Software Engineering Manager
Company: Ford Motor Company
Location: Little Rock
Posted on: May 8, 2024
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Job Description:
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.
At Ford Pro, a global business within Ford committed to commercial
customer productivity, we are seeking a Software Engineering
Manager 2 to be a driving force in defining and advancing our
platform and industry technology landscape. This technical leader
will be instrumental in shaping the technical direction of the
company, driving process improvements, and solidifying enterprise
architecture as technology evolves. The Software Engineering
Manager 2 will have a pivotal influence on company-wide technology
decisions and initiatives, without direct people leadership
responsibilities. The role is focused on leading technical strategy
and contributing to the broader technological advancements of Ford
Pro, ensuring a substantial impact on both platform development and
the advancement of technology across the organization.
What you'll do...
Provide engineering leadership to multiple product lines within
Ford Pro.
Help business partners understand our iterative development
approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and
releases.
Design and deliver industry-leading products and services to
maximize value and productivity for commercial customers.
Ensures software engineering excellence (e.g. best practices and
quality) is achieved within the product group.
Collaborates with other Software Engineering Managers to reduce
complexity across the portfolio, enhance interoperability between
services, and make key design decisions across the portfolio.
Have approximately 10 direct reports including Software Engineering
Managers and Software Engineers
Provide thought leadership for the development, structure,
technology, and tools used within Ford Pro.
Innovate and operate with an iterative, agile and user-centric
perspective.
Clearly communicate technology strategy and vision to team members
and internal and external stakeholders.
Demonstrate software engineering excellence through actively
coding, pairing, and performing code and architecture reviews with
the software engineers within the product line.
You'll have---
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
5+ years experience with progressive responsibilities in:
Software Engineering, Architecture and Agile Framework
Experience with leading and mentoring software engineering managers
as direct report
Must be able to operationalize and assist teams with abstract
technology concepts.
Strong demonstrated competencies on cloud and digital
platforms.
Strong communication, collaborative, and influencing skills.
Proven ability to work closely with senior leadership.
Strong personal presence and capabilities to resolve technical
concerns.
Experience with cloud services and platform knowledge.
Demonstrated ability to drive development of highly technical
technology services and capabilities.
Experience with Lean methodology & eXtreme Programming.
Demonstrated understanding and ability to drive API economy and
solutions
Demonstrated understanding and ability to drive highly available
consumer ready Internet properties and technical platforms.
Experience collaborating with engineers, designers, and product
owners.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt your
communication style to the audience
Ability to work collaboratively and navigate complex decision
making in a rapidly changing environment
Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach
others.
Even better, you may have---
Technical expert who has experience building platforms and
underlying services for re-use.
Understands business priorities and technical feasibility in order
to prioritize the platform backlog, identify dependencies, and
manage risks.
Ability to jump in and assist product lines and product teams to
resolve technical blockers.
Focus on delivering product value through reusable services and
technologies that other product teams can leverage.
Initiates or translates the product road map into manageable
product features in the backlog through quarterly scoping
sessions.
Work hands-on with the product teams to prioritize, plan, and
deliver the platform foundations capabilities.
Attends Ford Pro Technology councils and cascades relevant
information to appropriate members of their product line.
Identifies areas within software delivery process and application
ecosystem that require cohesion across the platform and addresses
them through common engineering policies.
Assess the technology feasibility of the product group
roadmaps.
Employs and/or champions Agile software processes, culture, best
practices, and techniques.
Actively works to identify and remove/ mitigate risks and blockers
to product delivery.
Assesses the overall health of the product and prompts key
decisions to move it forward.
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 part of the Ford family, you'll enjoy excellent compensation and
a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO,
retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive
compensation and much more. You'll also experience exciting
opportunities for professional and personal growth and
recognition.
If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of
mobility, we'd love to have you join us!
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally
authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis.
Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time
of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally
diverse workforce. 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. We
encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply and join us in
driving the future of mobility.
For information on Ford's salary and benefits, please visit:
corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2024-benefits-and-comp-LL5-sal-plan-1.pdf
Requisition ID : 27728
Keywords: Ford Motor Company, Little Rock , Software Engineering Manager, IT / Software / Systems , Little Rock, Arkansas
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