Vehicle Program Director

Vehicle Program Director - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the aforementioned worksite. Provide a visceral feel for the target customers' wants while championing cross-functional workstreams with Marketing, Planning, Basic Design, etc. Lead cross-functional development of cycle life plans/segment strategies for existing products that meet business needs. Ensure that architectural reuse strategies, new technology plans, and software feature migration plans are integrated into vehicle programs consistent with customer expectations, market trends, and overall business needs. Provide visionary yet practical product driven leadership. Develop product and business plans to achieve vehicle line profitability goals and integrate into annual corporate cycle and business plan updates. Deliver all financial targets in support of Commercial Business Group (CBG) segment guidelines and business plan objectives via team's active management of all vehicle line income statement elements. Drive profitable growth and portfolio freshening via the delivery of low-investment, high margin vehicle derivatives. Deliver (with Sales/Marketing) an optional balance of vehicle content and vehicle volume/pricing/variable marketing to meet vehicle line profit and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) targets. Institute a culture of design efficiency obsession on all responsible vehicle lines. Deliver cost attack business plan objectives for all Total Value Management (TVM) related activities. Provide overall product vision and connection to customer-defined value for all functional skill teams. Optimize the program content to ensure compliance with critical-to-customer vehicle attributes, functional requirements, craftsmanship, and overall value-to-the-customer. Support Chief Program Engineer (CPE) leadership of engineering trade-offs to ensure delivery of overall targeted customer experience. Ensure Design team's thematic progression is consistent with overall winning product proposition and is cost containable. Support CPE in overall sign-off of program attribute targets and content. Radically reduce product complexity and deliver transformational reductions in part counts. Demonstrate continued Operational Excellence by ensuring (through CPEs) that all program milestones are delivered on time with high quality of event. Drive program stability via the elimination of discretionary churn. Ensure (through Launch team and stakeholder events) that launches are achieved on time with quality. Demonstrate and institute a no-compromise attitude to achieving breakthrough Quality targets. Ensure total vehicle/customer view of quality is delivered - lead prioritization of roadmaps to deliver customer satisfaction. Drive, with the Plant Vehicle Team (PVT), Core Engineering, and the manufacturing plants, work streams to develop and deliver the comprehensive vehicle quality roadmap for current model quality. Facilitate, with the Corporate Quality Office, Core Engineering, and the PVT team, development of forward model quality plans. Facilitate timely resolution of Stop Ships, Quick Service Fixes (QSFs) and any required field actions - via agreed quality cadence. Develop high performing vehicle program teams with world class program delivery skills. Ensure that vehicle line team core skills are maintained including deep knowledge of customer requirements, competitive actions, and business/product skills. Domestic Travel Required up to 20%.