Senior Manager Master Data Management, Ford Energy

In this position...
The Senior Manager, MDM Governance, Data Quality & AI Enablement will play a central role in standing up Ford Energy's master data foundation as the business builds its systems, processes, and data environment from scratch. Reporting to the Director, Business Operations, Ford Energy, this person will own the end-to-end master data governance strategy across Ford Energy's CRM and ERP environments, embedded directly with Ford Energy's Business Integrator and Systems Integrator consultants and business Data Responsible Individuals (DRIs) through three system releases and production start. This role resides on the business side, acting as the bridge between corporate strategy, data governance, and technical implementation - not as an IT function. In addition to traditional governance, this person will position Ford Energy's data foundation for AI readiness, ensuring master data is high-fidelity, well-governed, and structured to support predictive analytics, automation, and future AI/ML use cases. This is a foundational leadership role with significant opportunity to grow in scope as Ford Energy scales, with a clear path toward an expanded enterprise data organization as the business matures.

You'll have...
What You'll Bring:

- Cross-domain business fluency across two or more of: Sales/CRM Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, or Manufacturing.
- Industrial context - experience in battery, energy, automotive, or aerospace environments is strongly preferred over pure SaaS backgrounds.
- A natural connector who builds trust and aligns stakeholders and functions without formal authority.
- Structured, first-principles thinking, with comfort designing governance and standards in ambiguous, 'zero-to-one' situations.
- Owns final operational and financial accountability for master data integrity, data compliance (including battery traceability regulations), and readiness gates across all commercial and manufacturing go-lives.
- Clear, confident communication skills, able to translate complex data and AI dependencies into business and financial terms for senior leadership.
- Comfort with a fast pace and evolving priorities that come with standing up a new business and multiple concurrent system releases.
- A growth mindset and drive to expand your scope and impact as Ford Energy's data organization scales.

Required:

- 10+ years of progressive experience in Master Data Management/Data Governance (or 8+ years with Master's degree), including direct people management, team leadership experience, or experience leading large, complex cross-functional initiatives.
- Proven track record of building or maturing an MDM governance program from scratch at a similar-stage company ahead of a go-live.
- Cross-domain business fluency across two or more of: Sales/CRM Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, or Manufacturing.
- Working depth in Salesforce and SAP (or another ERP) - understanding of data flow and system-of-record logic; certification not required.
- Experience working effectively with external BI and SI consultants and integrators, not only internal teams.
- Ability to influence and align VPs and cross-functional leaders without direct reporting authority.
- Track record of delivering incremental, release-aligned wins tied to real deadlines, rather than open-ended transformation work.
- Strong executive communication skills - able to translate data risk into business and financial terms.

Even better, you may have...
Preferred:

- Industrial context - experience in battery, energy, automotive, or aerospace industries over pure SaaS.
- Direct experience preparing and structuring enterprise data for AI/ML models, data lakes, or advanced analytics platforms.
- Experience with battery traceability, serialization, or other regulated-component data requirements.
- Familiarity with modern AI data tools, vector databases, or AI-driven MDM platforms.
- Experience supporting new business stand-ups, carve-outs, spin-offs, or joint ventures.
- Competency in SQL, Excel, or data profiling software to perform independent operational audits when needed.

Location & Travel:

- Location: Dearborn, MI.
- Travel: Limited - occasional domestic travel expected to support release milestones and cross-functional workshops, as needed.

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 5 and ranges from $141,700-$268,300.

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/LL5

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

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