We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.
Ford Land and our team of real estate experts have been strategically managing Ford Motor Company’s global portfolio since 1970, providing the physical platform to enable business optimization and the evolution of mobility. As Ford executes the Ford+ plan – the most significant transformation in its history – Ford Land is leading the charge to modernize the workplace and the employee experience. From next-generation manufacturing campuses to tech-focused innovation hubs, our spaces are designed to speed innovation, prioritize sustainability, and drive human connection. By placing the human experience at the center of every project, we create environments that empower our teams to build the future of Ford.
In this position...
- You will play a critical role in consistently activating workplaces across the Ford real estate portfolio, coordinating a cross-functional team of design, project, and operations teams, for sustained delivery of industry-leading environments.
- You will also lead the continued development and deployment of our Change Management practice, partnering with leaders and employees throughout Ford to prepare for and successfully navigate workplace change.
- Driving progress at the intersection of space and experience, you will serve as a continuous improvement agent across the Ford Land enterprise and a key voice in telling our modernization story designed to enable the Ford+ transformation.
What you'll do...
- Lead the synchronization of 21 functional real-estate workstreams and govern the operationalization of workplaces and supporting services in alignment with business needs and project vision.
- Establish and maintain standards, frameworks and time-bound plans to ensure consistent activation across the portfolio. In doing so, you'll anticipate and implement short- and long-term enhancements that will improve the user experience and support adoption of evolving workplace conditions.
- Apply human-centered methodologies to understand the visceral experience impacts of real estate-based change and lead the curation, delivery, and refinement change management resources that empower employees to successfully navigate challenges.
- Partner with real estate functions and skill teams identify opportunities and scale solutions that improve adoption and sponsorship of workplace behaviors, processes, resources and partnerships essential to maintaining a productive workplace culture.
- Embed continuous improvement in the Ford portfolio by establishing and governing a robust system of benchmarking, multi-channel feedback loops, and iterative problem-solving.
You'll have...
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- 8+ years of professional experience with demonstrated leadership in some combination of portfolio management, design, project management, workplace experience, or change management.
Even better, you may have...
- Bachelor’s degree in field relevant to real estate
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.
This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.
This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid
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