About Ford
Ford Motor Company was built on the belief that freedom of movement drives human progress. It’s a belief that has fueled our passion to create great cars and trucks. Today, it drives our commitment to become the world’s most trusted mobility company, designing vehicles for a smart world that helps people move more safely, confidently, and freely. We are dedicated to delivering distinctive products/solutions, having an “always on” relationship (Ford+) with customers and continuously improving user experience.
The Opportunity
The IS Marketing Operations and Strategy Manager assumes a wide array of responsibilities to support the growth of Integrated Services and the development of a transformational Marketing Communications discipline. Responsibilities include the establishment of processes and measurement to drive the newly established Services marketing execution team including interfacing with numerous stakeholders, driving alignment and synergy across the IS Marcomm and business teams, designing an optimal structure and processes for efficient and effective management of the organization across individual teams and accelerating the establishment of new growth marketing capabilities internally and with vendors. The ideal candidate has experience with enabling digital transformation, process implementation and cost management with a proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders, implement strategy, communicate expertly, demonstrate resilience, and exemplify Ford+ Behaviors.
The Team/Organization
The Integrated Services Marcomm org is tasked with accelerating the Ford+ strategy to transform the company by building sustained, always-on customer relationships and capturing new, high-margin services, subscription and other digital revenue through building an effective marketing communications org to leverage DTC tactics and the scale of “Big Ford” marketing to deliver exponential YoY revenue growth for existing and emerging services businesses.
This position reports to Kendall Thaker, Director of Integrated Services Marketing who reports to Lisa Matarazzo, Chief Marketing Officer, Ford Motor Company.
This role will consider candidates who are remote/hybrid with dependency on working EST schedule and openness to travel 30-50% based on business needs.
You'll have…
- Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate field of study
- 8+ years in a services/subscription marketing role with proven experience organizing and directing multiple teams and departments
- Executive presence with a proven ability to lead complex organization and/or operational initiatives
Even better, you'll have…
- Master's degree in business administration or similar field
- Deep understanding of integrated marketing and communications strategies and how they come together to provide measurable results
- Previous experience in subscription or services marketing with track record of accountability for business outcomes
- Superior written and verbal communication skills; strong presentation skills with ability to “tell the story”
- Strategic ability and process-oriented mindset with emphasis on hands-on implementation and fast impact creation
- Executive presence with a demonstrated ability to take initiative
- Ability to use data and analytics to drive decision-making and assess ROI
- Ability to collaboratively work in a diverse, cross-functional, and international environment
- Proficient with data manipulation (data structuring, wrangling) and analysis
- Strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity
- Proven success in a project coordination role
- Nimble business mind with a focus on developing creative solutions
- Strong project reporting skills, with a focus on interdepartmental communication
- Passion for working in a fast-paced, complex global environment
- Validated leadership skills including the ability to educate, empower, and influence others
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 a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/LL5NonHTHD
This position is a leadership level 5.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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