Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more! Finance strategically partners with operations to drive outstanding business results and enhance Ford’s industry leadership. When you join us, you’ll be able to contribute financial expertise that impacts all areas of our company, including planning, manufacturing, marketing and globalIn this position…As a Product Manager for Commercial your mission will be to obsess over your users to deliver innovative products that are a reason why your customers choose and stay with Ford. The delivery of products will require significant critical thinking, collaboration with partner(s) and drive for innovation to succeed. Additionally, the Product Manager must be comfortable as an individual contributor driving less defined and larger product areas taking bigger bets to land larger impact for the company.To accomplish your mission, you will:
Drive the lifecycle of a product from ideation, using user research, to launch and land your success metrics, and continue iterating on the product to improve your user’s journey
Obsess over areas of the user experience and pain points
Manage the discovery and implementation of Salesforce within the Commercial Ford Pro FinSimple environment
Write compelling Product Requirement Documents (PRDs)
Drive the roadmap for your product, while delivering high quality and impactful landings in less defined and larger product areas
Partner closely with Engineering, User Experience (UX), and other cross functional teams to create, drive, and deliver an innovative, compelling, and user-friendly experience to your user
Employees located in the SE Michigan area will be required to work in the office three days a week in a hybrid work environment. Remote employees will also be considered for this position.What you'll do…
Drive the lifecycle of a product from ideation, using user research, to launch and land your success metrics, and continue iterating on the product to improve your user’s journey
Obsess over areas of the user experience and pain points
Manage the discovery and implementation of Salesforce within the Commercial Ford Pro FinSimple environment
Write compelling Product Requirement Documents (PRDs)
Drive the roadmap for your product, while delivering high quality and impactful landings in less defined and larger product areas
Partner closely with Engineering, User Experience (UX), and other cross functional teams to create, drive, and deliver an innovative, compelling, and user-friendly experience to your user
You'll have…
Salesforce experience in systems use and capabilities
Experience with Marketing Cloud
Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent years of experience
Experience driving product vision
Proven ability to effectively work across all levels of the organization to achieve organizational objectives
Personally champion inclusion within teams through actions to fully engage teams with diverse backgrounds and experiences
Ability to prioritize, manage multiple assignments and deliver with minimal supervision
Demonstrate executive presence
Attention to detail
Ability to influence, persuade and be comfortable having difficult conversations
Evidence of strong problem-solving, analytical skills, and ability to operate in a white space environment generating insights to create and tell a story
Strong cross functional relationship building and communication skills
Excellent organizational and planning skills
Even better, you may have
Commercial / Ford Pro experience preferred
Processes and procedures
Ford Pro Services
Ford Pro / FinSimple Sales Organization experience
Master’s, MBA or equivalent years of experience
Ability to evolve product strategy based on research, data and industry trends in an innovative and fast-paced environment
Knowledge of multiple functional areas, including product ownership, engineering, UX/UI, sales, customer support, finance or marketing
Experience working in a matrixed team structure and influencing across product areas
Experience with managing specifications for software developers
Product experience with large-scale systems
Development experience using various desktop and mobile app frameworks
Experience developing software or internet products and technologies to define technical product features
Experience leading teams with diverse backgrounds in a technical division/organization to execute a on a shared vision
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!As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
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.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:https://fordcareers.co/LL6HTHD (https://urldefense.com/v3/https:/fordcareers.co/LL6HTHD;NLtwI-RPugbI9wg0dJn!Adfjr-nPPBBshNvjNAz56ycWsLbsyX-y7yObnFdWrUzHijX4u0cLGauXpPHo8cLl45zEsaI4CT86s$)This position is a leadership level 6.This position is a range of salary grades 6 .Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.#LI-Remote #LI-FordCreditRequisition ID : 32654