Job DescriptionIn this position...
Are you a strategic delivery leader who excels at portfolio optimization, demand management, and aligning IT investments with business value? Join the Ford Motor Credit Company (FMCC) Product Organization as a Lead Portfolio Delivery Manager.
In this critical role, you will oversee and partner with a portfolio of 5+ critical product teams. You will act as the driving force behind our value delivery, helping teams uncover and optimize their velocity, track critical KPIs, and continuously mature their operational processes.
This is not a governance-only role; it is a highly collaborative, hands-on partnership. You will lead demand management and ROI tracking, enabling measurable improvements in resource utilization and data-driven decision-making across the portfolio. You will be responsible for improving cross-functional decision-making, enhancing our quarterly strategic planning processes, and boosting the visibility and alignment of IT investments with business priorities through modern, data-driven tools.
ResponsibilitiesWhat you'll do...
- Demand Management & ROI Tracking: Drive robust demand management processes and ROI tracking, enabling measurable improvements in resource utilization, capacity allocation, and strategic decision-making.
- Quarterly Strategic Planning: Execute & enhance the quarterly strategic planning processes, boosting visibility and alignment of IT investments with business priorities through data-driven tools.
- Team Leadership & Growth: Lead teams driving agile methodology growth, cross-functional alignment, and the resolution of complex, systemic issues across the portfolio.
- Cross-Functional Decision-Making: Improve cross-functional decision-making by creating and implementing consistent risk management and prioritization frameworks.
- Portfolio Value & Velocity Tracking: Partner closely with several product teams to measure, analyze, and optimize value delivery, report out, road mapping, velocity, and KPI tracking.
- Intake Governance & PI Commitments: Establish or leverage structured intake processes and change control to ensure teams manage demand effectively and reliably deliver on their Program Increment (PI) commitments.
- Platform & Toolchain Optimization: Leverage enterprise Agile platforms (Jira/Confluence/Planview, etc) to manage backlogs, configure sprints, track metrics, and establish portfolio-level visibility.
- Executive Communication & Reporting: Translate delivery metrics, portfolio health, ROI, and risks into clear, data-driven narratives for product leadership and stakeholders.
- AI Fluency & Innovation: Demonstrate strong AI fluency by leveraging advanced AI tools and frameworks to generate actionable business insights, build dynamic dashboards, and design custom AI agents. Utilize agentic framing to enable predictive "what-if" scenario modeling and automate complex workflows.
QualificationsYou'll have...
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 7+ years of progressive project, program, or portfolio management experience.
- 5+ years of experience leading enterprise Agile initiatives, managing multi-team portfolios, and aligning cross-functional teams.
- Proven experience in demand management, ROI tracking, and optimizing resource utilization.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams driving professional growth, cross-functional alignment, and the resolution of complex issues.
- Hands-on mastery of Azure DevOps (ADO) or equivalent enterprise Agile platforms for tracking velocity, capacity, and sprint metrics.
- Strong analytical literacy with the ability to turn raw delivery data into actionable portfolio-maturity plans.
Even better, you may have...
- Experience enhancing quarterly strategic planning processes and utilizing data-driven tools to align IT investments with business priorities.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) certification.
- Experience in Fintech, lending, financial services, or highly regulated environments.
- Experience guiding distributed teams across multiple time zones (e.g., US, India, South America).
- A strategic thinker who thrives in high-pressure environments and is comfortable navigating organizational complexity to drive transformation.
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 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
- 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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $132,800-$250,800.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
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