Ford Motor Company · 13 hours ago
Lead Product Strategist
Dearborn, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$113K/yr - $213K/yrFord Motor Company is a global leader in mobility and technology. The Lead Product Strategist will navigate complex application landscapes to create a streamlined roadmap, focusing on product discovery and modernization efforts to enhance business agility and reduce technical debt.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesManufacturingTransportation
No H1B
Responsibilities
Cross-Functional Product Leadership: Partner with Enterprise Architects and Business Owners to ensure the "Product Vision" for Industrial Systems is technically sound and cyber-secure
Outside-In Benchmarking: Bring a product-led perspective on how industry leaders are simplifying their industrial stacks to gain a competitive edge
Product Discovery & Ambiguity Synthesis: Ability to take vague business needs and a fragmented system landscape and synthesize them into a clear, prioritized product roadmap
Outcome-Based Roadmapping: Move beyond "project delivery" to define and track Value-Based Outcomes (e.g., reduction in system complexity, improved data interoperability across the ecosystem)
Data-Driven Portfolio Rationalization: Conduct deep-dives into the current landscape using data (cost-to-serve, usage metrics, and technical debt) to build a rigorous case for application decommissioning or consolidation
Executive Storytelling: Prepare data-rich presentations that simplify complex technical landscapes for leadership, driving alignment on vision, strategy, modernization, roadmap operational updates, organizational accomplishments and difficult rationalization decisions
Qualification
Required
Bachelors Degree
Demonstrated experience applying product management principles (discovery, prioritization, and MVP thinking) to large-scale, complex technology portfolios
Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to tell a story and justify strategic shifts
Deep experience across at least two major industrial domains (e.g., PLM and Manufacturing, or Supply Chain and Quality) to understand the 'connective tissue' of the ecosystem
Proven ability to create structure where none exists and lead through influence in a highly matrixed, global environment
A track record of successfully identifying and executing the decommissioning of legacy systems to fund modern growth
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
We don't just make history -- we make the future.
Founded in 1903
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
Recent News
2026-01-25
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