Technical Program Manager driving execution of Integrated Services solutions across Ford's product teams. Collaborating on vehicle electrical architecture and software platforms for innovative digital solutions.
About the role
- Technical Program Manager in Ford's ADAS team delivering major software initiatives across teams. Managing project planning and stakeholder communication for advanced driver assistance systems.
Responsibilities
- Partner with key stakeholders to define, scope, prioritize, and deliver major ADAS software initiatives that span multiple teams and multiple organizations across Ford.
- Understand the needs of stakeholders across the product development organization and influence as appropriate to achieve alignment on the prioritized initiatives.
- Apply technical project planning, management, and leadership for the development and delivery of ADAS Software (hand coded or MBD-based).
- Apply technical project planning, management, and leadership for the development and delivery of software tooling and/or support software to advance ADAS product development.
- Implement and execute roadmaps, schedules, project plans, and resourcing plans to enable ADAS to meet commitments across all customer constituencies.
- Lead team members on modern, world-class, software development practices, and precise execution of a technical plan (including management of milestone progress, dependency tracking, risk management, and risk mitigation).
- Interface with and lead cross functional teams – Systems, Software, Feature, Suppliers, V&V, Quality to define and drive development plans, ensuring on time SW delivery with highest quality.
- Partner with technical development leaders to create symbiotic relationships that showcase high value in technical leader/TPM matched-pairing through delivery velocity.
- Utilize technical knowledge and capabilities to assist technical leaders and engineers in resolving dependencies and issues with stakeholders.
- Help to resolve or facilitate resolution of technical issues.
- Elevate the visibility of the team – provide regular “push” updates through wiki, Jira, Teams, email, and other communication mediums.
- Communicate and present project status to a broad stakeholder and leadership community.
- Proactively identify and manage project risks, developing mitigations and/or recovery plans in event of project slips.
- Efficiently utilize work management tools – Wiki, JIRA, Project Management Tools – to make plans and status visible to leadership and to provide strategic planning options/contingencies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Controls Engineering
- 5+ years’ experience in SW Program Management in an embedded technical software discipline
- 5+ years’ experience in the usage of industry standard project management tools for product development and delivery (MS Project or equivalent)
- 2+ years’ experience in the usage of the JIRA work management tool or equivalent for product development and delivery
- Ability to understand complex technical issues and to present adjusted levels of detail based on target audience
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or Controls Engineering (even better)
- 7+ years’ experience in SW Program Management in an embedded technical software discipline within the automotive domain (even better)
- Strong background in embedded software development, understanding of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (even better)
- Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple disciplines (engineering, product, design, testing, quality, etc.) throughout the entire product lifecycle (even better)
- Expert knowledge of Agile development methods and application (even better)
- Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle methodology (even better)
- Mastery of technical plan development (task identification, task breakdown, timing) for consumption at multiple leadership levels of the organization (even better)
- Extensive experience using Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, etc), and GitHub source code management tool (even better)
- Extensive experience using Confluence to develop/maintain rich content wiki pages (even better)
- Proven ability to communicate program information to stakeholders at various levels of the organization (written and verbal) (even better).
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.
Job title
Job type
Experience level
Salary
Not specified
Degree requirement
Location requirements
Technical Program Manager driving the execution of software and hardware solutions across vehicle platforms at Ford. Collaborating with cross - functional teams to innovate and streamline technology solutions.
Technical Program Manager at Caterpillar responsible for extensive project management and engineering collaborations. Leading technical programs and ensuring timely delivery throughout product lifecycle.
IT Program Manager directing infrastructure and applications for new hospital construction. Aligning IT delivery with construction, facilities, and clinical operations in San Francisco.
Technical Program Manager overseeing functional safety for robotics development. Driving cross - functional execution and managing safety - critical milestones.
Technical Program Manager responsible for managing complex IT projects, adhering to methodologies like Agile and Waterfall. Collaborating with teams and stakeholders to ensure project success.
Technical Program Manager overseeing data specifications and client interface standards at Zinnia. Driving adoption of standardized data solutions while managing cross - functional teams and client relationships.
Technical Program Manager at Zinnia leading clients on data interface standards and specs. Managing cross - functional delivery while enhancing data quality and governance.
Technical Program Manager managing project integrations for Sei Blockchain. Collaborating with engineering and product teams to achieve strategic initiatives.
Engineering Program Manager responsible for silicon product and IP development at Marvell. Leading cross - functional teams to execute programs from definition to deployment and ensure customer satisfaction.