Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll 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. Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are. The AI Platform Administrator is responsible for the operational governance, security, lifecycle management, and enterprise adoption of AI agents and agentic capabilities across the organization. This role serves as a platform lead helping to define strategy for agentic AI solutions across Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Anthropic, and use of LLMs within the enterprise. The position ensures AI solutions are deployed securely, comply with corporate governance requirements, align with enterprise architecture standards, and deliver measurable business value. The AI Administrator works closely with developers, architects, cybersecurity, compliance teams, platform engineers, and business stakeholders to establish a scalable and governed AI ecosystem. • Manage AI platforms, configuration settings, agent deployment policies, and capacity allocations. • Manage AI platform configuration, licensing, consumption capacity, and feature enablement. • Support enterprise onboarding processes for AI developers and business users. • Define and manage agent registration, ownership, and lifecycle processes. • Implement governance controls for agent discovery and ownership attestation. • Develop automated lifecycle management and deployment practices. • Develop and enforce enterprise AI governance frameworks. • Partner with Legal, Privacy, HR, and Cybersecurity teams to ensure responsible AI practices. • Partner with security teams to review AI threats, prompt injection risks, data leakage risks, and compliance requirements. • Implement least-privilege security principles for agents and AI services. • Monitor platform health, performance, and availability. • Develop operational runbooks and support documentation. • Establish cost attribution and chargeback models. • Monitor AI consumption, licensing usage, and credit utilization. • Forecast platform demand and capacity requirements. • Define AI application lifecycle management (ALM) standards. • Support source control, deployment automation, and release governance. • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or related discipline. • 5+ years of experience administering enterprise technology platforms. • Deep understanding of agentic platforms, Large Language Models (LLMs), data grounding, orchestration, agentic automation, MCP services, responsible AI guardrails, and agent development • Knowledge of citizens development, ALM strategies, security/compliance, and platform/operations management • Experience configuring and administering one or more of the following platforms: Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Anthropic • Experience with scripting languages, full stack, and AI development using programming languages such as Power Shell, Python, C#, and Java • Understanding of agile project management, good communication, and team collaboration You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply! As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including: • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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 • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value. For more information on salary and benefits, click here: fordcareers.co Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Domestic relocation is not available for this position. Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660. This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid #LI-PW1

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Manage AI platforms, configuration settings, agent deployment policies, and capacity allocations.
Manage AI platform configuration, licensing, consumption capacity, and feature enablement.
Support enterprise onboarding processes for AI developers and business users.
Define and manage agent registration, ownership, and lifecycle processes.
Implement governance controls for agent discovery and ownership attestation.
Develop automated lifecycle management and deployment practices.
Develop and enforce enterprise AI governance frameworks.
Partner with Legal, Privacy, HR, and Cybersecurity teams to ensure responsible AI practices.
Partner with security teams to review AI threats, prompt injection risks, data leakage risks, and compliance requirements.
Implement least-privilege security principles for agents and AI services.
Monitor platform health, performance, and availability.
Develop operational runbooks and support documentation.
Establish cost attribution and chargeback models.
Monitor AI consumption, licensing usage, and credit utilization.
Forecast platform demand and capacity requirements.
Define AI application lifecycle management (ALM) standards.
Support source control, deployment automation, and release governance.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or related discipline.
5+ years of experience administering enterprise technology platforms.
Deep understanding of agentic platforms, Large Language Models (LLMs), data grounding, orchestration, agentic automation, MCP services, responsible AI guardrails, and agent development
Knowledge of citizens development, ALM strategies, security/compliance, and platform/operations management
Experience configuring and administering one or more of the following platforms: Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Anthropic
Experience with scripting languages, full stack, and AI development using programming languages such as Power Shell, Python, C#, and Java
Understanding of agile project management, good communication, and team collaboration

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