Ford

Compensation

Full Description

Define the strategic vision for your product areas, including the product roadmap and launch/roll-out strategy. Translate our customers' needs into clearly defined technical requirements backed by data and comprehensive industry knowledge. Engage closely with engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to make decisions that balance timing, cost, features, and performance while staying true to the product strategy and vision. Measure our success and improve our products using principled methods and metrics; conduct product experiments, user interviews and other validation techniques to gather customer feedback and product insights. Create artifacts (PRDs, PRFAQs, Strategy Documents) to guide product development work. Find innovative ways to accelerate our development, reduce risk, and the overall product development experience. Seamlessly manage escalations across stakeholders and influence appropriately. Established and active employee resource groups Bachelor's degree required. 4+ years of product management experience in the technology industry. Proven ability to effectively utilize Jira for agile project management, including sprint planning, issue tracking, and reporting. Domain knowledge across integrated hardware/software products, autonomy, or consumer-facing digital products. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the hardware and software systems required to bring consumer products to market in these sectors Demonstrated ability to achieve strategic goals in an innovative and fast-paced environment, and to evolve product strategy based on research, data and industry trends; excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills. A deep passion for your customers, their needs, and for building/shipping products to meet these needs Successfully launched products in a matrix organization and demonstrated ability to manage multiple products in production and their backlogs Strong leadership and communication skills to manage stakeholders across the organization, including strong documentation skills Strong data analysis skills Familiarity with Agile Software Methodologies (Scrum, eXtreme Programming, Kanban) Curiosity around new technologies and a strong desire for continued learning Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. 5+ years full time professional experience Embedded software expertise Mobile App Development experience Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or Business preferred Master's degree in business administration or similar advanced degree Experience using Figma for collaborative design workflows, including version control and feedback integration.