Director, AI Program Management, OS, System & Data
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Job Description
Ford Director governing enterprise AI programs, councils, and portfolio execution. Driving stage gates, recovery plans, and independently validated value realization.
Responsibilities:
- Own AI Big Bet governance standards, stage-gate criteria, delivery expectations, value realization requirements, and coaching
- Run the Agentic AI Business and Technology Councils
- Align OGC, HR, Finance, Product, Engineering, and GDIA on cross-functional decisions
- Own the AI Portfolio operating rhythm, including forums, owners, review calendar, and CEO/Board/ELT filings
- Oversee execution of Enterprise and Functional AI Bets to ensure committed outcomes
- Manage cross-bet dependencies and remove delivery barriers
- Maintain path-to-green recovery plans and hold bets accountable
- Co-own Finance validation standards and independently validate reported value
- Drive corrective action and escalate issues when bets cannot self-correct
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 8+ years of experience in program governance, PMO leadership, or portfolio execution roles at enterprise scale, including experience managing managers
- Direct experience setting stage-gate criteria, delivery standards, or governance frameworks adopted across multiple programs
- Experience running cross-functional councils or steering committees
- Experience aligning legal, HR, Finance, and technical stakeholders on shared decisions
- Track record of building or running an operating cadence for a large, multi-workstream portfolio
- Experience diagnosing at-risk programs and driving path-to-green recovery
- Experience partnering with Finance on benefits realization or value validation
- Strong executive presence and comfort keeping program sponsors and leadership accountable
- Visa sponsorship is not available
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
Benefits:
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days
- Paid parental leave
- New parent ramp-up programs
- Subsidized back-up childcare
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
- Management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- Generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Paid time off
- Option to purchase additional vacation time

















