Consulting Architect, AI-Enabled Supply Chain

As a Consulting Architect, you will define and drive enterprise architecture strategies that enable Ford's digital supply chain transformation. You will partner closely with business leaders, product teams, engineering organizations, and technology partners to deliver scalable, intelligent, and resilient supply chain solutions.

This role requires both strategic leadership and technical depth. You will shape architecture roadmaps, evaluate emerging technologies, guide solution implementation, and help engineering teams solve complex business and technical challenges. You will work across supply chain domains including Supplier Collaboration, Material Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Manufacturing Integration, Supply Chain Visibility, and AI-enabled decision support.

You will help establish the future-state architecture that connects business capabilities, data, analytics, AI, and operational systems to create an intelligent supply chain capable of anticipating disruptions, optimizing decisions, and accelerating business outcomes.

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- Master's degree preferred.
- 5+ Demonstrated experience in Automotive, Manufacturing Industry with a focus on Supply Chain Technologies and processes
- 5+ years proven experience in Enterprise Architecture, Consulting Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technology Strategy leadership roles.
- Experience leading large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies.
- Deep knowledge of integration architecture, APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud-native design, and distributed systems.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA and supply chain business processes.
- Experience designing data and analytics architectures using modern enterprise platforms.
- Experience architecting AI, machine learning, generative AI, or intelligent automation solutions in enterprise environments.
- Familiarity with modern AI engineering ecosystems, cloud AI services, and data science platforms.
- Ability to influence executive, business, and technical audiences.
- Strong facilitation, negotiation, and organizational leadership capabilities.

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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 $132,800-$250,800.
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 available for this position.
Relocation assistance IS provided for this role.

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