Staff Electrical Systems Technical Program Manager

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Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You'll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position...

Systems and Electrical Engineering spans a diverse range of critical customer-facing attributes, hardware, and software domains. This team will be highly technical in nature and will come from engineering and data centric team environments that have had to deliver the holistic end to end engineering life cycle from ideation through design, engineering, test and ensuring efficient industrialization.

As the Staff Systems Technical Program Manager, you will be the central point of leadership and accountability for the successful execution of complex electrical systems deliverables. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and program management skills to guide cross-functional teams through all phases of the product lifecycle, from concept to production. Your leadership will be critical in ensuring alignment, managing risks, and driving innovation within the electrical hardware systems organization.

As the Staff Systems Technical Program Manager, you will be the central point of leadership and accountability for the successful execution of complex electrical systems deliverables. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and program management skills to guide cross-functional teams through all phases of the product lifecycle, from concept to production. Your leadership will be critical in ensuring alignment, managing risks, and driving innovation within the electrical hardware systems organization.

What you'll do...

• Responsible for system deliverables end to end including Hardware and Software Integration across platform assets and vehicle milestones with emphasis on features, software and hardware.
• Support Platform System Technical Program Management in delivering on successful Integration of hardware and software across a distributed group of technical owners
• Define and champion the strategic vision for systems and electronics hardware and software integration, aligning with business objectives and technology roadmaps.
• Represent the Systems organization in cross-functional forums, providing program updates and advocating for team needs.
• Drive issue resolution from design reviews and validation builds to maintain program schedule and production timelines.
• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of software defined ECUs from both in house and supplier developed electrical components and systems, ensuring adherence to budget, schedule, and quality targets.
• Partner with teams across the organization to define and drive a multi-year business capabilities roadmap & strategic vision.
• Support key decisions cross-functionally across engineering, finance, and strategy.
• Present information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences, ranging from team level meetings to executive briefings and reviews
• Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks to program success, developing and implementing effective interim containment plans
• Refine ongoing processes new to Ford Motor Company in a rapidly evolving team

What you'll do...

• Responsible for system deliverables end to end including Hardware and Software Integration across platform assets and vehicle milestones with emphasis on features, software and hardware.
• Support Platform System Technical Program Management in delivering on successful Integration of hardware and software across a distributed group of technical owners
• Define and champion the strategic vision for systems and electronics hardware and software integration, aligning with business objectives and technology roadmaps.
• Represent the Systems organization in cross-functional forums, providing program updates and advocating for team needs.
• Drive issue resolution from design reviews and validation builds to maintain program schedule and production timelines.
• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of software defined ECUs from both in house and supplier developed electrical components and systems, ensuring adherence to budget, schedule, and quality targets.
• Partner with teams across the organization to define and drive a multi-year business capabilities roadmap & strategic vision.
• Support key decisions cross-functionally across engineering, finance, and strategy.
• Present information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences, ranging from team level meetings to executive briefings and reviews
• Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks to program success, developing and implementing effective interim containment plans
• Refine ongoing processes new to Ford Motor Company in a rapidly evolving team