Advanced Technology Product Manager

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? 

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning? Do you want to lead a dynamic team at the cutting edge of technology and make a real world impact? We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Technical Product Manager to lead the AI/ML initiative for the Industrial Systems Information Technology organization. In this role you will define and drive the strategy, training, adoption of an AI First Transition in order to improve efficiency of the product teams and accelerate delivery of solutions. You will play a key leadership role within the ISIT organization, support building high performing teams, and collaborating with key stakeholders.

What you'll do...

Leadership & Strategy:

1. Lead the development and implementation of AI/ML strategy to upskill teams and enable them to apply this technology to their day to day work to drive efficiency improvements and accelerate delivery
2. Lead identification of opportunities to apply AI/ML technology to business process patterns to eliminate manual work and improve quality
3. Educate teams to adopt a pattern based mindset regarding their work and how to apply AI/ML technology to those patterns
4. Teach teams how to become domain data experts, and how to successfully train models to work with their domain and existing data

Solution Development & Implementation:

1. Oversee the design, development, and deployment of AI and Machine Learning solutions that optimize business processes, drive automation, and improve product quality.
2. Ensure that projects are scalable, reliable, and integrated into existing IT systems.

Collaboration:

1. Work closely with product teams, data analytics, and business to identify and prioritize AI/ML use cases

Data Management:

1. Work with product teams to ensure data quality, security, and accessibility for AI/ML model training.

Compliance & Ethics:

1. Ensure that all Ai/ML implementations comply with relevant laws, regulations, and ethical standards particularly in regard to data privacy, fairness, and transparency 

You'll have... 

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science).
• 10+ years of progressive responsibilities in Information Technology (IT) 
  • With 5+ years of experience solving business problems through delivering IT solutions in design, engineering, and manufacturing domains.
  • With 3+ years of experience with LLM models, Machine Learning (ML) & Generative AI (GenAI)
  • Experience in cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS, Azure
  • Experience as a Product Owner in Product Driven Organization (PDO) would be beneficial.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrating professionalism in all actions.
  • Good analytical skills, a process-driven work style, and the ability to think strategically.
  • Ability to develop detailed customer, IT, and data-driven process flows.
  • Strong team player with proven ability to work cross-functionally.

Even better, you may have…

• Master's degree in a related field (e.g., Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science) preferred.
• Understanding of Neural Network architectures.

We're looking for a proactive leader with a "can-do" attitude, emotional resilience, and a smart work ethic, who is willing to "own" issues and drive results. If you're a motivated and action-oriented individual with a passion for delivering exceptional customer experiences, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

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, 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. 

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/LL5NonHTHD

This position is a range of salary grade LL5.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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