Manager, Product Planning

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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!

In this position...
Lead Planning workstreams and Vehicle Milestones and drive critical strategic studies with a focus on key studies for their program segments.

What you'll do...

Product Planning

• Lead development of compelling product concept / proposition to meet customer needs and Program compatibility across Desirability, Feasibility and Viability
• Lead process with functions and attribute leads to define efficient program content that meets all program requirements
• Develop and maintain program assumptions to support the Planning process & milestone requirements
• Demonstrate thought leadership by proactively anticipating key issues and addressing them through collaborative problem solving
• Drive feature and experience creation/prioritization and incorporation; Support customer research events
• Drive competitive cost and investment targets to be compatible with profitability goals and strategic pricing, Lead business case analyses of program choices; optimize Corporate financial targets
• Create Milestone papers and lead cross-functional pre-reviews; Develop narrative, financial schedules, action descriptions and deliverable assessments that lead to approval. Present aligned PoV at leadership forums.
• Champion product planning team culture, Voice initiatives, and people development

Cycle Plan & Lifecycle Studies

• Drive the team to identify product gaps/opportunities then lead studies with a recommendation for Cycle Plan disposition
• Ensure product strategy and lifecycle cadence delivers competitiveness and long-term profit goals for the segment

You'll have...

Preferred Position Qualifications:

• Engineering or Business degree and possible advanced business degree
• Strong passion for the customer, product, strategy, and innovation
• 5+ years’ experience across Program/PT/Tech Planning, Program Management, Product Strategy, and/or Product Marketing
• Strong Ford OS behaviors in Own it, Deliver It, Bias for Action
• Self-motivated, eager to take responsibility and deliver results with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills to Senior Leaders.
• Experience working across cultural and organizational borders

Even better, you may have...

• Master`s degree
• 10+ years of experience in product planning, product management, product strategy, and/or product marketing.

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.

This position is a leadership level 5.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5NonHTHD

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Ford Product Development is utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser-focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification, to smart mobility technologies, our Product Development teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.