Chief of Staff - Connected Vehicle Software

at Ford Motor Company in Springfield, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Chief Of Staff – Connected Vehicle Software

About Ford

Come help build a better world, where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. Ford Motor Company was built on the belief that freedom of movement drives human progress. It’s a belief that has fueled our passion to create great cars and trucks. And today, it drives our commitment to become the world’s most trusted mobility company, designing vehicles for a smart world that helps people move more safely, confidently, and freely. Ford is experiencing significant business transformation in an ever-changing propulsion and digital world, and we are looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey.

About EVDD

Ford is redefining how it will build a better world for the future by creating a culture and opportunities where employees will capitalize on Ford’s excellence in designing and building the most iconic products while also helping develop the future of world-class connected EVs. Ford is transforming our global automotive business to scale EVs, strengthen operations, and unlock value. We will deliver the speed of a startup, with the deep expertise of high-volume production.

As part of the future, we have the EVDD function. Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design leadership – driving the future of the digital technologies.

The Opportunity

The Chief of Staff position, reports to the director of business operations within the connected vehicle department and will directly work with and support the head of connected vehicle software. Interfacing with other development leaders across cloud platform and operations, infotainment, and other vehicle systems. This position has responsibility for driving actions, strategies and ensuring clear and frequent communication to align teams.

This is a business leadership position, that will include technical information, that has accountability for the scoping and delivery of Projects, Strategies and Objectives on time to plan. This position is an exciting and rapidly evolving space that requires adaptability and attention to detail.

The candidate for this role must be able to adapt in a rapidly changing environment and drive consistency of purpose for a complex organization. Prior experience in driving cross functional teams in multifaceted technical, legal, and regulatory constrained environments is essential. The candidate will have demonstrated strong collaboration in delivering Enterprise level initiatives. Prior experience in similar mobility roles, or in associated Industries is an advantage.

What you’ll do…

+ Re-define a vision, strategy and set of KPIs for this function – specification, development, deployment, quality, and operations.

+ Drive delivery discipline and best practices through the organization.

+ Ensure projects and upgrades are delivered robustly and on time.

+ Recruit, assign, develop and direct a diverse multi-disciplined skill team.

Functional & Technical Knowledge The minimum requirements we seek:

You’ll have…

+ Bachelor’s degree.

+ 5 years working in an associated field.

+ 2+ years of expereince in a role transforming a large multi-disciplined organization focused on delivery.

+ 2+ years experience driving actions to closure with a bias for action.

+ 2+ years experience in clear and consistent communications across business, product and technical teams

+ 2+ years experience with communications plans, to ensure alignment at all levels

+ 2 years experience with Project or program management experience.

Even better, you may have…

+ Master level degree preferred.

+ Deep understand of mobility solutions spanning hardware, embedded software, apps and clouds.

+ Excellent communication skills both up and down the organization to achieve the desired results.

+ Critical Thinking: Demonstrated examples of applying systemic thinking, logic, and reasoning skills to be able to identify opportunities, alternative solutions, or approaches to problems.

+ Organizational skill: Strong collaboration skills, clear and concise direction coupled with an ability to move within the organization to complete work and balance tradeoffs.

+ Strategic thinking: Demonstrated examples of driving strategy from concept through to implmentation.

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

- 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 leadership level 5.

Visa sponsorship is 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.

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Requisition ID : 33384