Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager - Tech / Product Lead(Ford, Chennai)

Location: Chennai, India (On-site)

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience: 8+ years in Product Management / Tech Leadership

About the Opportunity

Ford’s Global Dealer Platform team is seeking an experienced Product Manager / Product Lead to drive a complex, high-visibility initiative integrating with Salesforce and launching across multiple global markets.

You’ll partner closely with business, engineering, and design teams to shape a dealer-facing digital product that enhances user experience and delivers measurable impact across Ford’s commercial ecosystem.

This is a leadership-track opportunity ideal for someone ready to step up, own outcomes, and influence the future of Ford’s dealer transformation journey.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Product Delivery: Manage a team of ~8 engineers; translate business needs into actionable user stories and maintain a prioritized backlog.
• Shape Product Strategy: Partner with stakeholders to define product vision, roadmap, and release plans balancing business viability, user desirability, and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with designers, architects, and business partners to define requirements, acceptance criteria, and technical trade-offs.
• Drive Execution: Ensure timely delivery of features by aligning development, design, and QA teams; support iterative releases and MVP thinking.
• Communicate Effectively: Serve as the bridge between business and engineering—translating strategic goals into technical deliverables.
• Mentor & Elevate: Coach PMs and engineers on Agile/XP practices, human-centered design, and lean product development.
• Continuously Improve: Introduce process innovations, run experiments, and use customer insights to iterate the product.

What You Bring

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT, Engineering, or Business.
• Experience:
• 5+ years managing digital product lifecycles in software or platform-based businesses.
• 5+ years defining product vision, roadmaps, and backlogs in Agile (Scrum/XP/Kanban) environments.
• Proven experience launching and supporting production applications across multi-market landscapes.
• Strong ability to balance user needs, business priorities, and technical trade-offs.
• Skills:
• Excellent stakeholder communication, leadership, and decision-making.
• Hands-on collaboration with engineering and UX teams.
• Expertise in backlog management, MVP definition, and agile delivery.
• Exposure to Salesforce or CRM-integrated platforms is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of Lean Startup, user story mapping, and rapid prototyping.

Why Join

• Work directly with global product and engineering leaders at Ford .
• Influence a mission-critical digital transformation initiative .
• Grow your leadership impact—perfect role for a senior PM ready to move into a Product Lead / Head of Product track .
• Be part of a collaborative, innovation-driven environment that values learning, experimentation, and ownership.