Ford Motor Company
Chief of Staff - Electronics Platforms
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Job Description
- Req#: 42682
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in Business, Engineering, or related field a plus, or equivalent work experience
- 8+ years of experience in strategic roles within tech, automotive, or related industries, with a track record of increasing responsibility
- 4+ years of experience driving clear and consistent communications across business, product, and technical teams
- 4+ years of project or program management experience
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and translate complex concepts into actionable plans
- Strong leadership acumen, with experience managing cross-functional stakeholders and influencing at all levels of an organization
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build high-trust relationships and navigate complex organizational dynamics
- Bias for action; a propensity to drive items to closure without sacrificing quality or timeliness
- Adaptability and resilience in the face of rapid change and ambiguity
- Act as a strategic partner to functional leadership, providing insight and support in decision-making, problem-solving, and planning
- Own development and implementation of strategic initiatives through cross-functional partnership
- Drive alignment and collaboration, ensuring cohesive execution of organizational priorities
- Identify and help resolve opportunities for process improvement and innovation, driving implementation of best practices
- Lead change management initiatives, helping teams adapt to new processes, technologies or organizational structures
- Coordinate with team support resources (e.g., business operations, administrative) to ensure consistent and comprehensive support for leadership and teams
- Enhance effectiveness of key meetings by establishing clear agendas, driving high-quality content and output, communicating outcomes, and tracking follow-up assignments to completion
- Support the development, implementation, and tracking of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure team and project success
- Ensure projects and deliverables are delivered robustly and on time
- Provide regular updates to leadership on progress
- Ensure effective communication flow between leadership, teams, and key stakeholders, promoting transparency and alignment
- Own, champion, and continuously improve functional communication channels and cadence
- Amplify the voice, vision, and influence of leadership
In this position…
The ideal candidate will have experience deploying a blend of strategic, operational, and leadership skills – especially in dynamic and highly technical environments. They are adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity, and possess exceptional critical thinking skills. They enjoy solving complex problems, are adept at communicating with colleagues at all levels, and operate with a strong bias for action.
Qualifications
You'll have…
Even better, you may have…
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.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here:
This position is a leadership level 6.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Responsibilities
What you'll do…
Strategic Partnership
Organizational Effectiveness
Performance Management
Communications
About the company
Ford is a global company with shared ideals and a deep sense of family. From our earliest days as a pioneer of modern transportation.
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