Infrastructure Product Manager

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The Central Delivery Office of the Enterprise Platform Engineering & Operations (EPEO) Team is a dynamic team whose mission is to manage and mature our Service to Platform Transformation, Communications, Training, Portfolio Management, and Infrastructure Product Management. Our team is instrumental in steering the Platform Transformation, encompassing approximately 2000 team members, and covering platforms such as Google Cloud Platform, Application Hosting, High Performance Computing, Networking, and Employee Experience. Additionally, we have Product Management responsibilities for infrastructure initiatives like the Threat Detection and Response Platform, Manufacturing CaaS, China Data Center Optimization, and Azure B2C. Our focus includes supporting tech and architecture design, mapping out necessary systems and dependencies, and ensuring service teams deliver effectively.

In this position…

The Central Delivery Office seeks an Infrastructure Product Manager to support the EPEO Platform Transformation and lead the delivery for EPEO OKRs. The Infrastructure Product Manager will:

• Own value streams and projects, supporting the EPEO Portfolio Operations by guiding platforms to success in large, cross-functional environments.
• Resolve impediments, manage risk, and assure value delivery.
• Be accountable across planning, customer value roadmap, PI Planning, reporting, and demand planning.

We are seeking individuals with exceptional ambition and drive, who are motivated to excel and make a significant impact. In our dynamic environment, those with a proactive mindset and a relentless pursuit of excellence will not only thrive but stand out as leaders. We value team members who are eager to take initiative, push boundaries, and inspire others with their commitment to achieving extraordinary results.

This is a hybrid-work opportunity in Dearborn, MI.

What you'll do…

• Collaborate with Platforms teams to prioritize features for the next planning interval (PI) planning cycle.
• Facilitate communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.
• Drive mitigation of cross-team impediments.
• Engage in Demand Planning and Customer Research.
• Interface with external teams, manage requirement gathering, and collaborate with tech leads as needed.
• Own the Customer value aspects of the roadmap, aligning the roadmap with the portfolio vision.
• Facilitate PI Planning and report on status.
• Understand, visualize, and manage upstream/downstream dependencies.
• Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.
• Support the Service to Platform Transformation, which may include leadership training sessions and product coaching.

You'll have…

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of progressive work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines/technologies/processes as a Release Train Engineer, Product Manager, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar.
• 3+ years of experience managing projects or products.
• 3+ years of experience as a Product Manager/Owner or Technical Product Manager with responsibilities including organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation.

Even better, you may have…

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project-related information to clients, vendors, senior management, and staff.
• Experience coordinating multiple teams in a technology environment.
• Experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner of Infrastructure Technology Products, including Platform Engineering, Google Cloud, Monitoring, Container as a Service, or Security Products (SIEM, SOAR, IAM, XDR, etc.).
• Broad range of execution management and leadership skills required.
• Proven ability to balance concurrent activities.
• Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an Agile environment.

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 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.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here:

https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2025-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-1.pdf

This position is a range of salary grades 6-8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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