In this role, you will work closely with various stakeholders to understand business process requirements and design end-to-end 'future state' business process maps. You will define how program industrialization should function in a digitally transformed ecosystem.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Architecting the digital thread by designing end-to-end business process maps and defining how program industrialization should function in a digitally transformed ecosystem
• Strategic problem-solving by architecting interim 'bridge' solutions and permanent enterprise systems to ensure program industrialization remains seamless during periods of rapid change
• Driving process and data integrity by identifying and resolving cross-functional gaps across marketing, product development, supply chain, and manufacturing
• Ensuring operational health by defining and monitoring real-time KPIs to measure the efficiency of the value stream and the 'readiness' of the program to move to industrialization
• Decision governance by developing and implementing standards, guidelines, and frameworks that empower individual teams to make high-quality, high-velocity decisions
• Mitigating risk by conducting process stress tests and leading rapid-response teams to fix bottlenecks that threaten program delivery
• Building the enterprise playbook by codifying lessons learned into a scalable digital transformation framework to be used across all future programs

The ideal candidate will have:

• A bachelor's degree in any engineering domain or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 10+ years of experience leading teams with skills including:

+ 5+ years of experience leading product development transformations/implementing disruptive process improvements across multiple organizations + The ability to assertively facilitate groups of professionals and influence outcomes for the best enterprise outcomes + Effectively communicating across, down, and up to senior leadership

• 5+ years of experience using value stream mapping to drive improvements in real-world situations in professional organizations
• 5+ years of experience and expertise with cross-functional automotive or similar industrialization processes with experience in product development and cross-functional knowledge
• Proven experience leading at least one large-scale 'digital transformation' or 'business process transformation' project from conception to completion
• 5+ years of experience in PLM systems such as Dassault 3DX and Siemens Teamcenter

Even better, you may have:

• A master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, systems engineering, or related field
• Automotive industry, OEM, or consulting experience
• Experience with large, complex enterprise organizations

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 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

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $129,600 to $244,680.

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