Product Designer
Ford Motor Company - Dearborn, Michigan, United States, 48120![Ford Motor Company](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgeneral-board-default.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdesk-360x180.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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Overview
As a key member of our Enterprise Technology Group, you’ll play a critical part in crafting the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to bring to bear advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience, and improve people’s lives, this is your opportunity. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help build vehicles that are as inquisitive as you are.
We seek a dynamic and talented
Product Designer
to join our Case Management PDO Team. You will be responsible for gathering stakeholder requirements, creating user stories for the development team, and ensuring alignment with the Product Owner on the release path. Having a strong background in product design, agile methodologies, and excellent communication skills will lead to you having success in this role.
At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
What you’ll be able to do:
Gather requirements from stakeholders and create user stories for the development team.
Review backlog items and align with the Product Owner on the release path.
Gather requirements and details from stakeholders regarding PROD incidents.
Plan and prepare for new features to be delivered in upcoming releases.
Review and finalize the iteration path with the development team.
Schedule grooming sessions to finalize user stories with the technical team and Product Owner.
Create Proof of Concepts and designs based on user requirements.
Participate in all agile activities with the team (Retrospective, Scrum).
Convey technical information clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Analyze and document business processes.
Prepare Functional Design Documents (FDD) and Technical Design Documents (TDD).
Participate in testing activities and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) as required.
Act as a backfill for the Product Manager during their absence and lead the team to provide any necessary assistance.
The minimum requirements we seek:
Bachelor's Degree
2+ years of Product Design Experience
Some experience, running Agile/Scrum ceremonies, running product demos, running retrospectives, ability to write user stories, validate user stories, etc.
2+ years of project management tools with Rally or Jira
Our preferred requirements:
Experience collaborating with engineers, designers, and product owners as part of a co-located team.
Excellent communication skills with the skill to adapt your communication style to the audience.
Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
Scrum Master experience
What you’ll receive in return:
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, generous PTO, retirement, and savings plans, incentive compensation, tuition assistance, a vehicle discount program, and much more.
For information on Ford's salary and benefits, please visit:
https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2024-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-2.pdf
Candidates with Ford Motor Company positions must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
Requisition ID
: 33871