Ford Motor Company

Product & Program Transition Leader

Ford Motor Company • $115K — $218K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
3 days ago
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, or a related analytical field.
  • 10-15 years of experience in product architecture or data transformation.
  • Deep knowledge of product architectural elements, including homogeneous and modular architectures.
  • Expertise in platform engineering, design structure metrics, and modular function deployment.
  • Strong grasp of mass customization concepts and strategies for managing product variety.
  • In-depth understanding of product development processes and product data release frameworks.
  • Proven leadership in large-scale digital transformations related to product data.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct analysis of existing product structures to identify patterns and interdependencies.
  • Decompose complex product structures into foundational data components.
  • Determine value-added entities within the product data landscape for optimization.
  • Collaborate with teams to define the desired future product structure and architecture.
  • Map current data elements to future state elements.
  • Develop transformation logic into scalable programmatic solutions.
  • Oversee the translation of product datasets at scale using transformation accelerators.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model with flexibility for onsite presence.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams in a leadership capacity.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

We are seeking a highly specialized and experienced Product Structure Transformation Lead to spearhead a critical, company-wide initiative focused on fundamentally reshaping Ford's product data landscape. This role offers a unique opportunity to define the future of Ford's product data through the application of advanced architectural principles and the development of intelligent, programmatic solutions.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned architect with a deep, nuanced understanding of complex product structures, proven expertise in data transformation, and a profound grasp of product architectural elements and their underlying logic. This role requires a scientific and focused approach to decompose, define, and translate intricate product data. Responsibilities include in-depth analysis of current product data architectures, defining foundational elements, meticulously mapping data to a future state, developing sophisticated transformation logic, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to execute this precise data transformation at scale using programmatic accelerators.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

  • Conduct comprehensive analysis of existing product structures, identifying architectural patterns, data flows, and interdependencies.
  • Decompose complex product structures into foundational data objects and elemental components (e.g., entities, business objects, relationships, data fields).
  • Determine value-added vs. non-value-added entities within the current product data landscape, guiding optimization efforts.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define the desired future product structure, incorporating advanced architectural principles.
  • Understand and define decomposed elemental datasets required for the future state product architecture.
  • Meticulously map current state product data elements to future state elements, ensuring precise translation paths.
  • Develop sophisticated transformation logic and translate these into robust, scalable "programmatic accelerators" for automated data processing.
  • Oversee and execute the translation of current state product datasets into future state datasets at scale, leveraging developed accelerators.


Qualifications

You'll have...

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, or a related highly analytical field.
  • 10-15 years of progressive experience in product architecture, complex data transformation, or related fields, with a significant emphasis on product structure definition and management.
  • Profound understanding and hands-on experience with product architectural elements, including homogeneous and modular architectures.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of platform engineering constructs, design structure metrics, associated product family design, and modular function deployment.
  • Expertise in mass customization concepts and the ability to define and implement strategies for managing product variety.
  • Proven capability to create indices to measure the cost of variety within product portfolios.
  • In-depth knowledge of product development processes and product data release frameworks.
  • Mastery of deep principles of rule engines used for defining and managing complex product configurations and relationships.
  • Extensive experience with and understanding of transformation logic for large-scale data translation and system integration.
  • Ability to architect how platforms, models, and products are structured and how configurations are created.
  • Exceptional ability to understand and define complex data elements and data architectures.
  • Experience with data strategy and transformational frameworks specific to product data.
  • Proven ability to build logical structures and constructs for intricate transformation logics.
  • Strong experience with data modeling and analysis, especially for product lifecycle management (PLM) data.
  • Comprehensive understanding of PLM systems and their integration with product definition processes.
  • Ability to interpret and utilize data generated from 3DX applications.
  • Track record of leading large-scale, complex digital transformation initiatives, particularly those involving core product data.
  • Ability to drive business adoption of large-scale transformation, plan for training and ensure smooth adoption of new tools
  • Proven ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams in a highly technical and analytical environment.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and advanced problem-solving skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly.
  • Exceptional abstract thinking and whiteboarding skills for conceptualizing and designing complex architectural solutions.
  • Significant experience in an engineering and manufacturing environment, ideally within a large-scale product development organization.


Even better, you will have...
  • Direct experience within the automotive industry.
  • Experience with Product & Bill of Material (EBOM, MBOM, & BOP) structures and processes.
  • Master's degree in a relevant technical or engineering field.
  • Working knowledge of 3DX software.
  • Experience with change management and other business management initiatives related to large-scale transformations.


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!

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-218,100.
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.

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.

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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
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