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41784BR

Job Title:

D-Ford Project Activation

Job Description & Qualifications:

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. 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.

Our Purpose as Activators is to inspire action and energize collaboration that delivers captivating customer experiences.

As a Project Activator …

We Inspire Ford into action by

• Uncovering deep customer insights and developing new and compelling product or service opportunities.

• Drawing from the Now, Near and Far to push boundaries.

• Creative articulation and demonstration of opportunities and solutions, through storytelling, customer narratives, and experience development.

• Co-Develop and Publish Activation briefs and initiate other tools that encourage collaboration and creativity, and furtherment of ideas.

• Lead defining the Best Opportunities for a new product or service with marketing, planning and solution development teams

We energize Collaboration by

• Building teams and agreements that engage the right people as projects evolve, at all levels, (including project stakeholders, and implementation owners)

• Lead workshops and scrum teams to refine insights and develop opportunities into solutions.

• Lead the team to a balance of Desirability, Viability and Feasibility.

• Be the voice of our partner organizations in D-Ford and D-Ford in our partner organizations.

• Measure delivery (and escalate as needed) as programs pass through milestones, and plan work.

The minimum requirements we seek:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Five or more years of experience working in product management.

• At least three years of experience in hands-on Human-Centered Design, Design Thinking or related roles

• Three or more years of experience working on multi-functional teams that include Design, Engineering, Product, Marketing, Planning

Our preferred requirements:

• Masters or multiple Bachelor’s degrees

• Seeking positive and enthusiastic applicants who are energized by deeply understanding our customers and are passionate about developing exciting and compelling experiences through human centered design and engineering disciplines.

• Effective and proven ability to lead small teams

• Excellent presentation skills, to large groups and senior leadership, comfortable leading up and down

• Curious about the world you live in particularly in technological, economic and societal topics

• Committed to continually learning and embracing new ways of working, tools, processes and technologies

• Applicants need to be comfortable working within in a flat organizational structure, be familiar with collaborative work practices, be a self starter and able to anticipate next steps and be comfortable lead projects and teams.

• Strong cross functional network within Ford, Engineering/Services and/or suppliers.

• Background in Planning, Product Development, Attribute engineering, Human Centered Design

• Knowledge of agile work practices.

• Comfortable working in an undefined product/solution/process space

JOINING D-FORD

A bit about us

We’re in the midst of the biggest change the automotive industry has ever seen.

Just as cars changed the world over the last century - creating the driver, highways, gas stations, and malls - self-driving cars, electric powertrains, and connected vehicles will radically reshape how we live, work, and play, our cities and society themselves, in the next hundred years.

At D–Ford, you’ll be at the heart of creating that future. You’ll be at the cutting edge of Ford’s most strategically critical work, designing people and society’s needs into the heart of our next generation of products, services and experiences.

You’ll also be designing at scale. Every day, Ford’s vehicles and services support millions of people around the world. So, at D–Ford, we’re not just inventing the future, we’re operationalizing it, to help all those people move through their lives, better.

What you’ll receive in return:

As part of the Ford family, you’ll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation and much more. You’ll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility, we’d love to have you join us.

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. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

By choice, 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.

Auto req ID:

41784BR

Company:

Ford Motor Company

Function:

Design

Skill Team:

Enterprise Product Line Management (EPLM)

Sub-Component:

D-Ford

State:

Michigan

Location:

Dearborn