Data Scientist

Location: Dearborn, MI, United States; Hybrid

Our Marketing, Sales & Service organization advances Ford’s reputation as a visionary vehicle and mobility services company and helps deliver a trusted customer experience. Use your marketing, sales, and service expertise to turn data-driven insights into innovative solutions that enhance sales and customer loyalty. Join us and be the eyes, ears, and voice of Ford.

The Yield Management (YM) team supports all Ford Blue, Model e, and Ford Pro product lines and tackles the ~5 highest priority strategic and profit projects each quarter. The team works in “Value Sprints” with a dedicated team focused against a specific mandate for a dedicated period of time. The team applies problem-solving framework and leverages advanced analytics to derive insights and deliver tangible recommendations to create value for Ford. Yield Management’s project portfolio aims to deliver a balance of:

• Near term vehicle line specific profit improvement or risk mitigation actions
• New or expanded enterprise capabilities
• Long term portfolio optimizations

This Yield Management position operates cross-functionally across Marketing & Sales, Brand, Product Marketing, General Management, GDI&A, Finance, & Ford Credit. Data Scientists come from a range of different backgrounds and work on specific “sprints” typically for 6-8 weeks.

In this position…

This role is at the intersection of strategy, operations, and analytics, and is tasked with creating change and maximizing profits in the Ford+ plan. The immediate working team is highly collaborative and fast-paced. This is a high-exposure role with ongoing interaction with leadership across Ford Blue, Model e, and Ford Pro.

As a Data Scientist, you will perform analysis and modeling as part of Yield Management Scope: Profit optimization & decision analysis, vehicle line demand estimation, price sensitivity analysis, counter-factual modeling, and hypothesis testing.

The Yield Management (YM) team supports all Ford Blue, Model e, and Ford Pro product lines and tackles the ~5 highest priority strategic and profit projects each quarter. The team works in “Value Sprints” with a dedicated team focused against a specific mandate for a dedicated period of time. The team applies problem-solving framework and leverages advanced analytics to derive insights and deliver tangible recommendations to create value for Ford.