Ford Motor Company

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In this position...

The Energy Storage Systems department, as part of the Electrified Powertrain Engineering organization, enables the 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 Technical Program Management role, you will have the opportunity to gain experience and adapt your program management knowledge and technical expertise as you guide, direct, and assist the engineering teams adopting and implementing Jira on multiple high voltage battery programs. You will be part of the engineering team, coaching the team and helping them implement Jira effectively, while striving to unlock process innovation and ensure engineering work products are completed on-time. This role requires a high degree of Jira knowledge, collaboration, communication, and tolerance for change.

What you'll do...

• Lead the Energy Storage Systems organization in transitioning to Jira and implementing it on high voltage battery engineering development programs.
• Direct and aid battery teams in setting-up and structuring efficient Jira projects and work flows.
• Coach and support engineering teams implementing Jira, and facilitate common, consistent best practices that ensure efficient use of Jira for HV battery programs.
• Help teams understand and implement methodologies that make their use of Jira more effective, and provide training as needed.
• Identify and address impediments that hinder progress, and work with teams to improve their overall performance.
• Monitor battery program progress of tasks and deliverables against program timing, communicate status update to team leaders, and help team to identify issues and mitigate risks.
• Lead and support development of improvements to battery engineering processes, tools, and methods, including AI applications.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical (preferred) or chemical engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of technical project management experience using Jira in a product development environment.
• Experience with setting up different types of projects in Jira and demonstrated In-depth knowledge of the Atlassian suite of tools.
• Familiar with AI applications, particularly Atlassian Rovo.
• Excellent communication skills, able to provide clear explanations and directions.
• Highly effective relationship builder, great collaborator.
• Flexible, curious, learning mindset, able to adapt to new situations and understand and apply new information.
• Tenacious and able to manage and process input/ feedback from multiple sources.
• Excellent organization, planning, and time management skills.
• Enthusiastic about quality, on-time delivery, and automotive propulsion electrification.

Even better, you may have...

• Battery mass production experience.
• Training experience.
• Practical, hands-on experience with AI tools/applications.
• Familiar with automotive product development.

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, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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.

This position is a salary grade 7.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRSP1

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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