# Director, Vehicle Cloud and Mobility (VC&M) – Telemetry and Data Platform **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Dearborn, MI **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: executive **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $141,700-$268,300 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/67545?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_1922991f-0f3 ## Description Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. You will join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. The Director, Vehicle Cloud and Mobility (VC&M) – Telemetry and Data Platform, will be responsible for leading a diverse and highly skilled team(s) of data platform and product engineers in driving strategy and development of future Vehicle Cloud and Mobility – Telemetry and Data Platforms and Products. This position will also own development, maintenance, and operational excellence of the existing generations of multiple highly critical data platform components that power Ford’s connected vehicle capabilities and cloud eco systems. Key responsibilities: - Engineering Leadership, Delivery Excellence & Operational Acumen - 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. - Provide end-to-end ownership of data platform, product and services, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance for global connected vehicle experiences. - Lead the development, maintenance, and support of mission-critical platform components. - Drive operational excellence through data-driven insights, real-world performance metrics, and continuous improvement practices. - Ensure compliance with security, availability, and performance standards across all services under purview. - Partner with Product, Security, Architecture, and Operations teams to maintain a stable, “always-on” customer experience. - Serve as one of the primary technical and organizational change agent for the transformation, aligning engineering, product, and enterprise stakeholders. - Drive long-term platform strategy, operational maturity, and continuous optimization in the modernized cloud environment. Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Computer Science or Software Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. - 15 years working in an associated technical field. - 5+ years of experience in the following areas: - Experience designing, deploying, and supporting cloud-based solutions at scale - Expert in data platforms and pipelines, including the associated data privacy and security. - Strong understanding of APIs, integration patterns, and data exchange methods - Knowledge of performance modeling, protocols, and cloud security principles - Experience supporting “always-on” production systems - Experience with multiple cloud providers, such as Google, Azure and AWS, and on-prem. - Experience with remote diagnostics for devices, leading into prognostics. Benefits: - 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 - 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. ## Skills ### Required - cloud-based solutions - data platforms - data privacy and security - APIs - integration patterns - data exchange methods - performance modeling - protocols - cloud security principles - cloud providers ### Nice to have - Master’s Degree - Excellent communication skills - Critical Thinking - Organizational skill - Strategic thinking - Experience leading global engineering teams --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/67545?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)