Senior Manager, Product Management – Go-to-Market, Accessory Ecosystem

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Ford’s Model E team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. Model e is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position...This role designs and manages the next generation of the accessory ecosystem for Ford Fathom, our future connected vehicle, designed from the ground up in California. You will own the end-to-end product lifecycle, from trend-spotting and ideation through partner collaboration, product development, and market launch.

The successful candidate will define what partnership looks like inside the Ford ecosystem and build a totally new ecosystem of products with partners and collaborators. You will navigate the friction between fast-moving consumer product cycles and traditional automotive development, delivering high-margin, highly desired products.

This leader will ensure that all products not only delight the customer but also meet Ford’s rigorous standards for safety, durability, and integration with the vehicle.

You'll have...

- Bachelor's Degree in engineering, computer science, product design, or business. or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- 5+ years of professional experience in Product Management and/or Go-to-Market Strategy.
- Demonstrated verbal, written, and presentation communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Even better, you may have...

- Master’s degree or MBA
- Experience at a leading consumer products or consumer electronics company (e.g., Apple, Google, Samsung).
- A strong sense of product strategy and the ability to define a vision in a new space.
- Experience in automotive, retail, or channel environments.
- Experience building a product ecosystem or platform.
- Experience taking consumer products from concept to market, including pricing, positioning, and launch planning.
- Proven ability to manage complex relationships with external brands, suppliers, and contract manufacturers, and to build co-development partnerships.
- Financial fluency, including P&L ownership, contribution margin, and cost and pricing tradeoffs.
- Understanding of hardware development lifecycles combined with modern Agile methods.
- A relentless drive to challenge the automotive status quo and bring consumer-market speed and innovation to the vehicle.
- Comfort operating in a highly matrixed environment, bridging cultural and operational gaps between design, engineering, and commercial teams.
- Dedication to creating “surprise and delight” moments for the customer.

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 leadership level 5 and ranges from $148,800-$281,700.
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.

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 with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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