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Ford Motor Company Enterprise Platform Engineer and Operations Integration Manager in Dearborn, Michigan
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.
In this position...
The Enterprise Platform Engineering and Operations (EPEO) Technical Product Integration Management team defines the vision, strategy, and roadmap for connecting complex, disparate systems across the enterprise. The team balances user needs, technical feasibility, and business outcomes to deliver seamless, high-value integrations that enable platform transformation at scale.
The team collaborates closely with business users, EPEO leadership, service teams, vendors, and suppliers worldwide to deliver operational integration and measurable customer value.
EPEO Integration plays a critical role in Platform Transformation, supporting approximately 2,000 team members across platforms including:
Redhat Open shift virtualization Platform (OSV)
Containers as a Service (CaaS)
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
High Performance Computing (HPC)
Networking & Security Platforms
Developer & Employee Experience
The team also provides Product Management leadership for key infrastructure initiatives such as:
Red Hat OSV Migration
Manufacturing CaaS
Threat Detection & Response Platform
China Data Center Optimization
Azure B2C
Based in Dearborn, MI, this is a hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week
What you'll do...
The EPEO Technical Product Integration Management is a senior delivery and product leader responsible for driving EPEO OKRs, owning value streams, and ensuring successful execution of large-scale, cross-functional initiatives. In addition to supervisor responsibilities, this role provides end-to-end accountability across planning, roadmap delivery, PI execution, and value realization.
This role is ideal for a highly driven, proactive leader who thrives in complex environments, removes barriers, has expertise with outcome driven ways of working and consistently delivers results through collaboration, clarity, and execution excellence.
Strategy, OKRs & Delivery Leadership
Lead delivery of EPEO OKRs aligned to EPEO strategy, including:
Product roadmaps
OKR scope definition
Definition of Done and success metrics
Own value streams and projects supporting EPEO Portfolio Operations
Ensure accountability across:
Customer value roadmaps
PI Planning
Demand planning
Status reporting and execution tracking
Resolve impediments, manage risk, and assure value delivery in large, cross-functional environments
Product & Platform Execution
Collaborate with platform teams to prioritize features for upcoming PI Planning cycles
Own customer value aspects of the roadmap, ensuring alignment with portfolio vision
Interface with external teams, lead requirements gathering, and partner with technical leads
Support Service-to-Platform Transformation initiatives, including leadership training and product coaching
Outcome driven ways of working
Planning, Dependencies & Flow
Facilitate PI Planning and communicate delivery status
Understand, visualize, and manage upstream and downstream dependencies using:
Jira dashboards
Confluence
Jira Strategic tools
Improve team throughput by identifying opportunities for:
Automation
Process efficiency
Flow optimization
Stakeholder Engagement & Continuous Improvement
Facilitate communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers throughout feature definition and delivery
Drive mitigation of cross-team dependencies and impediments
Engage in demand planning and customer research
Drive continuous improvement using delivery and quality metrics (e.g., delivery rate, quality, predictability)
Leverage Ford AI tools to enhance delivery and insight generation
You’ll have…
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
12+ years of progressive experience across multiple disciplines, such as:
Release Train Engineer
Product Manager
Technical Product Manager
3+ years of experience managing products or projects
3+ years of experience as a Product Manager / Product Owner for large-scale initiatives. Duties may include:
Strong Agile delivery experience in a software or platform environment
Experience coordinating multiple teams in a complex technology environment Infrastructure product management experience, including:
CI/ CD tools such as Chef Automate, Habitat, and Jenkins.
Platform Engineering
2+ years of hands-on Jira Platform
Even better, you may have...
Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field
Developer Experience
Google Cloud Platform
Monitoring & Observability
Container as a Service
Security platforms (SIEM, SOAR, IAM, XDR)
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences
Proven ability to balance multiple concurrent initiatives
Broad execution management and leadership capabilities
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 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 childcare 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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $129,600-244,680.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6 (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/fordcareers.co/LL6__;!!N_LtwI-RPugbI9wg0dJn!Aq6Nha54Lav-zC3p5HR2P0ZfemW5q0Pbf4TcdT5yvSoaFRGeZN3_LH6ypRS9cB_jWmu1GnIIwe0lEBQ$)
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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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