Manager, HR M&A and New Business Enablement

Location: Dearborn, MI, United States; Hybrid

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. Youll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

As part of our Human Resources team, you’ll help us attract, hire and retain the top talent we need to achieve our bold vision. You’ll play a vital role in defining, developing and maintaining the winning culture that empowers diverse individuals to work together and create the impossible. We’re seeking change leaders, talent strategists, employee advocates and culture architects to enable our teams, partners, and businesses to do and be their best.

In this position... 

The Manager, HR M&A and New Business Enablement manages the portfolio governance, practice operations, methodology, and knowledge-management capabilities that enable Fords HR M&A and New Business Enablement team to execute mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, legal entity formations, and new business standups. The role establishes the operating discipline, portfolio visibility, common frameworks, and institutional knowledge required to support multiple concurrent initiatives and improve execution over time. 

The Manager partners with the Executive Director and Directors responsible for global M&A, joint ventures, and new business standups. The successful incumbent will maintain integrated portfolio visibility, coordinate cross-program dependencies, track risks and decisions, and provide additional program-management and implementation capacity where needed. The role documents and maintains the shared methodologies, playbooks, readiness frameworks, service agreement tools, governance processes, and reporting mechanisms that form the operating system of the practice. 

This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports; it delivers through influence, cross-functional coordination, operational discipline, and partnership with HR M&A and New Business Enablement leaders and enterprise functions. The position may represent HR M&A and New Business Enablement in designated governance forums, portfolio reviews, and cross-functional working sessions by communicating portfolio status, surfacing risks and dependencies, and coordinating follow-through on leadership decisions. 

 

Manager, HR M&A and New Business Enablement