Looking for a Technical Product Management & Integration Specialist to be part of Supply Chain Sustainability IT team. This individual will have prior experience in designing and implementing IT solutions that would digitize and automate business processes to bring enhanced transparency and visibility to Ford’s extended, multi-tiers supply chain, and enable Ford to meet legal and mandatory requirements in supply chain. he ideal candidate would be a seasoned software professional, e.g., a current or former Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect, who wants to move into a PDO technical leadership role.
 

 

 

Required Skills/Experience:

Requires a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in computer science, information technology or a technology related field 5+ year experience in cloud based development and operations (Azure/AWS/GCP/PCF) 5+ year experience in IT solution design and delivery at scale. Proven knowledge of full stack development and modern databases (structured and unstructured, relational and non-relational). 5+ year experience working with Agile project management software such Jira or Rally 5+ year experience leading agile software development practices to solution delivery 5+ year experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools and pipelines, such as: (Jenkins, Terraform, SonarQube, Gradle, GitHub) Ability to synthesize and visualize complex, and occasionally ambiguous concepts and translate them into a list of use-cases or an action plan for the team or organization. Ability to lead through influence. Strong global business acumen in Purchasing, Manufacturing, Planning, Logistics, Service, etc. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, building trust and driving success across skill teams (business and product) and leadership levels Proactive attitude and not afraid to ask question and ability to operate with an Agile mentality in an ambiguous environment. Good organizational and time management skills.  Willing to work on a highly collaborative team fulfilling different roles and fill gaps. Proven ability and desire to learn and become productive in new concepts quickly. Curiosity towards new technologies that will benefit the team and / or the product. Behavioral Leadership (ability to handle uncertain situations and build relationships)  High degree of initiative, self-motivation, and ability to work autonomously Ability to work with multi-functional teams for deliverables and timing

 

 

Nice-to-Have Skills/Experience:

 

Master’s degree in computer science or IT Experience working with external partners, including industry experts & consortiums, for development and complex integration of industry standards and multi-party solutions. Experience in benchmarking. Experience with Design Thinking tools such as Figma, InVision, Miro, Balsamiq, etc. 5+ year with full stack development using Java (Spring Boot), Python, and web application development frameworks such as but not limited to JavaScript, REACT, Angular, Karma, Node.js, etc. 5+ year experience modern databases (Relational and non-relational) SQL Server, Teradata, etc.

 

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

 

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: Benefit Summary 

This position is a salary grade 8. 

This position is a range of salary grades 8.

* Please note: This is a hybrid role, you are expected to relocate if you are not within commutable distance, and responsible to be on site at minimum 1-3 day per week *

*Visa Sponsorship is provided for this role*

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, If you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
 

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Consider This – Have you looked at the top corporate priorities, heard about chips, companies and governments world over have realized that they cannot rely on old playbooks and identified a need to have better systems to provide visibility and confidence that the suppliers are managing their risks. Want to participate and help?

As a key contributor to the Supply Chain Sustainability Digitalization efforts, you can implement transformative Ford – Supplier collaboration efforts. Ford is seeking visionary, skilled, and ambitious professionals to help us create innovative and scalable processes and solutions to help the enterprise stay compliant with emerging Sustainability and ESG regulations across regions. 

Position Responsibilities:

Looking for a Technical Product Management & Integration Specialist to be part of Supply Chain Sustainability IT team. This individual will have prior experience in designing and implementing IT solutions that would digitize and automate business processes to bring enhanced transparency and visibility to Ford’s extended, multi-tiers supply chain, and enable Ford to meet legal and mandatory requirements in supply chain. 

The ideal candidate would be a seasoned software professional, e.g., a current or former Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect, who wants to move into a PDO technical leadership role where instead of implementing requirements provided by others, you lead the gathering of requirements and work with stakeholders for implementation and delivery. This requires the individual to effortlessly wear many hats such as Product Owner, Product Designer, Architect, Integration Specialist, Delivery Manager, and so on, and close gaps in a highly cross-functional collaboration environment. The individual will need to leverage their strong technical foundation to effortlessly traverse across the boundaries of these roles across Product Lifecycle, while also executing effective project management for the product team. 

 

In particular, the position duties include: 

Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with business and legal to define new capabilities and use-cases that meet regulatory requirements in the Sustainability  space. Engage with the Product Owner and to define product strategy and roadmap for implementation. Step up as Product Owner as needed, and lead technical discovery work at a rapid speed to ensure delivery of an enterprise solution covering global requirements. Collaborate with internal and external technical peers (Product Managers, Enterprise Architects, Software Engineers, Security Controls Champions, and Vendors) to design and validate technical approaches and designs. Develop relationships and maintain a knowledge of the ecosystem.

 

Product Design, Implementation and Delivery: Lead development of requirements, features, use cases, and test scenarios, in alignment with different stakeholders. Author process flow and design documents. Work closely with Product Managers of other PDO teams and Enterprise Architects to review datasets in source applications and systems within Ford and map functional requirements to data attributes. Working closely with vendors and partners, design and create actionable software development and enterprise integration activities to move from solution design to implementation including  development, integration, testing and deployment. Generate Metrics, Build Deployment Pipelines and Perform System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing. Participate and/or lead incident, change and service request related activities including root cause analysis and proactive problem management / defect prevention activities.

 

Communication: Clearly communicate vision and strategy to cross functional teams, senior leaders, and stakeholders to gain alignment. Grow subject matter expertise, provide guidance to other team members. A project manager usually assigns tasks to others – whereas a technical product manager and integration specialist will work closely with others, gain a deeper understanding of the product requirements, get more hands-on with technical discovery work and translating product requirements into technical requirements – by leveraging a foundation of strong communication skills. Ability to coordinate and harness knowledge at a fast pace and effectively communicate evolving POV to transition discovery work into solution design is crucial.

 

Design Thinking and Research / Spikes: Evaluate emerging industry trends and technologies. Identify opportunities for business process and technology improvements to address gaps and assist in solution design. Plan and conduct ideation sessions and facilitate prioritization of relevant ideas. Seek continuous feedback, and facilitate research driven product decisions.

 

Live and breathe Agile: Participate in ceremonies that help define the work to be done, improve team process, and align the team to specific objectives. For instance, participate in Daily Standups, Story Creation and Backlog Grooming, Retrospectives, and Epics/Sub-Epics/Story Acceptance sessions. Ensure effective usage of Rally/Jira and derive meaningful insights from Rally/Jira like Velocity, Throughput etc. to enable the team to go further. Partner with Product Owners / Managers and develop and as required execute test scenarios at various levels (functional, user acceptance) within Agile Framework.