# Strategy and Enterprise Analytics Director

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Chennai
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

Creating the future of smart mobility requires the highly intelligent use of data, metrics, analytics and AI. As part of our Global Data Insight & Analytics team, you will use your data expertise, analytical, and AI skills to drive evidence-based, timely decision-making.

We are seeking a Director, Strategy and Enterprise Analytics to lead our FBS (Ford Business Solutions) team in Chennai. This role sits within the Strategy & Enterprise Analytics (SEA) organization. You will lead a multi-skill team of data scientists, data engineers, and software engineers to develop innovative, cloud-native AI and analytics solutions. Your team provides decision support for critical pillars including Electrification, Regulatory Compliance, and Legal Services.

**Responsibilities**

- Stakeholder Management & Business Understanding: Fall in love with the problems your business partners are trying to solve; develop a deep understanding of Electrification, Legal, and Regulatory domains. Ideate and co-create how Data/AI/Analytics can further enable the business to solve complex problems. Ensure deep integration with business teams, maintaining leadership visibility and alignment. Coordinate with key technology colleagues to ensure re-use of solutions and clear dependency management to minimize duplication.

- Direction, Prioritization & Strategic Vision: Translate LL4+ product and technical vision for the Chennai SEA hub. Ensure all products in your portfolio have quantifiable impact estimates and meet "Driving Impact" threshold criteria; quickly pivot away from features that do not meet these criteria. High-grade your product portfolio and prioritize initiatives across your teams

- People & Culture: Drive culture change and advocate for Ford+ behaviours within the Chennai organization. Provide oversight for people coaching and management of your team, focusing on technical, leadership, and soft skills. Lead career development conversations, 1:1s, and central HR processes (Succession planning, mid-year/end-year reviews).

- Delivery, Operations & Governance: Drive daily and monthly operational execution, including budget/finances, headcount management, and AOP (Annual Operating Plan) alignment. Regularly review and support the "Top 5 Deliverables" for your area. Lead global, distributed teams, fostering collaboration across time zones and cultures to drive business impact. Effectively use documentation and governance best practices to accelerate problem-solving and decision-making.

**Qualifications**

- Master’s degree in data science, computer science, statistics, engineering, or a related quantitative field.

- 10+ years of experience in analytics or AI domain.

- 5+ years of experience in a leadership/supervisory role, preferably managing managers or large technical teams.

- 5+ years of domain experience delivering analytics solutions in Sustainability, Regulatory, Electrification, or Legal sectors.

- Proven experience with Agile & Product Driven Operating Models.

- Demonstrated performance in developing and deploying analytical models within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

- Strong proficiency in big data technology and programming.

- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to present complex technical insights to cross-functional executive leadership.

**Even better, you may have:**

- PhD in Data Science, AI, Statistics, or Engineering.

- Deep expertise in NLP, Deep Learning, and Transformer architecture AI or GenAI.

- Specific experience in Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) strategy or Grid Services.

- Experience with optimization tools like CPLEX and visualization platforms like Power BI.

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with global resources under short response times.

## Skills

### Required
- data science
- computer science
- statistics
- engineering
- Google Cloud Platform
- big data technology
- programming
- Agile
- Product Driven Operating Models
- NLP
- Deep Learning
- Transformer architecture AI
- GenAI
- Battery Electric Vehicle
- Grid Services
- optimization tools
- visualization platforms

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