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Ford Motor Company – Global Director, Technical Support Operations

Ford is seeking a strategic, results-oriented leader to shape how technical support is delivered to dealers and field teams around the world. The Global Director will transform TSO and FSE into a more proactive, predictive, and data-informed service-enablement capability.

In partnership with teams across the enterprise, this leader will establish a closed-loop process for turning complex and unresolved field issues into validated knowledge, corrective actions, and reusable technical guidance. Field insights will inform workforce planning, training, diagnostic content, tooling, and future vehicle serviceability.

The Global Director will own enterprise performance for Diagnostic Accuracy, FIRFT, and Repair Order Duration, while driving global process consistency and enabling appropriate regional flexibility.

You Will...

Lead the strategy, performance, and modernization of global Hotline/TSO and FSE operations.
Establish and lead a closed-loop learning system for unresolved and difficult-to-diagnose vehicle issues, partnering with CIDR, Diagnostics, Skill Teams, Product Development, Quality, Design for Service, Service Engineering, Programs, and Manufacturing.
Develop processes that convert field issues into validated knowledge, corrective actions, and reusable technical guidance.
Use field, case, vehicle, warranty, connected-vehicle, and market data to identify current and future dealer and technician needs.
Set priorities across technical domains, including powertrain, electrical and electronic systems, software and connectivity, chassis, climate, body, and interior, based on trends, frequency, complexity, and business impact.
Use demand insights to guide workforce capacity, training, diagnostic content, tooling, and technical support strategy.
Champion the use of field learnings to improve Design for Service standards in partnership with upstream team and influence future vehicle serviceability, diagnostics, repairability, data availability, and technician readiness.
Ensure validated repair outcomes inform upstream diagnostics and AI-enabled Technical Support/TAS capabilities, with appropriate governance.
Establish Diagnostic Accuracy as a key enterprise metric and own its targets, reporting, and continuous improvement.
Own enterprise results for Diagnostic Accuracy, FIRFT, Repair Order Duration, and the overall dealer and customer experience.
Standardize global Hotline/FSE processes, escalation models, knowledge management, and key performance indicators while enabling regional flexibility.
Lead the shift from reactive technical support to a predictive, proactive service-enablement capability.
Help the organization anticipate repair needs, parts requirements, and technician readiness before vehicles arrive at dealerships.

You'll Have...

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 10 years of experience in a supervisory or managerial role, with a demonstrated record of leading, coaching, and developing talent across operational and technical teams.
Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and collaborate across domestic and global organizations at all leadership levels.
Strategic mindset and the ability to translate enterprise strategy into actionable plans and measurable results.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Exceptional analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with a track record of driving continuous improvement.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to align multidisciplinary and global stakeholder groups.

You May Also Have...

Master’s degree or MBA.
6-Sigma Black belt
Experience in automotive technical support, field service engineering, vehicle diagnostics, dealer operations, or aftersales service.
Experience leading global operations, organizational transformation, or cross-functional process standardization.
Experience using operational, vehicle, warranty, or connected-vehicle data to guide business decisions and improve service outcomes.

What You'll Receive in return...

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 a leadership level 4.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/LL4Benefits

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. 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.

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