Ford Motor Company

Strategy Manager

Ford Motor Company • $115K — $218K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Reposted Today
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree required
  • Strong passion for motorsports and automotive performance
  • Proven leader with expertise in problem solving
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and organizational building
  • Experience leading global cross-functional projects
  • Analytically inclined with a curiosity for solving complex problems
  • Understanding of automotive industry dynamics and managerial accounting
  • Creative thinker with a track record of challenging the status quo
  • Enjoys mentoring and teaching colleagues
  • Advanced skills in PowerPoint, Excel, and Word required

Responsibilities

  • Generate hypotheses to identify key issues within assigned work streams
  • Structure and solve complex problems effectively, leveraging deep expertise
  • Conduct high-quality analyses and guide teams in analytical techniques
  • Synthesize complex analyses to develop insightful recommendations
  • Communicate findings persuasively to Ford Performance leadership
  • Act as a 'player-coach' by managing workstreams and developing team capabilities
  • Balance multiple project topics, supporting strategy leads and analysts

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care options and paid parental leave
  • Family building benefits including adoption and fertility treatments
  • Employee vehicle discount program for staff and families
  • Tuition assistance for continued education
  • Active employee resource groups for community and support
  • Paid time off for community service activities
  • Generous holiday schedule including paid time off during Christmas
  • Option to purchase additional vacation time
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...
  • The Ford Racing Strategy Manager will be the go-to thought partner to help deliver the Ford Racing Strategy via building necessary capabilities spanning the business.
  • They will be an influence-first leader who is able to collaborate and work with stakeholders within and beyond Ford Racing.
  • This role will be an individual contributor working on a small, agile, high-performance team.


Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Hypotheses generation: Rigorously and logically identify issues covering entire problem in the assigned work stream(s), working with strategy leadership, general management of the business and/or stakeholders
  • Structuring and solving the problem: Determine most efficient and effective approach to solving complex problems, taking advantage of the organization's existing knowledge, beyond immediate connections. This includes leveraging one's networks of deep expertise
  • Conducting analyses: Ensures high quality and accurate analysis; Selects the most effective analytical approaches and guides team (either directly or indirectly) in applying leading edge techniques; Ensures team develops robust fact base, creatively addressing data constraints as appropriate. Always tests first principles of business
  • Synthesis and generating recommendations: Develop compelling insights from complex analysis. Synthesize complex analysis with an ability to draw out and prioritize key conclusions and independently develop sound recommendations
  • Effective communication and persuasion: Demonstrate strong influencing skills by effectively communicating findings, conclusions, and recommendations both verbally and written. A comfort writing and delivery persuasive recommendations to the Ford Performance leadership and the Steering Team is critical
  • Apprenticeship and leadership: Be a 'player-coach' that can effectively break down the problem into discrete workstreams and balance doing vs. delegation to ensure timely completion of high-quality deliverables (when possible); Model the Ford+ behaviors and values; practice situational leadership coaching team members on the strategy toolkit and building domain expertise
  • Successful candidates will be able to balance contributing to multiple topics simultaneously with support both from the strategy lead and a business analyst. Topics may range from Go-To-Market strategy, Experiences strategy, organization development and performance optimization, long-term business planning, market intelligence, etc.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelors Degree
  • Strong interest in motorsports and performance vehicles, a deep passion for all things auto
  • A leader within Ford with demonstrated thought leadership and subject matter expertise in problem solving
  • A comfort with ambiguity and a desire to build (organizations, develop people, etc.)
  • Proven experience leading high impact cross-functional projects at a global scale, working with various levels of the organization
  • Inherently curious, analytically inclined and love solving problems
  • Understand the fundamentals of the automotive industry dynamics, trends, company operations, and managerial accounting is a must
  • Track record of challenging the status quo and bringing creative solutions to complex issues
  • Love teaching and mentoring colleagues
  • Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint (written presentations for a senior audience), Excel (mathematical modeling of large data sets), Word (white papers) is a must

Even better, you may have...
  • Masters Degree or MBA from a top institution
  • Prior experience leading strategy projects or large-scale programs/projects
  • Prior experience in a professional services firm is a plus but not required
  • Technical background with advanced analytics

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 $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. #LI-Hybrid

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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.

Ford Motor Company Careers

Join the dynamic team at Ford Motor Company, a global leader in automotive innovation and manufacturing. At Ford, we are committed to driving human progress by providing outstanding vehicles and mobility solutions. This is an exciting time to become part of our inclusive team, where job opportunities abound and growth is not just a possibility, but a promise.

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At Ford Motor Company, you will collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Our professionals are at the forefront of automotive technology, leading projects that redefine transportation and sustainability. With a culture rooted in continuous improvement and respect for all, Ford offers a workplace where leadership, diversity training, and innovation are part of everyday life.

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Engage in work that makes a difference. Ford Motor Company is pioneering developments in electrification, autonomous vehicles, and smart mobility solutions. Our team of over 190,000 employees worldwide is dedicated to crafting experiences that improve the way the world moves.

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Working at Ford means more than just having a job; it means being part of a global family. Our culture promotes teamwork, integrity, and respect—values that underpin everything we do. We believe in nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment where every employee can thrive.

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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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