Project / Program Management Senior
Hybrid, Dearborn
Position Description:
At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. At Model E we strongly believe in individuals power to define their professional destiny. We are on the path to redefining our notion of freedom of movement, driving sustainable human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow s transportation and vehicle ownership. Electrification services demand insight, imagination, and creativity at never before realized scale and spectrum. We are investing in emerging technologies and innovating our businesses to advance progress in Range & Routing, Public Charging, Home Energy Management, Smart Grid solutions for commercial and retail customers, enhanced vehicle ownership experience, and more.
Skills Required:
Previous success working with an Agile development team. Background in software development. Lead definition, planning, execution and construction of complex technical initiatives in software space aimed at achieving strategic business goals. Prioritize customer scenarios and define functional success metrics to align project objectives with customer needs. Deliver or oversee delivery of comprehensive functional specifications aligned with project goals. Leverage technical expertise to design program strategies, robust technical architecture, functional and technical requirements. Collaborate closely with key stakeholders such as designers, software engineers and product managers to define project scope, objectives, and priorities ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Ensure project and program objectives, deliverables and outcomes are achieved within the agreed scope, timeline, budget and allocated resources. Demonstrate influential leadership by considering diverse perspectives, making decisive progress, and motivating the team to achieve project objectives. Identifies risks and create risk mitigation plans to ensure timely completion of the strategic projects/programs. Manage technology product goals and forecasts. Collaborate with software development team(s) to translate the long-term objectives into actionable technology strategy and an implementation roadmap. Redefines the backlog content to optimize business outcomes based on software product feedback. Understands business and user requirements to prioritize the product backlog and manage risks. Focus on delivering product value through coordination. Demonstrate continued drive for process improvements, thinking out of the box to motivate and encourage team members. Knowledge share and mentor others to collectively move the team forward with Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking principles; innovate and iterate on product management processes.
Experience Required:
5+ years of relevant Engineering Experience 3+ years of Technical Program Management experience in agile software delivery and backlog management Prior experience with Jira
Education Required:
Bachelor s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics/Energy Engineering, or related field
Education Preferred:
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Looking for Project / Program Manager LOCAL to MI