Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ford is building a new capability at the center of its enterprise AI strategy and is seeking a Director, AI Program Management, OS, System & Data. The role establishes AI portfolio governance standards, leads cross-functional councils, oversees execution of enterprise and functional AI initiatives, manages dependencies and recovery plans, and drives benefits validation and accountability.
Responsibilities
- Own AI Big Bet governance standards, stage-gate criteria, delivery expectations, value realization requirements, and coaching that drive progress, rigor, and consistency in the portfolio
- Run the Agentic AI Business and Technology Councils, keeping OGC, HR, Finance, Product, Engineering, and GDIA aligned on decisions that cut across their functions
- Own the operating rhythm for the AI Portfolio — forums, owners, review calendar, and CEO/Board/ELT filings
- Own execution oversight of Enterprise and Functional AI Bets, ensuring programs achieve committed outcomes
- Manage cross-bet dependencies and remove barriers to delivery, stepping in when a blocker is bigger than what a single bet owner can resolve on their own
- Maintain path-to-green recovery plans when performance, schedule, adoption, or value targets are at risk, and hold bets accountable to the recovery plan
- Co-own Finance validation standards with the Finance DRI, driving benefits realization and ensuring reported value is independently validated
- Drive corrective action when value or delivery commitments aren't achieved, escalating to the relevant council or leadership forum when a bet can't self-correct
Skills
- * Bachelor's degree
- * 8+ years of experience in program governance, PMO leadership, or portfolio execution roles at enterprise scale, including experience managing managers
- * Direct experience setting stage-gate criteria, delivery standards, or governance frameworks adopted across multiple programs
- * Experience running cross-functional councils or steering committees, including keeping legal, HR, Finance, and technical stakeholders aligned on shared decisions
- * Track record of building or running an operating cadence — recurring reviews, reporting cycles, and executive filings — for a large, multi-workstream portfolio
- * Experience diagnosing at-risk programs and driving path-to-green recovery, including the judgment to know when a bet needs to be escalated rather than coached
- * Experience partnering with Finance on benefits realization or value validation, including pushing back on reported value that doesn't hold up
- * Strong executive presence and comfort keeping program sponsors and leadership accountable
- Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States
- * Experience in automotive, technology, or another large-scale enterprise environment with a complex, matrixed operating structure
- * Background running a PMO, governance office, or transformation office for a technology or innovation portfolio
- * Experience with AI or digital transformation programs specifically, including how agentic or AI-driven initiatives typically stall or fail
- * Familiarity with how legal, data governance, and risk functions (like GDIA) need to be looped into technology program decisions
- * Experience presenting portfolio performance and recovery plans directly to a CEO, Board, or ELT-level audience
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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
- Remote work arrangement
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