AI/ML Product Manager

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

Creating the future of smart mobility requires the highly intelligent use of data, metrics, and analytics. That’s where you can make an impact as part of our Global Data Insight & Analytics team. We are the trusted advisers that enable Ford to clearly see business conditions, customer needs, and the competitive landscape. With our support, key decision-makers can act in meaningful, positive ways. Join us and use your data expertise and analytical skills to drive evidence-based, timely decision-making.

GDI&A Tech is looking for a Product Manager that embraces lean and agile practices focused on AI/ML and GenAI technologies. This role will work with small, cross-functional teams collaborating with business partners, software engineers, technical anchors and designers to ensure early & frequent releases of the products. 

• Work closely with GDI&A Partners to understand their product vision and break it down into an actionable backlog of user stories for the engineering development team.
• Work hands-on with the development team and other stakeholders to prioritize, plan, and deliver software and infrastructure that meets client requirements.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies with the product team and working sessions with the stakeholder group(s).  
• Help GDI&A Partners understand our iterative development approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product through careful and deliberate prioritization.
• Focus on delivering product value through careful and deliberate prioritization.
• Mentor and train other PMs to help them learn agile methods and build skills.
• Identify potential success stories and share with communications team.
• Help innovate and iterate on agile PM processes and share our learnings.
• Grow technical capabilities / expertise and provide guidance to other members on the team. 
• Mentor and train other Software Engineers to help them learn agile methods and build skills.

Required Skills:

• English proficiency (written and verbal)
• 3+ years of Software Product Management, Business Analyst, or Solution Architecture or experience.
• 2+ years’ experience with CA Agile Central (Rally) or similar Agile Tools.
• 1+ years of experience defining and prioritizing product features with software engineers.
• 1+ years of experience with Lean methodology.
• Ability to lead teams, understand and rapidly learn technical acumen in AI/ML space, gather requirements, understand the customer, come up with solutions.
• Basic understanding or desire to learn Machine Learning tools and technologies. 
• Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others and navigate complex decision making.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate well with engineers, designers, and Business Partners.
• Previous success working with an Agile development team.
• Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others.   

Desired Skills:

• Experience in delivering machine learning software products using iterative approach.
• Experience with Machine Learning / Deep Learning Models / Python.
• Background in design or software development.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development, Paired Programming. 
• Experience defining product vision, strategy, product roadmaps and creating managing backlogs.
• Experience articulating and validating product hypotheses.

DISCLAIMER

Ford Motor Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, as we are committed with a diverse workforce, and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran and basis of disability.