manage the "Sell Sheet" for dealers and field teams to ensure accurate, real-time visibility into commercial incentives.
• Align Brand Priorities: Collaborate with Brand Managers to define cross-vehicle priorities and brief GTM teams, utilizing the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) framework to track progress.
• Develop Marketing Assets: Lead the creation and distribution of marketing materials for Commercial Vehicle Center (CVC) dealers and field teams, driving dealer adoption and tool effectiveness.
• Lead Cross-Functional Integration: Collaborate with Finance, Tech, Web, and Field Operations to ensure brand alignment across all business units.
• Drive Data-Informed Decisions: Utilize sales and market share data to inform brand tactics and hold partners accountable for measuring the effectiveness of marketing initiatives.

Cross Vehicle Brand Analyst

Technical Project Manager

• Drive delivery across foundational architecture domains
• Lead execution for initiatives within Systems and Core Architecture, with an initial focus on diagnostics and in-vehicle networking.
• Build and maintain delivery plans, milestones, schedules, and dependency maps across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Translate architecture strategy into executable plans for current and future vehicle programs.
• Lead complex cross-functional programs
• Coordinate across hardware, embedded software, platform software, validation, and partner teams to deliver high-quality technical outcomes.
• Connect the dots from concept and design through implementation, validation, launch, OTA updates, and end-of-life support.
• Partner closely with Tech Platform teams on platform cadence and program dependencies, and with Tech Strategy teams on long-term vision and technology direction.
• Drive technical alignment and execution clarity
• Work effectively with engineers and technical leaders to understand architecture implications, system tradeoffs, delivery risks, and technical feasibility.
• Help teams align on priorities, decision points, milestones, and execution plans.
• Support planning and execution across foundational areas such as in-vehicle networking, diagnostics, power controls and management, and cross-domain feature delivery.
• Manage risk, scope, and change
• Identify program risks early, develop mitigation plans, and escalate issues when needed to protect timing, quality, and business outcomes.
• Manage scope changes by assessing impact to timeline, engineering effort, validation, and release readiness.
• Ensure upstream and downstream dependencies remain visible, coordinated, and actively managed.
• Use data to drive decisions and visibility
• Define and track delivery and quality metrics for your programs.
• Use dashboards, KPIs, and program health indicators to support decisions and improve transparency.
• Communicate progress, risks, tradeoffs, and execution health clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
• Improve the operating model
• Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement efforts to strengthen team effectiveness and delivery execution.
• Contribute to scalable program management practices across SCA and the broader organization.
• Help improve how Ford executes across systems, software, and architecture as we advance our SDV operating model.

Engineering Project Manager – Systems & Core Architecture

Product Manager

• Develop and articulate the product vision working closely with business partners, aligning it with Ford’s broader digital transformation goals. Products are focused on using AI to improve the effectiveness of the Sales & Services organization.
• Empathize and deeply understand your target audience and personas to define the right problem to solve with AI.
• Define and drive the product roadmap, ensuring it reflects the evolving needs of the business, technological advancements, and market trends.
• Prioritize product features and enhancements based on customer feedback, data-driven insights, and business impact.
• Focus on Product Market Fit by maintaining a balance between business viability, user desirability and technical feasibility.
• Define quantitative and qualitative measures of success that drive value to Ford’s core objectives.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across various business units to understand their needs and translate them into product features.
• Manage relationships with senior leadership, providing regular updates on progress, challenges, and opportunities.
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and business units, ensuring clear communication and alignment of goals.
• Champion an iterative development approach with our business partners, driving delivery of Minimum Viable Products and continuous improvement through careful and deliberate prioritization.
• Engage with your target audience in understanding their jobs to be done and needs leading to high quality product development.
• Lead cross-functional product teams (AI engineering, software engineering, design, data engineering, etc.) in the design, development, and deployment of the AI products.
• Work hands-on with the development team to prioritize, plan and deliver AI solutions that deliver business outcomes.
• Ensure the solution is scalable, secure, and reliable
• Drive the integration of AI/ML capabilities into customer and business facing applications.
• Collaborate with the product team to define specifications, requirements and acceptance criteria for deliverables
• Work with Product Designers to ensure timely delivery of designs and assets to the development team.
• Create assets to guide product development work (Discovery, Framing & Scoping Documents, PRDs, Journey Maps, opportunity trees, user stories)
• Maintain an actionable backlog of user stories for development team.
• Define, track and analyze key product metrics and KPIs to inform product strategy, prioritize features and drive continuous improvement and business outcomes.
• Design and implement user onboarding and training programs to increase adoption.
• Gather and analyze user feedback to continuously improve the solutions usability, performance, and feature set.
• Develop documentation, guides, and best practices to support users in effectively leveraging the solution for their needs.
• Conduct product experiments, user interviews and other validation techniques to gather feedback and product insights.
• Leverage analytical methods to understand and analyze user experience and adoption.
• Stay informed about the latest trends and technologies in AI and cloud computing to drive innovation.
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement within the team, fostering innovation and experimentation to keep the solution at the forefront of industry standards.
• Mentor and train other PMs to help them learn agile/XP methods, product management techniques and build skills.
• Actively participate in nurturing the Product Management Community of Practice
• Help innovate and iterate on agile PM processes and share learnings.

