Description

Job Description

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?

Do you believe data tells the real story? We do! Redefining mobility requires quality data, metrics and analytics, as well as insightful interpreters and analysts. That's where Global Data Insight & Analytics makes an impact. We advise leadership on 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.

In this position...

The Chief of Staff must be passionate about the team they support, the operations and efficiency of that team as well as the success of the overall strategy & communications. Consistent project management methods must not only be endorsed but demonstrated, shared, and improved upon based on the team's needs. Senior Leaders will feel supported by their efforts to harmonize the team across departments while supporting delivery of key initiatives and communications.

This Chief of Staff role will work side-by-side with the Executive Director, Data Platforms & Engineering (DPE), who leads all aspects of the data infrastructure and data & platform engineering across Ford Motor Company globally. There are five key responsibilities which can help describe this role: serving as an air traffic controller for the DPE senior team; as an integrator connecting work streams that would otherwise remain siloed; as a communicator linking the leadership team and the broader organization; as an honest broker and truth teller when leadership requires a wide-ranging view without organizational bias; and as a confidant without an organizational agenda. A strong Chief of Staff will consider the needs of the whole enterprise.

Based in Dearborn, MI, this is a hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

• Support Enterprise Data Platform & Engineering (DPE) Executive Director & direct Senior Director reporting team to deliver critical operations initiatives at the platform level; increasing collaboration, communication & efficiency within the team.
• Partner with the leadership team to co-develop strategies for the organization, and take lead role in writing and documenting those strategies, appropriate for executive level consumption
• Proactively prepare the leadership team for all meetings, including Executive level meetings with other business functions, all-hands meetings, and other key gatherings. This includes compiling relevant data, briefing materials, and presentations, ensuring all necessary information is readily available and understood. Anticipate their needs and provide solutions before problems arise.
• Establish and maintain a system for tracking key department level and Division level deliverables across the organization. This includes identifying critical milestones, deadlines, and owners, monitoring progress, and escalating issues as needed. Hold teams accountable for meeting commitments and driving results
• Assist the Directors with creating clear communications (email, PowerPoint, one-pagers) based on conversation and dialogue, refine leadership's message and ensure that it is understood by the right audiences
• Develop an understanding of the entire Enterprise Data Platform technologies and solutions and Program deliverables in order to help serve as a voice of the EDP, interacting with all EDP teams as well as other organizations
• Manage and Track department financial health and H/C, ensure leadership team is aware of leading indicators point to financial concern, work with OCM to implement corrective action
• Manage Business Operations of key Leadership Meetings within Enterprise Data Platform and within the larger CDAO organizational Division (e.g. Move the Needle, Portfolio Reviews, Gemba, etc); ensure timely delivery of the agenda topics, presentation content, and meeting minutes & actions.
• Lead Data Platforms & Engineering Engagement with centralized teams like CDAO Office & Communications, Analytic portfolios, specially formed Committees, etc disseminating information & ideas between them and Data Platforms & Engineering.
• Support & Facilitate Leadership Learning & Development needs by curating content, leveraging the centralized Talent team, to use for Leadership workshops, cascades, Orchestration Forums, etc.
• Undertake special projects as assigned by the Executive Director or other members of the Leadership team, contributing to the overall success of the organization.
• Apply project management discipline and passion

Your Mindset:

• You know your value to the team is leading and supporting them to succeed
• You have a can-do attitude, willing to fill any gaps in the team when necessary
• You are comfortable with working with nebulous assignments to bring clarity and transition to executable work
• You have perseverance toward problem solving
• You promote collaboration and inclusion
• You are a design thinker at heart-- open-minded, curious, exploratory, iterative, and optimistic
• You embody the Ford+ Behaviors: Excellence, Focus, Collaboration

Qualifications

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 4+ years of experience as Chief of Staff, Director of Operations, Administrative Officer, Strategic Adviser, Executive Assistant or similar role
• 3+ years of experience demonstrating strong people leadership and team skills including:
  • Ability to anticipate and help avert problems, keeping leadership aware and advised
  • Must be able to learn, grasp and add value to the DPE vision
  • Demonstrate organizational and political intelligence
  • Exceptional Communication Skills, both written and verbal
  • Strong Coordination Skills, anticipating the needs of the team and its leaders. One team spirit.
  • Strong interpersonal, and leadership skills, with proven abilities to communicate complex topics to leaders and peers in a simple, clear, plan-oriented manner
  • Highly motivated team player, with the ability to collaborate well with others, solve problems and actively incorporate input from various sources
  • Self-starter and autonomous. You think 5 steps ahead and identify the biggest opportunities independently.

Even better, you may have...

• MBA or Master's Degree
• Domain expertise with Program Management and/or Business Office experience
• Ability to develop, own and maintain SharePoint sites or similar as well as a PowerPoint super user

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2025-benefits-and-comp-LL6-sal-plan-2.pdf

This position is leadership level 6

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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