Description
At Ford Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.
In this position, you will report to the Interior Systems Management Group Lead as a Leadership Level 6 (LL6) position. You will lead the integration and program execution of Interior Systems for assigned forward-model vehicle programs.
Responsibilities
- Lead the integrated Interior Systems view for assigned forward-model programs, coordinating activities across all interior commodities.
- Own system-level metric tracking and reporting, including cost, weight, sourcing, delivery, timing, and quality status.
- Prepare and lead Interior Systems status reporting for applicable Business Performance Reviews (BPRs), providing clear roll-ups of progress, risks, and decisions needed.
- Drive resolution of technical, packaging, cost, content, and timing issues with Design Release Engineers (DREs) and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Guide system-level trade-offs involving interior content and design to support vehicle targets, design intent, and price-class positioning.
- Lead part-count reduction and other complexity or efficiency initiatives.
- Coordinate Interior Systems delivery plans, including production-tooled build and pre-DCV testing dates, TKO glidepaths, and Sign-Off (S/O) reviews.
- Monitor APQP and PPAP status across applicable Interior Systems parts and raise risks to manufacturing readiness.
- Support timely Matched Pair (MP) decisions and other program decisions needed to protect component delivery plans and milestones.
- Guide DREs as they deliver components to target, maintaining the integrated system glidepath while respecting component-level ownership.
- Promote disciplined use of program processes and tools, and share lessons learned to improve execution across programs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related technical field.
- Experience in automotive product development, preferably in one or more Interior Systems areas: Seats, Restraints, Cockpit, or Trim.
- Experience leading projects, programs, or cross-functional teams, including driving action and issue resolution without direct reporting authority.
- Understanding of vehicle development processes and program timing, deliverables, and readiness expectations.
- Strong analytical and communication skills, including the ability to synthesize information from multiple subsystems into a clear status and recommendations for leaders.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, build alignment across teams, and escalate risks appropriately.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- 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
- Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day