**In this position...**
At Ford Integrated Services (FIS), we transform our customer experiences in and around the vehicle by bringing together hardware, software, and services to foster simple, transparent, and ongoing digital relationships among our customers, their vehicles, and Ford.
We are scaling our Business Operations team's global capabilities to support a growing portfolio of programs across multiple vehicle platforms. We seek a detail-oriented, proactive associate project manager who thrives in fast-moving environments, collaborates confidently with diverse teams, and proposes creative solutions to improve operational efficiency and cross-functional alignment.
Business Operations drives the company's transformation by partnering with a diverse set of product teams, business functions, and global markets. Through this broad interaction model, we identify enterprise-level gaps, bring teams together to define paths forward, and recommend how to bring solutions to life.
As an associate project manager at Ford, you will gain hands-on experience in this dynamic eco-system - learning directly from experts, contributing to high-impact projects, and collaborating with teams. You will contribute to Ford's transformation and future vision.
**The role requires a minimum of four days per week in the Michigan Central Station Office in Detroit, MI.**
What you'll do...
+ Support FIS leadership to effectively plan and manage projects from the initial ideation phase through final execution.
+ Deliver ongoing reporting on state of current projects, overall and detailed statuses, and expected delivery timelines with deadlines at risk called out.
+ Facilitate meetings to understand status against specified objectives and tasks, determine required next steps with timeline and owners to achieve, and name progress blockers currently existing or at risk of appearing.
+ Act as a bridge across teams, connecting and facilitating clear communication, ensuring interdependencies are understood and planned for.
+ Identify dependencies and escalate risks/trade-offs to internal and external stakeholders.
+ Build, evolve, and manage tools such as SharePoint and SmartSheet.
**You'll have...**
+ Bachelor's Degree.
+ 4+ years of experience leading projects with significant autonomy, demonstrating comfort with ambiguity, and a proven ability to plan, organize, and deliver results in dynamic or unstructured environments.
+ 2+ years of professional experience within the automotive industry or large, complex matrix organizations. This includes demonstrated expertise in working cross-functionally to escalate and resolve critical business issues.
+ Exceptional consultative verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage and present to diverse groups, including mid to large audiences.
**Even better, you may have...**
+ Demonstrated experience in leading or supporting change management initiatives, helping teams adopt new processes, tools, or organizational structures.
+ Proficiency with industry standard project management tools
+ Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite
+ Proven ability to develop and implement comprehensive risk management plans, conduct quantitative risk analysis, and facilitate risk mitigation strategies.
+ Ability to connect project execution with broader business goals and contribute to strategic planning.
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 a salary grade 8.
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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.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
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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**Requisition ID** : 55026