Ford Motor Company

Director, Vehicle Cloud & Mobility - Telemetry & Data Platform

Ford Motor Company • $150K — $180K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
11 - 15 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in a relevant technical field with leadership in large engineering organizations.
  • Proven experience in leading complex transformation initiatives under changing conditions.
  • Exceptional communication skills to influence diverse audiences.
  • Strong strategic thinking to drive concepts to production.
  • Demonstrated business acumen in connected vehicle systems and IT operations.
  • Experience with cross-functional teams in technically constrained environments.
  • Deep understanding of infrastructure architecture and cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the vision and strategy for VC&M Telemetry and Data Platforms.
  • Drive best practices and continuous improvement for project delivery.
  • Ensure reliability and performance of data platforms for global connected vehicle experiences.
  • Foster operational excellence through data insights and performance metrics.
  • Partner with various teams to ensure a stable customer experience.
  • Recruit and lead a diverse global team in a culture of innovation.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, and subsidized childcare options.
  • Family building benefits including adoption, surrogacy, and fertility assistance.
  • Employee vehicle discount program and management leases.
  • Tuition assistance for further education and skill development.
  • Active employee resource groups for community involvement.
  • Generous paid holidays and additional vacation purchasing options.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position..

Reporting to the Head of VC&M Data Engineering, this technical leadership position requires balancing near-term delivery with long-term modernization. You will operate confidently in both steady-state environments and ambiguous transformation spaces, partnering across cloud platform, operations, app, infotainment, and other vehicle systems to deliver enterprise-level initiatives.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

  • Strategic Vision & Execution: Define and execute the vision, strategy, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for VC&M Telemetry and Data Platforms, encompassing specification, development, deployment, quality, and operations.


  • Engineering & Delivery Excellence: Drive delivery discipline, best practices, and continuous improvement across the organization, ensuring robust and on-time project and upgrade delivery.


  • Platform Ownership & Reliability: Provide end-to-end ownership of data platforms, products, and services, guaranteeing reliability, scalability, and performance for global connected vehicle experiences. Lead the development, maintenance, and support of mission-critical platform components.


  • Operational Acumen: Foster operational excellence through data-driven insights, real-world performance metrics, and continuous optimization. Ensure compliance with security, availability, and performance standards across all managed services.


  • Cross-functional Leadership: Partner with Product, Security, Architecture, and Operations teams to maintain a stable, "always-on" customer experience. Serve as a primary technical and organizational change agent, aligning engineering, product, and enterprise stakeholders.


  • Team Leadership & Development: Recruit, develop, and direct a diverse, multi-disciplined global team, fostering a culture of innovation and high performance.


Qualifications

You'll have...

  • Leadership & Strategic Acumen:


  • 15+ years of progressive experience in a relevant technical field, with demonstrated experience leading and transforming large, multi-disciplined global engineering organizations.


  • Proven ability to lead teams through complex, multi-year transformation initiatives in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.


  • Exceptional communication skills, capable of translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences and influencing across organizational boundaries.


  • Strong strategic and critical thinking, with the ability to drive strategy from concept through to production.


  • Demonstrated business acumen related to connected vehicle systems, IT operations, and customer experience.


  • Experience leading cross-functional teams in multifaceted technical, legal, and regulatory constrained environments.


  • Deep understanding of infrastructure architecture, cloud technologies, and 24x7 operational models.


  • Technical Expertise:


  • Expertise in designing, deploying, and supporting cloud-based solutions at scale.


  • Expert in data platforms and pipelines, including associated data privacy and security.


  • Hands-on experience writing, deploying, and supporting platform-based software in production using modern technologies.


  • Strong understanding of APIs, integration patterns, data exchange methods, performance modeling, protocols, and cloud security principles.


  • Experience with multiple cloud providers (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Azure, AWS) and on-premise solutions.


  • Familiarity with VC&M preferred tech stack (e.g., Java, Spring Boot, Docker, GCP).


  • Experience supporting "always-on" production systems.


  • Knowledge of Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira).
    • Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Even better, you may have...
    • Master's degree preferred.
    • Prior experience in automotive delivery roles or associated industries.
    • Experience with remote diagnostics for devices, leading into prognostics.
    • What you'll receive in return...
    • You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
    • As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
    • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
      • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.
    • This position is a leadership level 4.
    • For more information on salary and benefits, click here:2026 LL4 Benefits Summary
    • This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.
    • #LI-Hybrid #LI-WC2

About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Learn more about Ford Motor Company
Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
F
* Ladders Estimates

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