Ford Motor Company

Senior Data Scientist - Contract Service Manager

Ford Motor Company • $132K — $250K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred in relevant fields.
  • 3-5 years of experience in contract negotiation and vendor management, focusing on third-party data.
  • 5+ years of relevant overall experience in data management, procurement, or product management.
  • Demonstrated team leadership experience with coaching and performance development.
  • Strong familiarity with data governance, privacy, and compliance concepts.
  • Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team in acquiring and managing third-party data sources.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align data sourcing strategies with business needs.
  • Oversee vendor contracting processes, ensuring compliance and favorable terms.
  • Apply product management practices to enhance data usability and accessibility.
  • Promote enterprise-wide data reuse through engagement and advocacy.
  • Govern data movement through centralized contract oversight and lifecycle tracking.
  • Develop best practices for data sharing, focusing on security and compliance.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care options and parental leave.
  • Employee vehicle discount program and management leases.
  • Tuition assistance for professional development.
  • Active employee resource groups.
  • Paid time off for community service activities.
  • Generous holiday schedule, including time off between Christmas and New Year.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Third-Party Data Acquisition team is the centralized hub for discovering, acquiring, and enabling the third-party data that fuels Ford's data and analytics ecosystem. This team acts as subject matter experts across the business, managing vendor relationships and contracts while delivering innovative sourcing solutions to internal customers across GDI&A and the broader Ford Enterprise.

We're looking for a Manager to lead this team - someone who can translate business data requirements into vendor strategy, negotiate favorable and compliant contracts, and bring product management discipline to how acquired data is enabled, reused, and governed as it moves out (egress) to internal customers. This role sits at the intersection of business needs, vendor management, legal/compliance, and data product strategy - and requires a leader who can operate credibly across all four.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team responsible for discovering, evaluating, and acquiring third-party data sources, including building and maintaining vendor landscapes
  • Partner directly with internal business stakeholders to translate data requirements into sourcing strategy and vendor selection criteria
  • Own end-to-end vendor contracting for data acquisition - partnering with Purchasing and Legal (OGC) on negotiation, statements of work, terms & conditions, and data-specific legal terms to ensure full compliance
  • Apply product management practices to third-party data egress - defining requirements, prioritizing enablement work, and ensuring data products meet internal customer needs
  • Drive enterprise-wide reuse of acquired data through proactive internal advocacy, customer engagement, and cross-functional relationship building
  • Govern data movement enterprise-wide via Contract Services - overseeing centralized review, approval, and lifecycle tracking of ingress/egress contracts
  • Establish and maintain Data Sharing Best Practices covering data access, ownership, security, AI/model use restrictions, and regulatory compliance
  • Manage the team's data-portfolio budget in close collaboration with Finance and Leadership
  • Coach and develop team members, building both technical/contracting expertise and business partnership skills


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required in Business, Data Science, Information Technology, Computer Science, Analytics, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related discipline Master's degree preferred Experience:
  • 3-5 years of contract negotiation and vendor-management experience, preferably involving third-party data, technology, software, licensing, intellectual property, or professional-services agreements.
  • 3-5 years of demonstrated people leadership experience, including direct team management, coaching, performance development, or leading a team/function.
  • 5+ years of relevant overall experience in data management, procurement, vendor management, product management, business intelligence, technology sourcing, data governance, or a closely related field.
  • Experience in one or more of the following: Purchasing/procurement, data management, product management, or a related technology or business discipline
  • Demonstrated experience negotiating contracts or managing vendor relationships, ideally involving data, technology, or licensing terms
  • Experience partnering with Legal and Purchasing functions on contract terms, statements of work, and compliance requirements
  • Working knowledge of data governance, data sharing, or data privacy/regulatory concepts
  • Prior people leadership or team management experience
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business needs into sourcing and product requirements
  • Comfort operating in a cross-functional environment spanning business, legal, engineering, and finance stakeholders


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, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: Benefit Summary

This position is a salary grade LL6.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $132,800-$250,800.

*Visa Sponsorship is not provided for this role*

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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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