Portfolio Strategy Chief

Ford Motor Company - Portfolio Strategy Chief

You will

• Lead portfolio strategy across the North America markets, ensuring alignment with regional priorities and Ford's global enterprise strategy.
• Drive segment "chessboard" analysis to identify emerging market opportunities, competitive threats, and white-space segments, informing where and how Ford should compete.
• Lead comprehensive portfolio studies, factoring in complex variables and constraints—including regulatory environments, powertrain mix, capital allocation, and market-specific demand—while partnering closely with cross-functional teams across Marketing, Manufacturing, Product Development, and Finance.
• Develop robust business cases that quantify the financial, operational, and strategic implications of portfolio recommendations.
• Present recommendations to senior leadership with compelling storytelling, clear communication, and a data-driven narrative that enables confident decision-making.
• Manage strategy resources and budget across multiple concurrent studies, ensuring workstreams progress on schedule and deliver the insights required to support critical portfolio decisions.

You’ll Have

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, economics, or a related field
• Significant experience in strategy, portfolio planning, product strategy, management consulting, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives
• Strong financial acumen and experience building business cases and investment recommendations
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with proven ability to influence senior executives
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to distill complexity into clear, actionable insights

Preferred:

• MBA or advanced degree
• Automotive industry experience, particularly in product or portfolio planning
• Experience leading and developing teams, and managing budgets and resources

Key Competencies:

• Strategic and systems thinking
• Cross-functional leadership and influence
• Executive-level communication and presentation
• Comfort with ambiguity and complexity
• Global and cultural awareness
• Results orientation and bias for action
• Ability to lead and develop teams

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.

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.

Change the world with your ideas.

Speak up. We’re listening. At Ford, we believe the right ideas, and the people behind them, can move an entire industry. Here, you’ll work with teams who value your voice, push bold ideas forward, and leave a mark that lasts.

Support designed to go the distance.

From day one, Ford invests in you with medical benefits built to help you plan for what’s next. You’ll also get support for you and your family that meets you at every step, so you can move forward with confidence.

Ford gives me the space to innovate, to lead, and to serve — all while staying true to who I am as an engineer, educator, and parent. It’s not just a career; it’s a community that drives change.