Ford Motor Company · 1 hour ago
Product Manager
Dearborn, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expFord Motor Company is a global leader in the automotive industry, committed to reshaping the future of mobility. The Product Manager role involves collaborating with product teams to deliver software products that enhance customer experience and optimize business processes for commercial customers.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesManufacturingTransportation
No H1B
Responsibilities
Maintain a balance between business viability, user desirability and technical feasibility while delivering software products with a team
Work closely with Business Partners to define a product vision and break it down into an actionable backlog of user stories for the development team
Work hands-on with the development team to prioritize, plan, and deliver software that creates excellent user experiences
Collaborate with the product team to define specifications, requirements, and acceptance criteria for deliverables
Help Business Partners understand our iterative development approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product through careful and deliberate prioritization
Work with product designers to ensure timely delivery of designs and assets to the development team
Conduct product experiments, user interviews and other validation techniques to gather feedback and product insights
Create assets to guide product development work (Discovery, Framing and Scoping documents, opportunity trees, user stories)
Help partners understand our iterative development approach
Mentor and train other PMs to help them learn agile/XP methods, product management techniques and build skills
Help innovate and iterate on agile PM processes and share our learnings
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
5+ years with progressive responsibilities in an Agile software development environment
3+ years of experience as a Product Manager/Owner with responsibilities to include defining product vision, strategy, product roadmaps and building and managing backlogs and similar duties
Preferred
Master's Degree
Leadership experience
Experience collaborating directly with Agile software methodologies (Scrum, eXtreme Programming, Kanban)
Skilled at defining and prioritizing product features
Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others
Ability to work collaboratively with others and navigate complex decision making
Ability to collaborate well with engineers, designers, and business partners
Previous success delivering a product to market with an Agile development team, and ongoing development and support of production applications
Curious about new technologies and exhibit a strong desire to learn
Practice in Lean/Lean Startup thinking, human-centered product development and Agile Software development
Have exposure to lightweight product development methods such as user story mapping and/ or rapid prototyping
Benefits
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.
Company
Ford Motor Company
We don't just make history -- we make the future.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$16.23BKey Investors
US Department of EnergySoros Fund Management
2025-07-29Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-08-17Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2023-06-22Debt Financing· $9.2B
Leadership Team
James Farley
Chief Executive Officer
Efrat Barit
COO
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