Model e Innovation

Model e Innovation - Retail Execution Location Remote in United States :

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world - together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Ford's Model E team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future. Model e is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You'll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position...

The Model e Innovation Manager will serve as a project manager, business development specialist and operations lead in the build out of new revenue-generating concepts. These concepts will include but are not limited to strategic business partnerships, retail activations and the adoption of new technologies aimed at generating incremental revenue. This role will require advanced planning, agility and problem solving to address opportunities that emerge during all stages of planning and execution.

Although this is a full remote position, we anticipate some travel approximately two times per year to Dearborn, MI.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and equivalent work experience
• 3 + years of experience in managing multiple stakeholder relationships preferably within a retail automotive environment.
• 2 + years of experience analyzing sales reports and making decisions based on the data.

Even better, you may have...

• Master's Degree
• The ability and drive to Ideate, evaluate and proactively analyze ROI on new revenue stream opportunities
• Be a creative and innovative thinker
• Experience managing relationships with third party vendors from a variety of industries
• Experience managing a budget and timelines utilizing Excel, Smartsheet or similar.

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, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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:

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

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What you'll do... :

• Closely monitor the automotive industry, competition and startups to provide strategic input into and execution of activities in support of new revenue generation
• Develop strong partnerships and collaborate across all functions of Ford to evaluate existing processes, new concepts and hurdles. Find ways to say ‘yes' to new ideas.
• Ideate, evaluate and proactively analyze ROI on new revenue stream opportunities for Dealers and Ford.
• Manage piepline of future opportunities, scheduling project kickoffs and updating/sharing calendar regularly to ensure all parties are aware of key dates and changes.
• Manage relationships with third party vendors from a variety of industries and segments (retail, technology, manufacturing, etc.)
• Develop pilot programs to test new, innovative concepts as potential for new revenue streams or protection of existing revenue streams.
• Be on-the-ground operations lead in advance of and during pilot launches.
• Manage the implementation, execution and monitoring of these pilots from 1-100 locations.

• Review pilot performance daily and/or weekly depending on duration and concept. Analyze results to suggest ‘go-forward' or sunset of each pilot.
• Develop executive business reviews encompassing strategies, performance and insights on a regular basis.
• Create playbooks to ‘hand-off' these scaled initiatives to internal Model e teams.
• Work cross-functionally to transition the partnerships and execution of each initiative to an internal program team.
• Promote a positive, united work environment within the team and across departments while challenging the status quo.