Senior Data Scientist - Contract Service Manager

Location: Dearborn, MI, United States; Hybrid

The Third-Party Data Acquisition team is the centralized hub for discovering, acquiring, and enabling the third-party data that fuels Ford's data and analytics ecosystem. This team acts as subject matter experts across the business, managing vendor relationships and contracts while delivering innovative sourcing solutions to internal customers across GDI&A and the broader Ford Enterprise.

We're looking for a Manager to lead this team — someone who can translate business data requirements into vendor strategy, negotiate favorable and compliant contracts, and bring product management discipline to how acquired data is enabled, reused, and governed as it moves out (egress) to internal customers. This role sits at the intersection of business needs, vendor management, legal/compliance, and data product strategy — and requires a leader who can operate credibly across all four.

Ford is seeking a Manager to lead the Third-Party Data Acquisition team, responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and enabling third-party data that powers Ford's data and analytics ecosystem — combining vendor/contract management with product management responsibilities for data egress.