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Ford Motor Company · 20 hours ago

Associate Director, Corporate Strategy

Dearborn, MI

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

7+ years exp

Ford Motor Company is a leading global automotive manufacturer committed to building a better world. They are seeking an Associate Director for their Corporate Strategy team to tackle impactful strategic challenges, lead diverse teams, and provide data-driven recommendations to advance Ford's strategic objectives.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesManufacturingTransportation

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of diverse individuals and effectively leverage their expertise

Project management: Lead the coordination of project engagements to organize resources and prioritize work to hit deliverables as a team in a time-constrained environment

Hypotheses generation: Lead the identification of issues and form hypotheses, working with strategy leadership and/or stakeholders

Structuring and solving the problem: Determines most efficient and effective approach to solving complex problems to guide the team, taking advantage of the strategy organization's existing knowledge, beyond immediate connections

Conducting analyses: Ensures high quality and accurate analysis; Selects the most effective analytical approaches and guides team in applying leading-edge techniques; Reviews team analysis to ensure development of a robust fact base and creatively addressing data constraints

Synthesis and generating recommendations: Lead the team in developing insights and prioritizing key conclusions; develop a practical set of recommendations based on impact and ease of implementation

Effective communication and persuasion: Demonstrate strong influencing skills with executive-level stakeholders by effectively communicating findings, conclusions, and recommendations both verbally and written

Apprenticeship and leadership: Be a ‘player-coach’ that can effectively break down the problem into discrete workstreams and balance doing vs. delegation to ensure timely completion of high-quality deliverables; Model the Ford+ behaviors and values; practice situational leadership, coaching team members on the strategy toolkit and building domain expertise

Qualification

Business acumenStrategic thinkingProject managementData analyticsAutomotive industry knowledgePowerPoint proficiencyExcel proficiencyWord proficiencyCuriosityLeadershipMentoringEffective communicationProblem-solvingTeam collaborationCreativity

Required

Bachelor's degree

Demonstrated thought leadership and subject matter expertise in your chosen domain

Minimum 10 years of experience (or Master's Degree and 7-10 years of experience) in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field

Comfort with ambiguity and ability to structure/solve problems on your own projects and for the broader team

Proven experience leading high-impact cross-functional projects at a global scale, working with various levels of the organization

Inherently curious, analytically inclined and love solving problems

Understanding the fundamentals of the automotive industry dynamics, trends, company operations, and managerial accounting is a must

Track record of challenging the status quo and bringing creative solutions to complex issues

Love teaching and mentoring colleagues

Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint (written presentations for a senior audience), Excel (mathematical modeling of large data sets), Word (white papers)