Technical Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• The team at Ford Motor Credit Company has a 60-year dedication to assisting individuals in getting behind the wheels of exceptional Ford and Lincoln vehicles.

• By collaborating with dealerships, we offer financing solutions, personalized service, and professional expertise to over five thousand dealers and more than four million customers across more than 100 countries worldwide.

• The software product organization within Ford Credit aims to thoroughly understand our customers to provide digital solutions that enhance their capacity to finance and own Ford and Lincoln vehicles.

• Ford Credit Platform Engineering is in search of a Technical Project Manager who specializes in overseeing the delivery of work through sprints and Program Increments.

• You will be responsible for managing governance and maintaining control over highly complex, cross-team, multi-project programs.

• Your role will involve assisting delivery teams to stay focused on delivering quality work while controlling external distractions and minimizing their impact on the core team.

• The primary clientele for this position includes engineering leaders, product managers, developers, and analytics teams within Ford Credit.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or a related field.

• Significant experience in utilizing, managing, and supporting teams with Agile program management tools such as Jira, Confluence, etc.

• A Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field (preferred).

• Certification in Project or Program Management such as PMP, etc. (preferred).

• Certification in Lean-Agile practices, such as Certified Scrum Master or SAFe (preferred).

• Experience in managing complex programs that utilize cloud-native technologies (preferred).

• Over 12 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or a related field (preferred).

• Extensive experience in managing programs that support Platform service-oriented or SaaS-based solutions (preferred).

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the capability to influence the enterprise (preferred).

• Experience in administering and controlling usage access, workflows, and trackers in JIRA and Confluence (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized backup child care, and more.

• Family building benefits including reimbursement for adoption and surrogacy expenses, fertility treatments, and more.

• Vehicle discount program for employees and their family members, as well as 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 with the option to purchase additional vacation time.