Description
At Ford Motor Company, we're seeking a Consulting Architect - Developer Tools to join our Enterprise Technology team. As a key member of our team, you will provide strategic alignment of software engineering tool product strategy with experiential products and overall business goals. Your responsibilities will include providing product roadmap leadership, researching and supporting the Voice of the Customer, delivering product decomposition and planning, ensuring dependency management, and influencing vendor product roadmaps.
In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to secure financials and establish delivery timelines. You will also partner with business owners, strategy owners, and development managers in an Agile environment to define and document product requirements. Additionally, you will create and maintain a prioritized product backlog, drive cross-functional teams to deliver features efficiently, and ensure the development team understands priorities.
You will manage and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for new platform features, ensuring quality and user satisfaction. You will also provide business process mapping across App, Web, and Vehicle interfaces to identify areas for optimization. Furthermore, you will lead stakeholder management to plan, launch, and implement deliverables on time and according to specifications.
As a seasoned professional, you will gather and analyze customer, team, and client feedback, translating it into new product features that align with the overall product vision and strategy. You will have domestic and international travel requirements up to 10%.
Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic alignment of software engineering tool product strategy with experiential products and overall business goals
- Provide product roadmap leadership and lead the creation and maintenance of the product roadmap
- Research and support the Voice of the Customer representing their needs and perspectives to the development teams
- Deliver product decomposition and planning by developing a breakdown and plan product functional components
- Ensure dependency management and influence vendor product roadmaps to ensure seamless integration
- Support and role model Agile Collaboration and Requirements by partnering with business owners, strategy owners, and development managers in an Agile environment to define and document product requirements
- Create and maintain a prioritized product backlog, driving cross-functional teams to deliver features efficiently while ensuring the development team understands priorities
- Develop support models and consulting with software development teams during development to clarify feature objectives and address questions or gaps
- Manage and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for new platform features, ensuring quality and user satisfaction
- Provide business process mapping across App, Web, and Vehicle interfaces to identify areas for optimization
- Lead stakeholder management to plan, launch, and implement deliverables on time and according to specifications
- Gather and analyze customer, team, and client feedback, translating it into new product features that align with the overall product vision and strategy
Qualifications:
- Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field
- 5 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation
- 4 years of experience with conducting User Acceptance Testing by utilizing testing methods and tools including Load Runner, or Meter or Quality Center
- 4 years of experience with conducting Business Process Mapping including gathering information, analyzing and structuring information, and building diagram in Visio
- 2 years of experience with gathering and translating business requirements, including actively engaging with stakeholders across various business units to understand their goals, challenges, processes, and desired outcomes
- 2 years of experience with launching complex computer systems following compliance rules to plan large-scale systems that integrate with computer systems, or have a significant impact on business operations
- 2 years of experience with programming and configuring software by writing, testing, or maintaining source code written in scripting language (JavaScript, Visual Basic, or Python)
- 2 years of experience with migrating systems to new technology platforms including moving existing applications, data, and IT infrastructure from an older or current technological environment, including plant floor systems production environments, to a newer one
Experience Level: senior Employment Type: full-time Workplace Type: hybrid Category: Engineering Industry: Automotive Salary Range: $183,732.96 - $244,995.96/yr Salary Min: 183732 Salary Max: 244995 Salary Currency: USD Salary Period: year Required Skills:
- Conducting User Acceptance Testing
- Conducting Business Process Mapping
- Gathering and translating business requirements
- Launching complex computer systems
- Programming and configuring software
- Migrating systems to new technology platforms
Preferred Skills:
- Agile Collaboration and Requirements
- Product Roadmap Leadership
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Business Process Mapping
- Stakeholder Management
- Gathering and analyzing customer, team, and client feedback