[Hiring] Global TA Operations Program Lead @Ford

Role Description

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.

In this position as Global TA Operations Program Lead, you will help advance the Global Talent Acquisition function by:

• Leading strategic programs and portfolio priorities.
• Strengthening operational alignment.
• Identifying cross-functional efficiencies.
• Enabling consistent prioritization, governance, and execution across global TA Operations, recruiting leadership, and country points of contact.

What you'll do:

• Identify and drive efforts to optimize end-to-end recruiting processes that accelerate recruiting outcomes and enhance candidate experience.
• Partner closely with recruiting leadership, analytics, Digital HR, and cross-functional operations teams to translate recruiting strategies into scalable process improvements and operational outcomes.
• Partner with TA Operations and TA stakeholders to identify, assess, and drive operational efficiencies, process improvements, and change management initiatives that improve consistency, scalability, service delivery, and business outcomes.
• Lead the Global TA program portfolio and governance processes, including intake, prioritization, roadmap management, and operating rhythms.
• Strengthen communication, collaboration, and operational alignment across TA Operations country points of contact and verticals.
• Provide operational insights, metrics, and leadership updates that create visibility into priorities, progress, risks, dependencies, tradeoffs, decisions needed, and measurable business outcomes.
• Monitor and assess existing and emerging TA technology capabilities.
• Support the broader Global Talent Acquisition function by driving strategic programs and operational initiatives.
• Drive priority TA programs and initiatives from planning through execution, stabilization, and close.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting tools, processes, and systems experience.
• 3+ years of experience with recruiting optimization programs and/or recruiting processes.
• 2+ years of experience with BI tools such as Tableau, Visier, or similar reporting and analytics platforms.
• 3+ years of Global Talent Acquisition experience.
• 2+ years of experience applying process improvement methodologies.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Requirements

• Track record of operationalizing projects and/or programs to accelerate recruiting funnel or candidate experience.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience supporting global Talent Acquisition transformation.
• Experience developing executive-ready materials, leadership updates, prioritization summaries, or decision-support recommendations.
• Experience designing or managing governance forums, operating rhythms, intake processes, or roadmap review cadences.
• Experience working in a complex, matrixed, global organization.
• Experience translating data and operational insights into clear recommendations.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• 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.
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays.