Project Manager Associate

In this position...
Ford Model E Team is seeking a Project Manager Associate to support small-scale project execution and serve as the primary administrator for the teams project management platform Smartsheet or other designated collaboration tools. This role will help improve operational efficiency by supporting project setup task coordination platform administration reporting user support and continuous improvement of team workflows.

The ideal candidate is organized technically curious service-oriented and comfortable supporting both project management activities and system administration needs. This position plays an important role in simplifying processes enhancing the user experience improving transparency driving change and helping the team get the most value from its tools and systems.

What youll do...

• Assist team members and stakeholders with setting up tracking and maintaining small projects or defined initiatives within designated project management tools.
• Coordinate tasks deadlines and project inputs to help ensure clear responsibilities timelines and follow-through.
• Gather project information and compile concise status updates for stakeholders.
• Maintain project documentation and artifacts within Smartsheet or other approved repositories.
• Support special requests and administrative tasks related to small project execution.
• Identify and flag potential risks roadblocks or dependencies to the appropriate team members or manager.
• Serve as the primary administrator for the teams Smartsheet environment or other designated project management platform.
• Manage users groups permissions and system settings to support security accessibility and effective tool adoption.
• Build configure and maintain sheets reports forms dashboards data shuttles and back-end administrative structures.
• Provide first-line support troubleshooting guidance and best-practice recommendations for platform users.
• Support onboarding and training for new users including core platform functionality and team-specific processes.
• Help ensure data accuracy consistency and usability across key project management assets.
• Create and maintain a systems roadmap to prioritize enhancements align upcoming platform changes with team needs and support long-term process improvement.
• Stay current on system capabilities updates and releases to identify opportunities to simplify processes enhance the user experience and drive continuous improvement.

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2 years of hands-on experience using Smartsheet including building sheets reports dashboards and data workflows.
• 3 years of experience administering enterprise SaaS collaboration tools (e.g. Jira Asana ) including managing user access group security permissions and licensing structures.
• 3 years of proven experience building automated workflows multi-sheet formulas (e.g. INDEX/MATCH cross-sheet references) and automated data intake solutions (forms Data Shuttle or integrations).
• 3 years of experience supporting projects coordinating tasks or managing workflows in a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to organize information manage multiple priorities and communicate process or technical steps clearly.
• 3 years of demonstrated experience conducting software tool training authoring user reference documentation and providing direct first-line technical support to business teams to drive platform adoption.

Even better you may have...

• Smartsheet certification or equivalent platform training.
• Certification from Project Management institute i.e PMI-PBA PMP
• Experience providing software support onboarding or training to colleagues.
• Familiarity with project management concepts such as milestones dependencies risks and status reporting.
• Experience in Customer Experience Marketing Sales or a similar business environment.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve 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 builderor 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 Years Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: 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 the United States if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability please call 1-. This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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