Manager - Device Connectivity Platform Engineering Program Manager

Ford Motor Company United States · $142K–$228K/yr

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees

7 h ago Closes in 3d

Remote Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time United States

About the role

The Functional Engineering Program Manager Lead will own the delivery management operating model for the Device Connectivity Platform, driving execution across complex cross-functional teams. They are responsible for establishing clear roadmaps, managing dependencies, and providing actionable status updates to executive leadership.

What they look for

Program management Engineering leadership Cross-functional coordination Delivery management Roadmapping Dependency tracking Stakeholder management Atlassian suite Miro Portfolio governance Backlog governance Technical communication Strategic planning Risk management Cloud platforms Vehicle telematics

Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and over 8 years of experience in software or services delivery environments. The role requires extensive experience in cross-functional coordination, delivery tooling, and leading program management teams.

Benefits

Medical coverage Dental coverage Vision coverage Prescription drug coverage Flexible family care days Paid parental leave New parent ramp-up programs Subsidized back-up child care Adoption expense reimbursement Surrogacy expense reimbursement Fertility treatments Vehicle discount program Management leases Tuition assistance Employee resource groups Paid time off for community service Paid holidays Paid time off

Full description

Success as a Functional Engineering Program Manager Lead requires a leader who brings structure to ambiguity, drives delivery clarity across complex technical teams, and ensures predictable execution against the most important domain outcomes.

As the Functional EPM Lead for Device Connectivity Platform (DCP), within Vehicle Cloud & Mobile (VC&M), you will own the domain's delivery management operating model and partner closely with the VC&M EPM Lead, Functional Engineering Leads, TPMs, Engineering Managers, and the Domain Director to establish clear delivery roadmaps, manage execution health, and ensure risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs are visible and actively addressed.

This role is accountable for creating streamlined visibility into the domain's delivery status and cascading clear, actionable updates to domain and executive leadership. You will coordinate closely with counterpart Functional EPM Leads across other domains to align on cross-domain dependencies, shared practices, and delivery governance.

You will also provide functional leadership, either directly or indirectly, to EPMs supporting the Device Connectivity Platform domain, ensuring their activities are aligned to domain priorities and consistent with VC&M delivery processes, standards, tools, and cadences.

In addition, you may participate in or lead work intake discovery squads as the EPM Scoping Lead, ensuring discovery work is completed on time, blockers are removed, outputs are organized, and sagas are tracked through the appropriate lifecycle.