Chief of Staff & Operations - Hardware Engineering at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
Chief of Staff & Operations - Hardware Engineering at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI. Est. up to $100k. Apply with swipeandhired.
The Chief of Staff & Business Operations Manager for Vehicle Hardware Engineering (VHE) is a leadership position reporting directly to the Vice President of Vehicle Hardware Engineering. In this high-impact role, you will lead and manage the dedicated VHE Business Operations & Strategic Engineering Management Team —the operational engine responsible for strategy, process governance, business performance, and cultural execution across global hardware engineering.
As Chief of Staff, you serve as a strategic partner, trusted proxy, and operational integrator for the VP. You will lead your team to bridge Executive Leadership Team (ELT) objectives with ground-level engineering execution, transitioning VHE from a traditional product developer into an enterprise Strategic Asset delivering market-leading product quality, bulletproof reliability, and unmatched cost efficiency.
The Chief of Staff leads, directs, and develops the VHE Business Operations team across five core functional pillars:
- Executive Support & Chief of Staff Operations
- Executive Proxy & Stakeholder Alignment: Manage team members representing VHE across enterprise forums (Software, Program Management, Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality), ensuring hardware engineering standards and strategic priorities are advocated.
- Strategic Communications & Thought Leadership: Orchestrate high-stakes communications, drafting executive whitepapers, ELT presentation decks, board materials, and mass organizational updates on behalf of the VP.
- Leadership Alignment & Feedback Cadence: Establish structured governance loops between VP, Director, and Chief Engineer levels to accelerate decision-making, remove organizational silos, and maintain transparency.
- VP Priority Initiatives & Special Projects: Lead rapid-response cross-functional teams to resolve urgent operational, technical, or strategic challenges.
- Business Operations & Enterprise Governance
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