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Ford Motor Company · 1 week ago

Software Engineering Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Provide engineering leadership to multiple product lines within Ford Pro.

Help business partners understand the iterative development approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and releases.

Design and deliver industry-leading products and services to maximize value and productivity for commercial customers.

Ensure software engineering excellence (e.g. best practices and quality) is achieved within the product group.

Collaborate with other Software Engineering Managers to reduce complexity across the portfolio, enhance interoperability between services, and make key design decisions across the portfolio.

Have approximately 10 direct reports including Software Engineering Managers and Software Engineers.

Provide thought leadership for the development, structure, technology, and tools used within Ford Pro.

Innovate and operate with an iterative, agile and user-centric perspective.

Clearly communicate technology strategy and vision to team members and internal and external stakeholders.

Demonstrate software engineering excellence through actively coding, pairing, and performing code and architecture reviews with the software engineers within the product line.

Qualification

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Software engineeringArchitectureAgile frameworkMentoringCloud platformsDigital platformsCloud servicesLean methodologyExtreme programmingAPI economyInternet propertiesAPI solutionsSenior leadership collaborationTechnical capabilitiesTechnical services developmentProblem-solvingCollaborationCommunicationLeadershipAdaptabilityTechnical ExpertiseBusiness UnderstandingRisk ManagementProduct ManagementAgile MethodologiesSoftware DeliveryTechnology Feasibility AssessmentEngineering PoliciesAgile Processes

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.

5+ years experience with progressive responsibilities in: Software Engineering, Architecture and Agile Framework

Experience with leading and mentoring software engineering managers as direct report

Must be able to operationalize and assist teams with abstract technology concepts.

Strong demonstrated competencies on cloud and digital platforms.

Strong communication, collaborative, and influencing skills.

Proven ability to work closely with senior leadership.

Strong personal presence and capabilities to resolve technical concerns.

Experience with cloud services and platform knowledge.

Demonstrated ability to drive development of highly technical technology services and capabilities.

Experience with Lean methodology & eXtreme Programming.

Demonstrated understanding and ability to drive API economy and solutions

Demonstrated understanding and ability to drive highly available consumer ready Internet properties and technical platforms.

Experience collaborating with engineers, designers, and product owners.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt your communication style to the audience

Ability to work collaboratively and navigate complex decision making in a rapidly changing environment

Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others.

Preferred

Technical expert who has experience building platforms and underlying services for re-use.

Understands business priorities and technical feasibility in order to prioritize the platform backlog, identify dependencies, and manage risks.

Ability to jump in and assist product lines and product teams to resolve technical blockers.

Focus on delivering product value through reusable services and technologies that other product teams can leverage.

Initiates or translates the product road map into manageable product features in the backlog through quarterly scoping sessions.

Work hands-on with the product teams to prioritize, plan, and deliver the platform foundations capabilities.

Attends Ford Pro Technology councils and cascades relevant information to appropriate members of their product line.

Identifies areas within software delivery process and application ecosystem that require cohesion across the platform and addresses them through common engineering policies.

Assess the technology feasibility of the product group roadmaps.

Employs and/or champions Agile software processes, culture, best practices, and techniques.

Actively works to identify and remove/ mitigate risks and blockers to product delivery.

Assesses the overall health of the product and prompts key decisions to move it forward.

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!