Senior Product Manager, Telematics Cost & Efficiency

Overview

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Launched in 2023, Integrated Services creates and markets new customer experiences by integrating hardware, software and services across Ford Blue, Model e and Ford Pro. These products and services allow Ford's retail and commercial customers to customize their vehicles like never before with OTA (over-the-air)-driven experiences that grow better over time. Ford is developing leadership at the forefront of connected, digital platforms that will revolutionize every aspect of how vehicles function, the way people interact with them, and the value those vehicles provide.

In this position...

Ford Pro Intelligence provides telematics and fleet management services to our commercial and fleet customers. Ford Pro products and services serve as a foundational building block to Ford’s continued leadership and innovation in fleet / commercial vehicle market segments. Fleets are our future, representing a significant portion of vehicle sales and continual expected growth.

Ford is #1 in commercial vehicles in North America and the #1 brand in Europe, but our services business is nascent – huge opportunity to build a new business / market leader.

Ford’s Telematics product is launched / has been in market for several years and is experiencing rapid growth, though there is still meaningful time / room to influence the overall strategy, features, and look / feel of the product and lead the team through a period of breakout growth.

Ford has embedded high-quality modems into all commercial vehicles since 2020 – creating a base of connected vehicles in the market and allowing Ford to meaningfully differentiate from current, aftermarket-hardware-based Telematics competitors.

This position is posted as ‘remote’ unless the selected candidate lives within 50 miles of Dearborn, MI or Palo Alto, CA. If so, then it requires a hybrid onsite schedule, with 4 days a week in office.

What you'll do...

Own an end-to-end vision, strategy, and roadmap for Cost & Efficiency experiences for Ford’s Telematics products, globally. Cost & Efficiency includes ownership of : Total Cost of Ownership, EV Features, Multi-Make vehicle experiences, and more. Questions you’ll need to answer :

What do our commercial customers need? How does this vary by persona? By customer segment? By region?

How should these needs be met through in-vehicle, web and app features for Telematics?

How well are these customers served today by currently available offerings?

How can Ford differentiate and best serve our commercial customers?

Set and drive the product roadmap to bring your vision to life, working with the engineering and design teams

Partner with Telematics back-end product, engineering and design to understand what is possible from a data, controls, insights, etc. standpoint and to align on joint roadmaps to create novel, high-value features

Partner with Product Marketing to assess and integrate 3rd party solutions when applicable

Work with sales and marketing to ensure your products are commercially successful

Conduct primary research (interviews, surveys, attend trade shows, etc.)

Consolidate internal knowledge on the customer / prior products

Shadow the sales team to pull back knowledge from sales into the product / roadmap

Instrument the product to learn directly from use

Report state out to and manage concerns of executive Ford stakeholders

You'll have...

Bachelor's degree required

7+ years as a product manager, having shipped successful products in the past, ideally in the B2B SaaS space and / or data / insights-heavy products

Track record of solving tough problems and delivering working solutions throughout career

Demonstrated effectiveness in large, complex, highly matrixed organizations

Passion for serving customers

This position is posted as ‘remote’ unless the selected candidate lives within 50 miles of Dearborn, MI or Palo Alto, CA. If so, then it requires a hybrid onsite schedule, with 4 days a week in office.

Even better, you may have...

Master's degree in Business or Engineering (ME, EE, MBA or equivalent)

Experience working with / in businesses that utilize fleets of vehicles, specifically mixed fleets

Experience working with data and products which leverage data

Experience in visualizing Cost savings for customers

Academic and / or work background in digital products for automotive

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 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.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here : https : / / fordcareers.co / LL6SP2

This position is a leadership level 6.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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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 (onsite four days per week) for candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location or remote for non-local candidates. #LI-Hybrid #LI-Remote #LI-KR3

Requisition ID : 51966

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