Director, Labor and Manufacturing Communications

At Ford Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

As a Director, Labor and Manufacturing Communications, you will lead internal and external communications for Ford's U.S. Manufacturing footprint, ensuring a strategic narrative across stakeholder audiences that builds employee confidence and trust and grows reputation.

Responsibilities

• Grow employee confidence: Develop and execute internal communications strategies to improve confidence in the Ford+ plan among U.S. hourly and salaried Manufacturing employees, particularly during footprint shifts and product timing changes.
• Strengthen direct-to-employee communications: Establish new and refine existing communications channels to build trust between Manufacturing employees – before, during and after labor negotiations.
• Build Manufacturing culture: Help drive a culture of respect, safety and quality in Ford Manufacturing sites.
• Champion America's automaker: Build Ford's reputation as the most American automaker, finding storytelling and engagement opportunities in new product launches, investments, employee profiles and data.
• Quality and innovation reputation: Position Ford Manufacturing as a quality and innovation leader, including by establishing Ford Manufacturing's Advanced Technology and Platforms (ATP) group as the industrial technology provider of choice.
• Amplify community work: Grow advocacy for Ford in plant cities by showcasing the work of Ford Community Relations.
• Master complex stakeholder management: Navigate the intersection of Labor Affairs, Manufacturing, Government Affairs, Supply Chain and Communications to build reputation and employee sentiment.
• Set a high bar: Promote a culture of excellence and creativity.
• Empower and delegate: Embrace a leadership model that embeds team members in projects from inception, providing them with high-contact coaching and visibility.
• Operationalize innovation: Proactively use AI for asset creation and workflow automation and apply Plan Do Check Adjust methodology to all major initiatives to ensure continuous improvement.
• Build plant-level capability: Support plant communications coordinators as they manage employee communications and external storytelling in their communities.
• Grow talent: Give and receive performance reflections constructively to support the team's development.
• Run governance: Apply the right balance of structure and agility to maximize effectiveness.
• Develop your skills: Continuously improve your functional competency and leadership behaviors.

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of communications experience with a focus on manufacturing, labor relations and industrial operations.
• Bachelor's degree in communication, journalism or related field.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.