Ford Motor Company · 12 hours ago
IT Product Manager Specialist
Dearborn, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expFord Motor Company is a global leader in mobility and technology, seeking an IT Product Manager Specialist to oversee strategic planning and integration within their Customer 360 portfolio. The role involves collaborating with various teams to deliver impactful solutions while promoting agile principles and ensuring product success.
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Responsibilities
Work with Product teams to set strategy, define the product roadmap, and convey that to development team while adhering to agile software principles, culture, best practices and techniques
Partners with Portfolio Owner/Product Line Ownersto develop SSDA/Customer Analytics plans for future Development and process
Support with documentation/process support to run demand management process
Ensure OKRs are translated into Epics/Sub Epics/Features across multiple teams, dependencies mapped out, and release plans coordinated
Facilitate Iteration/Scrum planning across the portfolio, driving the right priorities across the various Product groups/teams
Measure each Product line/Product success in their transformation journey and suggest new improvements in the process
Facilitate Product Demos for the Product lines and products
Responsible for coordinating the team activities from a day-to-day assignment and delivery perspective to deliver effectively and drive for continuous improvement
Be responsible for outcomes by setting clear goals and measuring key results
Handle and Communicate dependencies across products and product lines
Responsible for supervising core delivery metrics (SDPI) and operational metrics
Promote the Agile principles and Facilitates Team's ceremonies Including Iteration planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and daily standups
Fosters open and frequent communication and collaboration with the Product Teams
Help partners understand our iterative development approach
Innovate and iterate on Agile PM processes and share our findings
Promotes best practice sharing and process consistency within the product portfolio and other GDIA products
Qualification
Required
5+ years of Product Manager experience
Bachelor of Science degree or diploma in Computer Science related field
Skilled at defining and prioritizing backlog work items
Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others
Ability to work collaboratively with others and navigate sophisticated decision making
Ability to collaborate well with engineers, designers, and Business Partners
Experience with JIRA or similar Agile Tools
Preferred
Master's Degree preferred
JIRA queries and reporting experience
RDBMS experience writing basic queries
Familiarity with Hopscotch/Postman and/or SOAPUI, API
Familiarity with HTML development
Previous success working with an agile development team
Background in design or software development
Experience with Test-Driven Development, Paired Programming
Experience describing new functionality by writing clear, concise stories from the user perspective
Benefits
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.
Company
Ford Motor Company
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2023-08-17Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2023-06-22Debt Financing· $9.2B
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