Senior Product Manager – Sales & Services AI

• Operational Partnership & Cost Oversight: Serve as a strategic partner to operational skill teams, providing deep-dive analysis and oversight of operating costs to ensure alignment with budgetary goals.
• Process Optimization: Lead the evolution of reporting frameworks for actuals and forecasting; identify and implement "lean" methodologies to streamline data collection and reporting for all skill teams.
• Global Cost Allocation Transformation: Conduct a comprehensive review of Ford Credit’s cost allocation process with global regions and entities. Your goal will be to redesign and simplify the annual allocation study to reduce manual effort and improve transparency.
• Strategic Communication: Lead the consolidation and synthesis of the Operating Cost PowerPoint presentations for the annual Business Plan, ensuring a clear and accurate narrative for senior leadership
• Pricing Model Integration: Evaluate the current methodology for including operating costs in Ford Credit pricing models. Determine and implement more accurate or efficient ways to reflect these costs to ensure competitive and profitable pricing.
• Digital Innovation (Ford AI): Act as the team’s champion for Ford AI tools. Explore, test, and implement AI-driven solutions to automate routine tasks, improve forecasting accuracy, and unlock new insights for the Operating Cost team.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with regional finance leads and entity stakeholders to ensure consistency in global cost-sharing and reporting standards.

Strategic Analyst – Operating Cost

Solutions Engineer

• You will be directly supporting the core functional area to assess and validate designs for regulatory compliance and safety, working closely with hardware, software and features engineering teams to ensure component, sub-system and systems level safety / compliance throughout the development cycle, product launch phase, on-going change management and field evaluations.
• Seeking candidates to support underbody systems such as brakes, suspension, steering, wheels, tires, driveline, and transmission.

Vehicle Safety and Compliance Integration Engineer

Application Engineer

• Lead Design, Release, Validation, and Launch of all unique labels for new model vehicle programs.
• Will be responsible for all phases of engineering and integration - design concept, production release, validation, product launch.
• Responsible to map Moroney Label Fuel Economy and Compliance Labels Process Flow.
• Responsible to conduct Design validation process (DV/ PV) with reports for compliance.
• Responsible for program launches with onsite support.
• Will be responsible for release and ergonomic feasibility for all unique labels on time, within cost and weight targets to meet performance objectives.
• Support current production and quality efforts.
• Full end to end unique Label map deployment and analysis.

Label Application Engineer

• Lead Studio property set up, and integrity including content, data pedigree, ride height, manikin drop and overall suitability
• Lead completion of studies within Design Feasibility FC Process from FC0 to K6, including completion of the Design Development Checklists, Hardpoints Plan, and the integration of aligned plans into surface
• Lead the integration of A-surface with thematic, VA, functional, and attribute inputs whilst maintaining the emotive character and art in the surface
• Guide initial theme set-up, and development through or in advance of functional, supplier, or attribute inputs
• Develop and maintain Surface Scaffold files to enable Physical and Digital model development and theme overlay
• Provide concept alternatives and provocations to support the reconciliation of thematic intent with functional and program assumptions
• Lead the optimization and balancing of inputs to the studio, including consideration of 'what-might-be' to support the theme vision
• Manage data within, into, and out of the studio

Studio Engineer

• The ADAS Warranty Engineer is responsible for monitoring, investigating, and resolving warranty issues related to Advanced Driver Assistance Systems such as adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, automatic emergency braking, parking assist, and sensor-based safety features.
• The position involves analyzing warranty and connected vehicle data, identifying failure trends, and collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, etc.) to determine root causes and implement corrective actions.
• The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver who possesses a deep understanding of warranty fundamentals and can switch between priorities easily in a fast-paced environment.

Warranty Engineer

Product Marketing

• Create must-have Lincoln product by being the Lincoln Product Marketing expert for your specific vehicle program milestones and volume planning.
• Responsible for providing Voice-of-the-Customer input and achieving all Marketing deliverables for future model Lincoln programs. SME on the current and future segment and competitive set.
• Product Marketing lead on Lincoln product related studies finding opportunities to simplify and modernize including offering strategy questions, contribution margin improvement actions, complexity reduction actions, and product reviews.
• Define and own the Market Equation development that includes product, packaging, pricing actions, as well as program volumes and take rates to maximize customer desirability and company/dealer profitability.
• Integration of market brand strategy into vehicle line product assumptions.
• Work with the market research team to coordinate key market research events, including event planning, participation and report–out. Responsible for advocating key research finding into product development and design processes.
• Ensure an outstanding hand-over of Marketing responsibilities and product knowledge as vehicles move from future to current (launch) model; Support Brand Marketing efforts, including Immersion and Event support.
• Champion team efforts and presentation materials for Key Retailer interfaces
• Assess commodity/feature take rates to ensure fastest selling features are in the market to guide accurate financial forecasting
• Manage and lead in-cycle buzz actions for the product
• Proactively support ongoing quality & profit improvement and content alignment
• Manage and lead enterprise cost optimization initiatives in coordination with Brand team

Product Marketing Manager

• Supervise, evaluate, and empower an hourly team that service an internal fleet of vehicles, organize workflow to meet quality and daily efficiency requirements
• Ensure that safety, quality, and productivity objectives are met through coaching standardized work
• Drive to exceed personal, team, and company goals by holding self & team to high performance standards through leadership
• Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union, and management teams

Fleet Sales Coordinator

• Interact with feature owners and software development teams to scope and define robust systems interface and software requirements, with a strong emphasis on proactive Design Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (DFMEA).
• This includes the process of deriving functional level requirements from feature level requirements, and utilizing a model-based systems engineering approach in conjunction with Behavior Driven Development methodology to define individual functions, use cases, sequence diagrams, and test cases, ensuring design for reliability and early identification and mitigation of potential failure modes across the In-Vehicle Infotainment and Connectivity sub-system and software levels.