Technology Platform Partnerships Strategy Manager

Technology Platform Partnerships Strategy Manager

Ford is transforming the transportation industry, delivering higher levels of automation, continuously upgradeable performance, and seamless connected experiences. Software, connectivity, and data are the cornerstones of this evolution, delivering the foundational elements by which Ford will drive this evolution.  This role will be central to Ford's success in enabling a truly software defined vehicle. The vehicle technology platform is one of the foundations upon which Ford transitions from a manufacturer of vehicles to a producer of vehicles for the delivery of digital experiences and brand enhancing services. 

The Technology Platform Partnerships Strategy Manger - reports directly to the Director, Software Portfolio Tech Strategy & Planning.  This position is the recognized single point of contact for all technology platform partnership strategies and planning work related to the current and future vehicle architectures, for all current and future programs. This work falls generally under the category of what is commonly called "Fully Networked Vehicle" or "FNV" and in the future, the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV). This role is responsible for the strategy and plan development for technology platform partnerships and the impact to rest of the architecture and experiences, culminating in the technical unit papers for future iterations of the software platform.

What you'll do...
The Technology Platform Partnerships Strategy Manager will work with cross functional teams to analyze the business potential for evolving Ford's approach to technology partnerships targeting velocity, greater efficiency, decreased complexity, and increased reuse and portability of the core platform components across all partnerships. 

Partnership assessments will include but are not limited to:
Scaling and accelerating Ford's go-to-market strategy through strategic build, buy, partner analysis.
Defining which consortia and what level of contribution and involvement are required to accelerate strategic developments.
Drive Ford's Tech Platform for Partners strategy and partner engagements.

The positions will be required to interface with Research, Product Development, IT, Corporate Strategy, Finance and Vehicle Programs regularly to ensure all technical architecture plans are aligned, appropriate, and achievable. The role will ultimately be responsible to translate work items into strategy papers and technical unit papers with developed business cases. These papers will be recommended for approval at VP or EVP level and adjust the Technology Cycle Plan. 
You'll have…
Bachelor's Degree
5+ years of experience with software strategy and product management min
5+ years experience in driving software product roadmaps with end-end considerations, from cloud to app to car.
5+ years of experience in or involvement in open standards groups, either contributing, participating, or driving innovations.
5+ years of experience product managing data journey and analysis from conception to launch, with the product delivering end-user experiences. 
Must be willing to travel in the US and internationally as needed, potentially on a quarterly basis.

Even better, you may have...
Master's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, or Informatics
Proven experience in software lifecycle management, when building a software factory / Devops mentality
Working experience in automotive industry, focusing on platform software innovations, including open standard and open-source solutions
Proven experience with product management of commercial and open-source software integration
Experience in cross company, joint-development projects, where multiple parties are co-developing a system.
Proven software strategy experience within the high-performance in-vehicle compute, with familiarity of the embedded operating environment including but not limited to Linux, AUTOSAR adaptive, Both open and proprietary Real Time Operating Systems, in-vehicle/cloud virtualization, Matter, etc.

Key Capabilities
Proven experience with software strategy and product management
Proven experience in developing in-vehicle software platform solutions which are highly portable, modular, and extendable.
Proven experience product managing data journey and analysis from conception to launch, with the product delivering end-user experiences.
Proven experience in agile techniques to interface across an enterprise, akin to product backlogs
Proven experience in software lifecycle management, when building a software factory / Devops mentality
Proven experience with product management of commercial and open-source software integration
Drive to solve to maximize rapid value creation for the organization, whilst mitigating the pain of software complexity

Has managed and led a team.
Ability to manage multiple priorities concurrently and deliver high quality events.
Experience coordinating multiple functions within an organization.
Experience leading development through complex product gateways
Familiarity with Human Centered Design and demonstrated passion for the customer

Strategic Thinker
Fast Learner; adapts easily.
Good working relationship with other skill teams 
Demonstrated excellence in oral & written communication.
Good Communicator Strong desire to deliver results in a fast-paced environment, work with all employee levels from technical personnel to Ford Senior Management.

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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/LL6HTHD
This position is a leadership level 6.

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